How to Use Telegram's Archived Chats Feature

Conclusion

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

iOS: Swipe left on a chat to archive it.
Android: In the chat list, long-press a chat and select Archive. Once archived, an "Archived Chats" bar will appear at the top.
To unarchive a chat, swipe left on it.
The "Archived Chats" section can be swiped left on to hide it, pulled down to reappear, and can also be pinned to the top by swiping left on it.

How to Use on Desktop

On desktop, right-click a chat to archive it; an "Archived Chats" bar will appear at the top.
For archived chats, you can right-click to unarchive them.
The "Archived Chats" bar can be collapsed or expanded by right-clicking.
In the desktop client, you can move "Archived Chats" to the main menu. If it's already in the main menu, you can go to settings via the three horizontal lines (hamburger icon) in the top-left corner, find "Archived Chats," and right-click to move it back to the chat list.

Other Important Points

Archived chats with notifications enabled will automatically unarchive when new messages arrive.
If someone @mentions you or replies to your message in a group, the archived chat will also automatically unarchive.
Even if notifications are turned off, archived chats will remain archived.
Users can pin an unlimited number of archived chats, whereas regular chats can be pinned a maximum of 5.

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