<p>Telegram Stories are a fresh, <strong>privacy-first</strong> take on a popular format, filled with <ahref="#posting-stories">creative media options</a>– allowing anyone to <strong>share moments</strong> from their life with <ahref="#privacy-settings">custom lists</a> of users, see <ahref="#detailed-view-statistics">detailed stats</a> and unlock <ahref="#stealth-mode">powerful tools</a>.</p>
<p>By default, all stories from <strong>your contacts</strong> which you are allowed to view appear at the top of your chat list. You can pull down to <strong>expand it</strong> and scroll through all the stories. To open someone’s story, simply <strong>tap their picture</strong>.</p>
<p>You can also watch stories from other Telegram users. Any person with an active, viewable story will have a ring around their profile picture – like in the <strong>chat list</strong>, on their <strong>profile</strong>, and in <strong>member lists</strong> in groups.</p>
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<p>While watching a story, you can <strong>tap</strong> on the right and left sides of your screen to <strong>skip forward</strong> and <strong>back</strong>– or <strong>swipe</strong> right and left to see stories from another user.</p>
<p>If you wish to <strong>hide</strong> a specific person's stories from the top of your screen without blocking them or deleting them from your contacts, just <strong>tap and hold their story preview</strong> and choose <em>‘Hide Stories’</em>– hidden stories will be listed in your <ahref="https://t.me/TelegramTips/213">archive</a> instead.</p>
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<p>To <strong>revert</strong> this action, open your archive, hold their story preview and tap “Unhide Stories”. Note that the chat with the user in question will not be moved to the archive, and they will not know you’ve archived their stories.</p>
<p>By default, you will be notified about new stories from <strong>5 contacts</strong> that you contact frequently. You can manually toggle notifications on or off for <strong>any user</strong> by viewing one of their stories, tapping <imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001448/2/VHd-rEO8AMI.2898/1d9c403b5d0d54dbb0"alt="Menu iOS"> or <imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001466/3/TUYKwGzdaIM.984/c472ac8f01ebdd57c8"alt="Menu Android"> and selecting <em>‘Notify About Stories’</em>.</p>
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<p>Your notification settings can be completely customized by adding <strong>exceptions</strong> for individual users or <strong>entire groups</strong>.</p>
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<h4><aclass="anchor"name="reactions-and-replies"href="#reactions-and-replies"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Reactions and Replies</h4>
<p>While viewing someone’s story, you can easily <strong>react to it</strong> by tapping on the heart icon or <strong>privately reply</strong> from the text field – keep in mind that both of these actions will add you to the list of viewers even if you enabled <ahref="#stealth-mode">Stealth Mode</a>.</p>
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<p>You can send <strong>hundreds of different reactions</strong> by <strong>holding</strong> on the heart icon instead of tapping it.</p>
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<h4><aclass="anchor"name="photo-and-video"href="#photo-and-video"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Photo and Video</h4>
<p>You can tap the [+] button (iOS) or the camera icon (Android) in your chat list to create a story, using a <strong>photo or video</strong>– either from your <strong>gallery</strong> or via the <strong>in-app camera</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Multiple images</strong> from your gallery can be used in <strong>one story</strong>– open the sticker panel in the editor and tap the <strong>photo icon</strong> in the bottom corner. There you can also <strong>search for images</strong> from the web.</p>
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<p>When creating a story, you can <strong>tap</strong> to take a photo, or <strong>hold down</strong> to record video – all with one hand. While recording, <strong>swipe left</strong> to lock recording, <strong>swipe up</strong> to zoom in, or <strong>swipe right</strong> to switch cameras.</p>
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<h4><aclass="anchor"name="dual-camera-mode"href="#dual-camera-mode"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Dual Camera Mode</h4>
<p>Telegram Stories allow you to capture a moment from every angle using both the <strong>front and rear cameras</strong> of your device simultaneously.</p>
