How to Use Telegram's Archived Chats Feature

Conclusion

Telegram's Archived Chats feature significantly enhances the convenience of chat management. Users can easily hide infrequently used chats, groups, and channels, and quickly access them when needed. Whether on mobile or desktop, the archiving function helps you better organise your information in Telegram.

Introduction to Telegram's Archived Chats Feature

The latest version of Telegram introduces the Archived Chats feature, allowing users to hide infrequently used chats from the 'Chats' page. This feature is similar to QQ's 'Group Assistant', making chat management more efficient. You can choose to archive individual chats or groups to better organise your Telegram conversations.

How to Use on Mobile Devices

• iOS: Swipe left on a chat to archive it.
• Android: In the chat list, long-press a chat and then select 'Archive'. Once archived, an 'Archived Chats' section will appear at the top.
• For archived chats, swipe left to unarchive them.
• The 'Archived Chats' section can be swiped left to hide it. Pull down from the top of your chat list to reveal it again. Additionally, you can swipe left on the 'Archived Chats' section itself to pin it to the top.

How to Use on Desktop

• On the desktop version, right-click a chat to archive it; an 'Archived Chats' section will appear at the top.
• For archived chats, you can right-click them to unarchive.
• The 'Archived Chats' section can be collapsed or expanded by right-clicking it.
• In the desktop client, you can move the 'Archived Chats' section to the main menu. If it has been moved to the main menu, you can access settings via the three horizontal lines in the top-left corner, locate 'Archived Chats', and right-click it to move it back to the chat list.

Other Considerations

• When a new message arrives, archived chats with notifications enabled will automatically be unarchived.
• If someone mentions you (@username) or replies to your message in a group, the archived chat will also be automatically unarchived.
• Even if notifications are turned off, archived chats will remain archived.
• Users can pin an unlimited number of archived chats, whereas regular chats have a maximum pin limit of 5.

By following these steps, you can fully utilise Telegram's Archived Chats feature to improve your information management efficiency.