Telegram answers
The Telegram problems that are not about downloading — running out of storage, the upload ceiling, moving to a new phone, what a backup actually contains. Written by the team behind the TG Downloader extension, and kept to what is verifiably true rather than what is commonly repeated.
Telegram is taking up too much space — what to clear, and what you lose
Telegram can occupy tens of gigabytes on a phone while your account holds nothing extra. What the cache really is, why clearing it deletes nothing from your account, and how to stop it refilling.
Moving Telegram to a new phone
Telegram needs no backup file to move phones — chats restore from the cloud on sign-in. The exceptions are Secret Chats and saved files, and a lost 2FA password will lock you out.
Telegram’s file size limit, and why quality drops long before you reach it
What Telegram’s upload ceiling actually is, why your video arrived blurry well under the limit, and how to send at full quality using Send as File.
Using Telegram Saved Messages as cloud storage
Saved Messages is genuinely unlimited personal cloud storage synced across devices. What it is good at, where it falls down as an archive, and the failure mode nobody mentions.
Telegram auto-download settings, explained
Telegram downloads media before you open it, separately for mobile data, Wi-Fi and roaming. Where the settings are, what each one costs you, and the one people get wrong.
Recovering deleted Telegram media
Deleted-for-everyone really is gone — there is no server copy left to recover. What can still be retrieved, and why the recovery tools promising otherwise cannot work.
Is Telegram Premium worth it?
Telegram Premium bundles about twenty perks. Three of them matter, most are cosmetic, and whether it is worth paying depends almost entirely on how you use the app.
What a Telegram backup actually contains
Telegram has no backup feature in the usual sense — chats already live in the cloud. The Desktop export tool is the real answer, and it leaves specific things out.
Saving Telegram stickers and GIFs
Telegram stickers are WebP or Lottie animations and Telegram GIFs are silent MP4 videos, which is why saving one and getting a .gif never works.
Telegram Web vs Desktop vs mobile
Three Telegram clients with genuinely different capabilities. Secret Chats are mobile-only, exporting is desktop-only, and browser extensions only work on Web.
Looking for how to save media rather than manage it? That is over in the guides, or compare the tools in Telegram downloader extensions compared.