Features
Functionally, Telegram Desktop is virtually no different from mobile. If you have a webcam and microphone, you can also record voice messages, initiate or receive audio and video calls.
The main functions, features and capabilities of the messenger:
- protect the app with a separate password,
- secret chats with end-to-end encryption and disappearing (self-destructing) messages,
- view video sent from a link directly in the messenger (including picture-in-picture mode),
- thousands of stickers and gifs,
- emoji can now be put in statuses and reactions to messages,
- send any files: music, videos, documents,
- 2 GB file size limit (4 GB with premium),
- hundreds of useful bots: for searching movies, learning languages, converting voice messages to text, etc.
In addition, it is impossible to ignore the groups (up to 200,000 people) and channels (unlimited number of subscribers) – this is what distinguishes Telegram from many other messengers, giving it the features of a social network or mass media.
Download Telegram Desktop
In 2024, a new version of Telegram Desktop was released, and you can download it in two ways: from Telegram servers or by downloading files from our website.
For Windows
| Application | Version | OS | Release date | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telegram Desktop | Latest version* | Windows 11, 10, 7 | Download 64bit Download 32bit |
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| Telegram Desktop | 4.4.1 | Windows 11, 10, 7 | 06-12-2022 | Download 64bit Download 32bit |
| Telegram Desktop | 1.8.15 | Windows XP | 09-10-2019 | Download |
| Telegram Portable | Latest version* | Windows 11, 10, 7 | Download 64bit Download 32bit |
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| Telegram Portable | 4.4.1 | Windows 11, 10, 7 | 06-12-2022 | Download 64bit Download 32bit |
| Telegram Portable | 1.8.15 | Windows XP | 09-10-2019 | Download |
* – Download the latest version from Telegram servers
For Mac
| Application | Version | OS | Release date | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telegram | Latest version* | macOS 10.12 (Sierra) or later | Download | |
| Telegram | 4.4.1 | macOS 10.12 (Sierra) or later | 06-12-2022 | Download |
| Telegram | 2.4.4 | OS X 10.11 и 10.10 | 25-10-2020 | Download |
| Telegram | 1.8.15 | OS X 10.9 и 10.8 | 09-10-2019 | Download |
| Telegram | 1.8.15 | OS X 10.7 и 10.6 | 09-10-2019 | Download |
* – Download the latest version from Telegram servers
For Linux
| Application | Version | OS | Release date | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telegram | Latest version* | Linux | Download 64bit |
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| Telegram | 4.4.1 | Linux 64 bit | 06-12-2022 | Download 64bit |
| Telegram | 2.4.4 | Linux 32 bit | 25-10-2020 | Download 32bit |
* – Download the latest version from Telegram servers
Registration and authorization
If you installed the desktop version or downloaded the portable version, you only need a phone number to register: to receive an SMS or a call with the activation code.
If you have logged out in the PC version, then you can log in again with the same QR-code, or ask for a digital code: enter the phone number to which the account is registered, and you get a 5-digit code in the mobile messenger.
