While WhatsApp remains the king of instant messaging in terms of sheer user base, Telegram is one of its main competitors, and with good reason. The app offers speed, security and simplicity and is a strong alternative to WhatsApp. Whether it’s because WhatsApp is a meta-owned company, updates to the privacy policy, or anything else, many users have switched to Telegram over the past few years. If you are one of them, here are 35 cool Telegram tricks to help you get the most out of the messaging app.
Chat Folders is one of the best Telegram tricks that you should know and utilize to your maximum advantage. We follow so many channels and groups on Telegram of different kinds, not to mention the individual chats that go into the mix. Having all these chats in one panel makes things much harder to declutter and make sense of. So to solve this issue, Telegram has brought something called “Chat Folders”. This allows you to categorize your chats into different labels and Telegram sort things out for you. As a result, Telegram gets super clean and much easier to manage. I love it!
Chat Folders
Add nearby people and groups
Last year Telegram introduced a unique feature that allows you to discover Telegram users and groups based on their location. This is very handy when you want to add someone to your Telegram without sharing your mobile number. Even if you go to conferences, campus or festivals, you can easily find multiple groups related to the place and event. To add people nearby, open the Telegram menu and go to “Contacts”. From here, tap on “Add people nearby” and there you have it. Previously, it was necessary to keep the screen open for this feature to work. But now users can turn on the “Make me visible” option in the People Nearby window to allow nearby users to see their profile without having the window open.
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Ever find yourself sending a message and within seconds spotting a glaring typo? Well, there is an edit button to save it on Telegram, but not so much on Twitter. All you have to do is select the message and tap the “Edit (pen)” icon at the top and you can easily edit the message. However, you will see an “Edited” label after making the changes. Also, there are no time restrictions on editing messages on Telegram. You can only edit messages up to 48 hours after they were sent (forever if the messages are posted in your Saved Messages chat).
Send silent messages
There are times when we know our loved ones are studying, sleeping, or attending meetings, but we want to send some messages without disturbing them. Well, there is a feature called Silent Messages on Telegram. Basically, you can send messages and there will be no noise or vibration even if the recipient hasn’t enabled DND. That’s great, isn’t it? To use this feature, type your message, then tap and hold the Send button. Here select “Send without sound” and you are done.
Schedule messages
For power users, scheduling is a great way to get many tasks done at a given time. We already use email scheduling a lot, but it’s great to see that Telegram offers this feature for messages as well. As you saw above, you can schedule a message just by holding down the send button. From here, select “Schedule Message” and select the date and time. The message will be sent at your preferred time.
