Desktop Version

With nearly 550 million monthly active users, Telegram is a must for your business.


Here's how you can connect your Telegram Groups and Channels with Publer:

Prerequisite 1: Make Publer Bot an admin of the Group or Channel

Regardless if you're adding a Group or a Channel, you need to make Publer Bot an admin. Steps are similar, but with some minor differences.

Group: Go to your Telegram Group and click on Members
Channel: Go to your Telegram Channel and click on Subscribers


Group: Click on Add Member
Channel: Click on Administrators


Group: Search for publr_bot and select Publer Bot once it shows up
Channel: Click on Add Admin


Group: Once you've added the bot, tap on it and hold it
Channel: Click on the Search icon


Group: Click on Promote to admin
Channel: Search for publr_bot and select Publer Bot once it shows up


Group/Channel: Confirm the Admin rights

Prerequisite 2: Copy the username or the Publer Bot invite link

If your Group or Channel is public, copy the username or the invite link

Go to your public Group or Channel
Copy the username or the invite link

If your Group or Channel is private, copy the invite link for Publer Bot

Go to the Settings of your Group or Channel


Click on Invite Links


Under Links created by other admins, click on Publer Bot


Copy the invite link using the Copy button (the https:// part is required)

Add your Telegram Group or Channel to Publer

Go to Publer.
Navigate to the Social Accounts tab, from the navigation bar in the left.
Locate Telegram, and click on Connect.


Select Telegram.


Paste the copied username or invite link for Publer Bot
Then, confirm that you added Publer Bot as an admin

Tips & warnings

Once you've connected your Telegram Groups and Channels, you can schedule in advance text messages, links, single and multi-photo posts (up to 10), videos, and GIFs. See the supported post types and limitations.
You can format and style the text using HTML tags.
You can always preview how your message will look on Telegram.
Once a post is published, you can edit the caption of the post within Publer, unless it's a multi-photo post (API limitations).
Due to rate limits from Telegram, your messages may be posted with a delay.
Follow-up comments on Telegram will be posted as replies to your original post.
Automatically or manually sharing Telegram messages to a Telegram group or channel will be be posted as forward message if Publer Bot is part of the original chat and the message link is attached to the post, otherwise the Telegram message will be shared as any other post.
When posting to a Telegram Group, the Publer Bot will show up next to the message. When posting to a Telegram Channel, the message will show up on behalf of the Channel and there will be no reference to Publer. This is a limitation from Telegram itself.

Keep in mind:

Telegram does not provide any insights or the ability to sync posts via their API.
In order to prevent spamming and abuse, daily post limits apply.

Mobile App

With nearly 550 million monthly active users, Telegram is a must for your business.


Here's how you can connect your Telegram Groups and Channels with Publer Mobile App:

Prerequisite 1: Make Publer Bot an admin of the Group or Channel

Regardless if you're adding a Group or a Channel, you need to make Publer Bot an admin. Steps are similar, but with some minor differences.

Group: Go to your Telegram Group and click on Members
Channel: Go to your Telegram Channel and click on Subscribers


Group: Click on Add Member
Channel: Click on Administrators


Group: Search for publr_bot and select Publer Bot once it shows up
Channel: Click on Add Admin


Group: Once you've added the bot, tap on it and hold it
Channel: Click on the Search icon


Group: Click on Promote to admin
Channel: Search for publr_bot and select Publer Bot once it shows up


Group/Channel: Confirm the Admin rights

Prerequisite 2: Copy the username or the Publer Bot invite link

If your Group or Channel is public, copy the username or the invite link

Go to your public Group or Channel
Copy the username or the invite link

If your Group or Channel is private, copy the invite link for Publer Bot

Go to the Settings of your Group or Channel


Click on Invite Links


Under Links created by other admins, click on Publer Bot


Copy the invite link using the Copy button (the https:// part is required)

Add your Telegram Group or Channel to Publer Mobile App

Log in on the application and navigate to the account menu on the upper left icon.



Tap on the Add new social accounts.



Select the Telegram icon.



Paste the copied username or invite link for Publer Bot
Then, confirm that you added Publer Bot as an admin.



After completing that, you’ll receive a success message and will be able to schedule for Telegram.

Tips & warnings

Once you've connected your Telegram Groups and Channels, you can schedule in advance text messages, links, single and multi-photo posts (up to 10), videos, and GIFs. See the supported post types and limitations.
You can format and style the text using HTML tags.
Once a post is published, you can edit the caption of the post within Publer, unless it's a multi-photo post (API limitations).
Due to rate limits from Telegram, your messages may be posted with a delay.
Follow-up comments on Telegram will be posted as replies to your original post.
Automatically or manually sharing Telegram messages to a Telegram group or channel will be be posted as forward message if Publer Bot is part of the original chat and the message link is attached to the post, otherwise the Telegram message will be shared as any other post.
When posting to a Telegram Group, the Publer Bot will show up next to the message. When posting to a Telegram Channel, the message will show up on behalf of the Channel and there will be no reference to Publer. This is a limitation from Telegram itself.!

Keep in mind:

Telegram does not provide any insights or the ability to sync posts via their API.
In order to prevent spamming and abuse, daily post limits apply.

Updated on: 12/12/2024