739 Suggestions
Live video streaming
A feature to share and experience live videos across groups and channels in Telegram. Broadcasting from a channel or your personal account (in group chats) so that others can view, react, and interact.
Add Instant View to Telegram Desktop
Add Instant View to Telegram Desktop. The feature is there right now for MacOS Telegram App, but missing from regular Telegram Desktop. Preferably, it should open an article in the existing telegram window…
Secret Chats on Telegram Desktop
An option to create Secret Chats using the multiplatform Telegram Desktop client.
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Full-screen message input field
What's the benefit of full-screen message input? • You can write and edit long messages without being distracted by searching for the desired piece of text using the slider • You will not have to use…
Chat preview for desktop apps
Related: Chat preview for mobile apps A feature to preview chats without marking them as read, e.g. by hovering the cursor over a profile picture in the Chat List > Preview Chat.
Add shuffle music option
The Music Player on desktop doesn't have a shuffle /random button. App: Telegram Desktop
Double-time playback for shorter audio files
2x playback is currently available for voice and video messages, as well as any audio files longer than 20 minutes. It could be expanded to audio files of any length. Use cases Handy when listening to…
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Drag folder to send as zip
Sending folders in Telegram
Exclude archived chats from badge counter
I suggest an option to exclude archived chat messages from the badge counter in taskbar
Combined search feature of GROUP MEMBER with DATE on a group.
Need a combined search feature of sender with date on a group. It gets difficult searching a group member's post/message date-wise. There is no such combined search criteria on telegram. It is imperative…
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X2 speed for long audio files (podcast) on Desktop
Voice/video message and video already have x2 speed but audio files (podcasts) don't. Mobile phone apps have this feature and it can be easily implemented in Desktop
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Channel and Group Stats (statistics/analytics) are completely missing in Telegram Desktop
Please add statistics to Telegram Desktop! 🙏 - Channel stats are missing https://telegram.org/blog/folders/it?setln=en#channel-stats - Group stats are missing https://telegram.org/blog/profile-videos…
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Remove specific files from cache
An option to clear downloaed files from cache by using the context menu. As of now I use "open file location" and then i delete the file, so I'm looking fwd to see it in an update. Android X allows it…
Color hex
on telegram macOS, when you type a hex color code, like this #46c8f5, it has a nice little square in the color the code is representing. My suggestion is, to being this feature to all platforms. App:…
Allow automatically downloading files/media from a specific channel
Allow automatically downloading files/media from a specific channel, so that all new files/media posted to the channel are automatically downloaded to the user's device. I'm aware there is already a setting…
Drag and drop chat / group / channel to folder
I suggest adding the ability to drag and drop items from the chat list directly to the folder icons.
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Show formatted text from the chat list
It could be useful to see Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough and Monospace format of text messages from the Chat List. Telegram X is the only app which display it, as you can see on the last screenshot.
Importing a exported chat history
There's already a export function for the chat history, what about exported chat history turn it back in our chats, even if you deleted the whole chat? include: pictures, video's, text's, files etc
Screen overlay for group voice chats for desktop
Add the possibility to activate the screen overlay for group voice chats for Telegram Desktop, where you can keep up with who is currently speaking while you're playing or using other apps. Use cases…
Hotkey to record voice messages on Desktop
On Telegram Desktop, a Push-to-Talk feature that allows setting a hotkey (or a shortcut) to start recording a voice message. Use cases It's easier to hold down a key than a mouse button. Workaround You…
[Calls] Add a ringing timeout
There is no timeout for calls that are not picked up, so it will be ringing forever. Ringing could automatically finish after a certain amount of time, e.g. 30 seconds.
Translation of chat messages in the desktop version
Translation of chat messages in the desktop version
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Add reverse playback button on Telegram Desktop
Add a button to change the playback order on Telegram Desktop. The reverse playback button has been in the Android client for a long time.
A UI option to disable Read Receipts
A UI option to disable read receipts, on both desktop and phone apps. Hi I've been using Telegram happily for years, but my mental health has been degrading lately, and one current feature of Telegram…
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Threaded replies and comments
Possibility to show all conversation thread based on replies chain in chats and comments. And possibility to switch to chat view similar to forum threads (this feature is nice to have for reading comments)
Show notification previews when the app is locked with a passcode
An option to see previews with the sender's name and message text in notifications – even when the app is locked with a passcode. Partial Workaround This feature is available in Telegram X for Android.…
provide a narrower copy of a chat (using a smaller font) in a separate window to act as an overlay in OBS
Telegram could be more useful for live streamers if provided an optional narrower copy of any regular chat window (using a smaller font) that could then be captured in OBS and become one of the sources…
Add video message recording/sending to Telegram Desktop
The official Telegram clients for iOS, Android, and macOS support sending video messages (the round videos). For whatever reason, Telegram Desktop only supports video message playback and not recording.
