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An option to disable the Stories feature
Anton, Jul 21, 2023 at 06:57, edited
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An option in the app settings to completely disable the Stories feature to reduce visual clutter.

Official Response: Stories take up no extra space in the Telegram UI – but if you'd prefer not to see stories from certain contacts, hold down on their profile picture at the top of your screen and select 'Hide Stories'.

This does not affect your chat with the user, and they won't know that you hid their stories.

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Caedin Aug 28, 2023
Stories need to go away. Entirely. Telegram is a messenger app, not a social media platform. The second it tries to be one, its all going to fall apart.
Laxan3000 Aug 28, 2023
Danny
Would be nice if this Whatsapp-ish crapola wasn't mandatory, or if I could at least DELETE THAT STUPID TELEGRAM STORY NOTIFICATION.
You can disable it. You find such setting in the notifications tab (disable automatic exceptions as well)
J.T. Brown III Aug 28, 2023
Yes, I don't want ANY Stories cluttering up my Telegram main window. Especially promotional content (Telegram stories) that I can't turn off. Give us the option to disable stories altogether...
Mary Mrr5745 Instinct 50 Aug 28, 2023
I uninstalled the app entirely and reinstalled from the Google play store - the story spam is gone, but has a section for "my stories" if I look at my profile. Is it too soon to hope they fixed this?
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Ivan Aug 28, 2023
Why everything potentially unwanted for a lot of people comes already turned on and then people have to disable it or write complaints and give 1 star in store? Just make it opt-in setting so a huge number of potentially annoyed users actually never opt-in for that crap. Otherwise bye bye official Telegram or any other app, someone will make it without it... I guess I will wait a bit, perhaps Telegram changes this poor stories implementation.
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Deleted Account Aug 28, 2023
One exciting thing about Telegram Stories is that you can choose how long they stay visible. If you're a Premium subscriber, you get to pick from four options: 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, or 48 hours. So, you have more control over how long your stories stick around

Best stories upgrade ever, whatsapp or instagram doesn't give this features
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Deleted Account Aug 28, 2023
I needed it, glad it's here. telegram now will feel more like early days of insta sharing the photos and videos with friends, now insta is crap full of reels and clutter, only great thing is ability to share content with people and collections. stories also become overwhelming when you follow a lot of accounts swiping that strip.
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Deleted Account Aug 28, 2023
To me, this is the Facebook & instagram killer. I can now use Telegram to update all my friends & relatives about what's going on in my life.
Anton Aug 28, 2023
Deleted Account
To me, this is the Facebook & instagram killer. I can now use Telegram to update all my friends & relatives about what's going on in my life.
Please do. No one asks to not let you. The request is to allow anyone to quit seeing your bullshit.
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BR4D Aug 28, 2023
Exactly. Now suddenly without any option (@X: you don't "need" this, we need, oxygen, food, a roof over our heads; you can say you are in favor and you like it, but you do NOT NEED it) ... suddenly "Stories" appears in the header of my Telegram interface, because it is the anniversary of its debut, due to the ego of the developer who incorporated them back in the day. I've never liked them and I already had them hidden and now I can't hide them. What a big disappointment!!
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BR4D Aug 28, 2023
What a massive disappointment!! Especially from Telegram, who has always taken into account the ability to hide features and set up the app to suit the user.
I consulted the support group on how to hide them again and they answered that the Stories do not take up space on the interface, after mentioning that they can be hidden by holding down the icon of the ones you do not want to see and choosing the option to hide it; yet this does not work for Telegram's own Story announcing its properties, nor for my own icon to upload my Stories (which I neither want nor will I ever do because for me Telegram is to maintain communication through messages and nothing else). I don't like this Stories feature and I don't have Facebook , Instagram or Twitter (in my humble opinion as a specialist mental healthcare worker, so much screen time is unhealthy; get off your electronic devices and go do something useful in the real world instead of the virtual one).
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