<p>Footage from one camera fills the screen, while the other camera is overlaid as a small circle, which can be <strong>moved to any position</strong>. You can tap the button to choose which camera goes where – even <strong>while recording</strong>.</p>
<p>Stories use Telegram’s powerful media editor – allowing you to <strong>correct parameters</strong> like brightness, contrast and saturation, or <strong>add stickers</strong>, <strong>GIFs</strong>, <strong>text</strong> and <strong>location tags</strong>.</p>
<p>You can also add <strong>multiple images</strong> from your gallery or directly from the web. To do so, open the sticker panel in the editor and tap the <strong>photo icon</strong> in the bottom left corner – from there, either select an existing image or use the search icon in the top right corner to find new ones online.</p>
<p>Stories have a separate field <strong>just for text</strong>– where you can add more context without covering up any of your content. Captions support <strong>@mentions</strong> and <strong>links</strong>, so you can tag friends or share websites.</p>
<p>When posting a story, you can select from <strong>4 privacy settings</strong>: <em>Everyone</em>, <em>My Contacts</em>, <em>Close Friends</em> and <em>Selected Contacts</em>. Each option can be <strong>completely customized</strong>, allowing you to <strong>include</strong> or <strong>exclude individual users</strong>, as well as <strong>entire group chats</strong>.</p>
<p>Additionally, you can choose a list of users who <strong>will never see your story</strong>, regardless of which privacy setting you choose. This way you can make sure certain <strong>coworkers</strong> or <strong>family members</strong> won’t accidentally discover your adventurous side. <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F9180.png"width="20"height="20"alt="👀"/></p>
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<p>In the privacy menu, you can also choose whether to <strong>prevent</strong> or <strong>allow screenshots</strong>. Disabling <em>‘Allow Screenshots’</em> also hides any <strong>Telegram UI options</strong> that viewers could use to save or share the story.</p>
<p>Stories last for your choice of 6, 12, 24 or 48 hours. To select <strong>how long</strong> you’d like your story to last, tap the <strong>timer icon</strong> at the far side of the <em>Caption</em> field.</p>
<p>Once a story expires, it is moved to your profile by default, unless you chose to disable this option, in which case it will go directly to your <ahref="#my-stories-and-story-archive">story archive</a>.</p>
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<p>Currently, the expiration time of a story <strong>can’t be edited</strong>. However, you can always delete the story and repost it with a longer or shorter option.</p>
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<h2><aclass="anchor"name="stories-on-your-profile"href="#stories-on-your-profile"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Stories on Your Profile</h2>
<p>You can choose to post stories to your profile, arranged in a gorgeous grid – where both old contacts and new connections will see your highlight reel for as long as you want.</p>
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<p>Each story that you post to your profile has <strong>separate privacy settings</strong>– so you can always control which ones certain people are able to see.</p>
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<p>Stories can be <strong>added</strong> to or <strong>removed</strong> from your profile <strong>at any time</strong>. To add an expired story to your profile, open your <ahref="#my-stories-and-story-archive">Story Archive</a> in <em>Settings > My Stories</em>. </p>
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<h4><aclass="anchor"name="my-stories-and-story-archive"href="#my-stories-and-story-archive"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>My Stories and Story Archive</h4>
<p>After stories expire, they go to your <strong>Story Archive</strong>, where they can be scrolled through, reposted, added to your profile, or <strong>permanently deleted</strong>. To access your archive, go to <em>Settings > My Stories ><imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001448/2/VHd-rEO8AMI.2898/1d9c403b5d0d54dbb0"alt="Menu iOS">> Show Archive</em> (iOS) or <em>Settings > My Stories > Archive</em> (Android).</p>
<p>Any stories you’ve posted to your profile also appear in <em>Settings > My Stories</em>, where you can view and manage them.</p>
