Telegram is a widely used messaging app in Spain, being one of the main WhatsApp competitors. One of the most important benefits of it is that When we receive multimedia content, it is not stored in the gallery. We can see it directly in the chat, but if we liked it a lot and we want to save photos and videos, we have to do a procedure. Let's see how it's done and where to see them later.
Where to save Telegram photos and videos when we receive them
When we receive a photo or video on WhatsApp it is automatically saved in our gallery. Of course, depending on whether we have configured the option to do it with Wifi or data. On Telegram, this does not happen; that is to say, nothing is stored in the gallery unless we do it manually.
Usually These types of multimedia files and documents are stored in folders in the app. Like internal hosting, which also take up space, we just don't see them in the app gallery. To do this you have to do a step that we explain below:
- Enter a Telegram chat.
- Select the photo or video you want to save to the gallery.
- Open it to see it from the app.
- Tap the three dots located in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Press the option «save to gallery«.
Thus you can save photos and videos from Telegram in the mobile gallery. Thus, when you want to delete a chat or group from the app, you can do so and the content will be stored on your mobile. If you want to download an old photo and have it in the gallery you must do the following:
- Locate the individual or group chat in Telegram where the multimedia file to download is located.
- Enter it and enter the name of the chat located at the top of the screen.
- A new screen will open and in it you will see all the multimedia content that has been shared.
- Scroll through the entire gallery and locate the photo or video to save.
- Open the photo or video and tap the three dots located in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Tap the “save to gallery” option.
How to configure Telegram to download photos and videos to your internal storage
Telegram has its own folder where it saves photos, videos and files. To access them we must follow a route, but first we must configure the option to download them automatically. To do this you must do the following:
- Log in to your Telegram account.
- Press the three lines located in the upper left corner of the screen.
- Tap where it says “data and storage.”
- Once inside, go to the "multimedia self-download" section and enable the switches you want, for example with data, with Wi-Fi and with roming.
Now when you receive a video, photo or file it will be downloaded automatically and you can see it directly in the app. If you want to have it forever in your gallery, you must follow the steps outlined in the previous point.
As you can see, it is very simple to download photos and videos from Telegram and store them in your gallery. From there it is easier to use them to share on other messaging platforms or upload them to your social networks. Share this tutorial so more people will know how to do it.