An Reply privately button in context menu for messages sent to a group so you can reply and preserve the context of the original message by showing a preview of the replied message and a button to open the message in the group's context.
Workarounds
They require extra taps and are not easy for the average user:
Create a reply, tap the reply preview above the input field, select 'Reply in Another Chat', then choose where you'd like to send it.
Issue: Difficult to find the user if you don't have a chat with them
B: Forward + Reply
Forward a message from a group > Find the user you want to reply in private > Send your reply with the attached fowarded message
Issue: No link to open the message in the original context.
C: Copy Message Link + Reply
In supergroups you can use Copy Message Link > Find the user you want to reply in private > Send your reply with the link to the message in the group.
Issue: No direct preview of the replied message.
D: Cmd/Alt + Click on Reply button (TDesktop only)
You can hold Cmd/Alt and click on Reply button in message context menu as a shortcut to reply in another chat on Telegram Desktop app — https://desktop.telegram.org/
Not all groups are chats, a lot are about organization. We have a group of 45 people sharing 8 cars. A typical message is "Is anyone driving to place Y tonight ?". to this questions we really do NOT want 42 "me" or "no me" answers in the group, in this group the answers are always expected to be private (but most user forget how to do it). This feature could be pushed event further and set as a default group setting. for example [X] "reply in PM by default insted of reply in group"
Christian Somody
Definitely support this. I'm surprised it's not already on Telegram tbh!
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JayaDJK96 周杰倫
This shuld be exist in any chat messenger with group
Collapsing Cosmoses
Could be extremely useful, in particular in very large groups.
Albe
WhatsApp already has it and it would be a useful addition to Telegram too
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Vladimir Kirilin
This is super useful thing to have. Very surprised Whatsapp and VK has it but Telegram does not.
Mariusz Kukawski
Its embarrasing its not there, I know 100 people in my circle that has issues with forwarding
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To reply in a different chat, tap the reply bar above the input field, select 'Reply in Another Chat', then choose where you'd like to send it.