Livemap for Desktop showing in realtime users sharing live location
Share Live Location: livemap that shows all users on the map in realtime sharing live location, like it is in the client for Android/iOS. WhatsApp Desktop has this and is the only thing we are missing…
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Adding chats to a folder
Give the ability to add a chat to a folder by right-clicking
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Mark all chats as read by right click on account
Make "Mark all chats as read" context menu showing by only right click on account. Now it's request to press ALT+Shift+right click. Why is this function is so "secret"?
Add tooltips to buttons
Tooltips are either non-existant or do not work correctly to help identify what buttons with only icons actually do Steps to reproduce 1. Mouse over one of the icons, for example the button on a group…
A feature to allow the exported chat history on PC to be imported to Telegram
It has come to my attention lately that I was not able to mass-forward entire conversations from Telegram to other Telegram chats (especially with the 100 messages selection limit issue), additionally…
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Picture-in-Picture Video Calling for Telegram Desktop
Picture-in-Picture Video Calling that stays "in front" of open tabs when video call tab is minimized
An option to disable incoming calls in TDesktop
Please consider adding an option to disable incoming calls only in TDesktop client. Many people never use the desktop client for calls, and for us getting incoming call notifications is an undesirable…
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Make it easier to set up a username by disallowing to type banned characters
Users don't understand that some character are banned in usernames, and they try with: emoji, space, ñ, áéíóú, @ at the start, etc. I think it'd be better to prevent the user from entering these characters…
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Absence of admin titles in the list of group members
Good day! Titles are not displayed in group info. This is a very useful and useful tool. Could you add it? Administrator rights are given to each member of the group, but there is no display in the list…
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adding group to folder from right click on the group
Adding group(conversation) to the folder from right-click
'Nobody' option in 'Profile Photos' privacy
This is useful in cases you need to add someone to contacts who isn't very close to you (seller, buyer, boss, etc), so you prefer to keep your profile picture hiden to them. Telegram X for Android has…
Custom Ringtones and Notifications Sounds
An option to set your own notification sounds and ringtones since only the default built-in options now currently featured in Telegram Desktop.
Add "Mark as read" button for notifications
Some short messages do not actually require opening the messenger, for example short "yes" or "no" or ")))" For such cases, it would be useful to have a dedicated button to mark them as read. Probably…
Make new special folder "Uncategorized" where you could see all groups / chats that are not included in any other custom folder
Make new special folder "Uncategorized" where you could see all groups / chats that are not included in any other custom folder
Screen sharing resolution
An option for screen sharing resolution/framerate/bitrate. This would be better than Discord!
Multiple channels in one discussion chat
Multiple channels using the same discussion group chat. For example, at my college, we have different channels for each subject (we post important things) and then we have a group chat where we discuss…
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Add filters for global search: "Where I am the owner", "... administrator", "Public" and "Private"
Now Telegram forces to create a lot of groups and channels. That being said, the navigation tools among their groups are rather limited by titles, covers, text search and folders. At the same time, there…
Chat position moves to next auto playing voice/video message
Please give an option to stop auto-playing voice messages in groups. Playing a voice message in a group and automatically going to the next voice makes it difficult to scroll back to non-voice messages…
Something missing from screen sharing
When I was trying the screen sharing feature, I noticed that the system sound is not shared at the same time. I have to activate the microphone to transmit the sound. I would like that when sharing the…
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Highlight edited parts in 'Recent Actions'
The 'Recent Actions' section lacks of useful moderating tools. One of them, you can't see what parts of description were edited exactly. My suggestion is to highlight these parts, so it'd be easier to…
Disable Desktop notifications while watching full screen videos
An option to hide Telegram Desktop notifications while watching a video on fullscreen mode. (Or disable them at all) They could be annoying App: Telegram Desktop
Option to access groups/channels you left and you're the owner
An option in settings that let you access to a list of groups/channels you are the owner and you have left but they still exist and there is no way to recover since there are nobody in them or the invite…