<p><strong>Any element</strong> of your story can be updated at <strong>any time</strong>– to change its <strong>visibility</strong>, <strong>caption</strong>, <strong>stickers</strong> or other additions without having to delete and repost from scratch.</p>
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<p>To edit your story, open it on the <strong>device you posted it from</strong> and tap <imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001448/2/VHd-rEO8AMI.2898/1d9c403b5d0d54dbb0"alt="Menu iOS">/<imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001466/3/TUYKwGzdaIM.984/c472ac8f01ebdd57c8"alt="Menu Android">> Edit Story.</p>
<p>While your story is active, you can change <strong>who is able to see it</strong> from any of your devices. Tap to open your story, and then tap the icon in the <strong>top-right corner</strong> of your story. From there, you can change it to any of the 4 <ahref="#privacy-settings">privacy settings</a>: <em>Everyone</em>, <em>My Contacts</em>, <em>Close Friends</em> or <em>Selected Contacts</em>.</p>
<h4><aclass="anchor"name="editing-stories-on-your-profile"href="#editing-stories-on-your-profile"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Editing Stories On Your Profile</h4>
<p>You can view and manage the stories you’ve saved to your profile in <em>Settings > My Stories</em>. There you can tap any story to <strong>see its viewer list</strong>, <strong>change its visibility</strong>, or <strong>remove it</strong> from your profile. </p>
<p>To see <strong>who viewed your story</strong> and when, open it from the <ahref="#watching-stories">top of your screen</a> or from your <ahref="#my-stories-and-story-archive">Story Archive</a> in <em>Settings > My Stories</em> and tap on <strong>views</strong> at the bottom. </p>
<p>By default, this list becomes unavailable <strong>24h</strong> after the story expires, however, Telegram Premium subscribers can access it indefinitely.</p>
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<p>Note that <strong>reactions</strong> and the <strong>total view count</strong> remain available indefinitely for any user.</p>
<p>These filters include a <strong>search field</strong> that lets you find specific users, as well as separate tabs for <strong>all viewers</strong> and <strong>contacts</strong>. If enough users <strong>react</strong> to your story, you’ll be able to <strong>sort</strong> the list by either <em>Likes First</em> or <em>New First</em>.</p>
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<p>Keep in mind that users who enabled <ahref="#stealth-mode">Stealth Mode</a> won’t appear in this list unless they react or reply to your story.</p>
<p>When a user opens a story, they appear in a <strong>list of viewers</strong> that is visible to the story's author. Premium users can enable <strong>Stealth Mode</strong>– erasing their views from any stories they opened in <strong>the past 5 minutes</strong>, and hiding what they view for <strong>the next 25 minutes</strong>.</p>
<p>To enable Stealth Mode, open any story (even your own), tap <imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001448/2/VHd-rEO8AMI.2898/1d9c403b5d0d54dbb0"alt="Menu iOS"> or <imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001466/3/TUYKwGzdaIM.984/c472ac8f01ebdd57c8"alt="Menu Android"> and select <em>‘Stealth Mode’</em>. </p>
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<p>Stealth Mode is only available to <ahref="https://telegram.org/faq_premium#q-how-can-i-subscribe">Telegram Premium</a> subscribers, along with other powerful and <ahref="#premium-features">exclusive features</a>. </p>
<p>Any Telegram user can view, post and interact with stories. Subscribers of <ahref="https://telegram.org/faq_premium#q-how-can-i-subscribe">Telegram Premium</a> unlock exclusive features to make the most out of stories:</p>
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<li>Priority Order – Get more views as your stories are displayed first.</li>
<li>Stealth Mode –<ahref="#stealth-mode">Hide the fact</a> that you viewed someone’s story.</li>
<li>Permanent View History – Check who viewed your stories, even after they expire.</li>
<li>Custom Expiration Options – Keep your story up for 6, 12 or 48 hours.</li>
<li>Save Stories to Gallery – Save any unprotected story to your Gallery.</li>
<li>Better Captions – Unlock 10 times longer captions under your stories, as well as links and custom formatting.</li>
<li>More Stories – Share up to 100 memorable stories each day.</li>
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<p>Like with all Telegram Premium features, this is just the beginning – expect even more powerful functionality with future updates.</p>
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