At the end of the day hundreds of messages are sent through Telegram. This instant messaging platform is quite popular among the users. Moreover, it is usually used both at the domestic user level and with company profiles. Therefore, sending files through the application is very common. However, conversations, documents, images, etc., may have been accidentally deleted and we want to recover them. Can? Yes. So we are going to explain to you how to recover telegram conversations.
As you well know, Telegram has become the great alternative to WhatsApp for many users. And it is that its level of privacy is higher in many aspects. Besides, That Meta -aka Facebook- has taken over the power of WhatsApp was not news that everyone liked. Likewise, WhatsApp usually has more service outages, thus preventing you from being able to start conversations between your contacts; in Telegram this does not happen or, at least, not so frequently.
Undo the deletion of a channel or chat with the Telegram countdown
Telegram does not work the same as WhatsApp. And being able to recover Telegram conversations that have been deleted will not be done in the same way either. What's more, the backups in this instant messaging service are not automatic, but manual.
Now, although Telegram notifies you on several occasions if you are sure to delete a specific chat or channel before carrying out the actionYes, it is true that if we confirm every last message, a warning will also appear on the screen to be able to undo the action -in this case, the deletion of a certain channel/chat-. Be careful, because in this sense you must be quick: this chance to reverse the action only lasts 5 seconds.
Now this does not apply to individual messages within the conversation. This undo option will not appear in this regard and will be lost entirely. At least the solution will not be in sight.
Recover Telegram conversations through an iPhone or through an Android mobile
On both an iPhone and Android there are ways to recover deleted messages. It will not be as easy, nor as agile as in WhatsApp -backup copies are not created in Google Drive-, but yes we will resort to exploring between the files created by the application -at least on Android-.
Recover Telegram messages on iPhone
As you well know, if you are an iOS user, Apple has a cloud storage service called iCloud. Free of charge you have 5 GB to fill with what you really want; If you need more space, you will have to pay a monthly fee. That being said, if we go to Settings>Apple ID>iCloud, we must look for the option that appears as 'ICloud copy'. You must look for the Telegram app and verify that backup copies are really being made –backups– of this one.
What will we get with this? so what If we restore the iPhone completely and rescue the latest iCloud backup, the deleted Telegram messages should appear. As long as the deleted message has not been deleted after that copy in iCloud.
Recover Telegram messages on Android
As we have already told you, Google Drive does not come into action in Telegram as it does happen on whatsapp. However, Android creates folders with the data of the applications installed on your terminal. Therefore, in case you have deleted a message with documents, images, etc., you should use a file explorer and search in Internal memory>Android>Data and inside this folder look for 'org.telegram.messenger'. There will be stored all the chats you have in progress and surely the message you were looking for.
Make sure you have some Telegram options active to make automatic backups
However, when deleting Telegram files such as images, documents or videos. To do this, you must contact the your account settings and look for the option that tells you 'Data and storage'. Within it you will discover different options with which to automatically safeguard all the extra content that is sent in private chats, groups or channels.
Likewise, you will see that the first of the options that appear is 'Auto-download Multimedia'. This It can be both WiFi and mobile data -make sure in the latter that you have a good data rate in case you enable it-. Entering each section you can check what types of files you want to autosave (photos, videos or files), as well as the download limit per file. For example, videos and files can have a maximum weight of 1,5 GB. The photographs, for their part, do not offer any type of regulation in this regard.
Saved messages: using the cloud storage offered by Telegram
Finally, we would like to tell you that Telegram offers a private space for your exclusive use. It is a space in the cloud, whereby You will not have to pay anything and which has been baptized as 'Saved Messages'. What does this mean? Well, everything that is important to you can be stored there and have it more at hand without having to make backup copies or restore the mobile. In a few words: it will be your notebook on Telegram.
When you start using this 'Saved Messages' channel you will see that is placed among the list of your chats. Also, it will move over time if you don't use it much. But don't worry because if you don't see it on the list, you can always access this chat through your profile menu. That is, when you enter your Telegram profile, where you can access your settings and among the available options you will see 'Saved messages'. This will always be a direct access to your Telegram notepad.
Finally, and if you were wondering: the space used in this folder/chat/channel is unlimited. There you can place all kinds of content such as photos, documents (PDR, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), videos or even stickers that have caught your attention. Of course, if you delete the chat by mistake, the content will be deleted and you will have to access it as we have explained in the previous cases.