10 Telegram tricks to get the most out of the application

Telegram is one of the most popular messaging applications, and although it is not the most widely used, it is the most complete in terms of functions and features. The application offers a multitude of very interesting options, and from time to time it is updated with more and more new features. We don't stop seeing them. Supergroups, stickers, real-time location or complete group management are some of its most interesting features. But Telegram has many, many secrets that we could call tricks.Next, we will tell you about 10 that you probably did not know, and that will undoubtedly make you get the most out of the application.

Enter with fingerprint reader

Today most devices have a fingerprint reader on the screen. Even the cheapest mobiles. The fingerprint is one of the best unlocking methods, and you may use it as the main one on your Smartphone. Why not use it on Telegram? Yes, there is an option that allows us to enter the application using the fingerprint reader, although it is not very complete, it perfectly fulfills its function.

To configure the fingerprint reader in Telegram, we must go to the main menu. Then, to 'Settings', 'Privacy and security' and finally to 'Access code'. It will ask us to create a code in case we do not have it. Once inside the menu, we will have to activate the option Unlock with fingerprint, and it will be unlocked with the configuration that we have put on the device.We must emphasize that it will only ask us for the code when we completely close the application.

Create an album in your profile or send pictures in album

Since recently we can make our profile photo an album. It is very simple. We just have to go to the menu and enter the 'Settings' section. Then change the profile photo as if you wanted to put any The previous profile photo will not be changed, but will be left behind so that when a user accesses your photo, I can see it. Of course, we can delete the profile picture that we don't want to be in our album. As well as customize and edit it before uploading it to our Telegram profile.

We can also send albums to our messages. We will only have to go to the chat and select the images. They will be grouped into album.

Search messages by date

There is an option in the chats that allows us to search for messages by date. We just have to access a person's chat, click on settings and on the search option. There will appear a calendar icon, and one will open for us to search for the message by date.

Delete Cache and storage in Telegram

Of course, Telegram also makes use of our system storage. Cached photos, videos and audio take up storage, and depending on our activity, we may have more or less. There is an option within the app that allows us to view and delete storage usage. In this case, we also have to go back to the main menu, settings and 'Data and storage'. Next, we enter Storage usage to see and delete it.As well as configuring different options.

Use of mobile data and WI-FI

In the same way that we access storage data, we can see the use of data and WI-FI in Telegram. They are in the same category, but they are separated by section 'mobile data usage' and 'WI-FI data usage' There we can see all our MB consumed by Telegram of the different messages and files. Exactly the same thing happens with WI-FI data.

Saved messages, more than cloud storage.

Telegram introduced this option very recently with the possibility of having a kind of archiver in the application. In the 'Saved messages' feature we can save forwarded messages, send files to the cloud, etc. But we can also write for ourselves.For example, if we want to annotate something, or if we want to copy a message etc. It is a very useful option. Also, you don't have to bother your contacts.

Change text size

Yes, in Telegram we can also change the size of the text. In this case it is not like in Google Allo, where the form is much more intuitive. Here we have to go back to Settings, and in the messages section click on Text size. We can choose the number de size from 12 to 30. Afterwards, we just have to click on the Done button and when sending a message it will be sent with the size we have set .

Create a topic

You may know that in Telegram you can add topics. By default there are three. But there is an option where we can create our own theme, and the truth is that it seems very, very interesting. First of all, we must go to the topics section.We just have to go to the menu, settings, and theme. There we can see the three by default, but at the top there is an option that says ”˜Create a new theme”™. Press, we give the theme a name and then a small button with a tray will appear. If we press, the colors of the different categories will appear,and we can customize it to our liking with an extensive color palette.

Save messages to drafts

This is another of the most interesting options that we can find in Telegram, that of saving messages in drafts The truth is that the method It can't be much simpler. We just have to write the message without sending it, if we leave the conversation it is automatically saved as a draft, and we can delete it, send it or edit it. The most interesting thing is that, even if we close the application, the draft is still there.Finally, we can also see the drafts on the different Telegram platforms

Bold, italics, and strikethrough.

Yes, as in WhatsApp, we can also write in bold or italics. We just have to enter a conversation and put the codes, which are the following.

and the word or phrasefor bold.

__and the word or phrase__ for italics.