How to Use Telegram's Archive Chat Feature

Conclusion

Telegram's archive chat feature significantly enhances chat management convenience, allowing users to 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 organize your information in Telegram.

Introduction to Telegram's Archive Chat Feature

Telegram's latest version introduced the Archive Chat 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 organize your Telegram chats.

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.
For archived chats, swipe left to unarchive them.
The "Archived Chats" bar can be swiped left to hide it, pulled down to reveal it again, and can be pinned to the top by swiping left.

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 moved to the main menu, you can access settings via the three horizontal lines in the top-left corner, find "Archived Chats," and right-click to move it back to the chat list.

Other Notes

When new messages arrive, archived chats with notifications enabled will automatically be unarchived.
If someone @mentions you 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 of 5 pinned chats.

By following these steps, you can fully leverage Telegram's archive chat feature to improve your information management efficiency.