<p>Any user can easily create a custom <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/shareable-folders-custom-wallpapers">chat folder</a> with up to <strong>200</strong> chats — and share it with friends, coworkers or followers by sending a <strong>single link</strong>. With just one tap, the recipient can conveniently join <strong>every group and channel</strong> in the folder.</p>
<p>This unlocks a seamless <strong>onboarding process</strong> for companies, enables journalists and experts to rapidly share <strong>lists of curated news sources and communities</strong>, and more.</p>
<p>To create a chat folder, go to <em>Settings > Chat Folders</em> on <strong>any Telegram app</strong>. Pick the chats you’d like included, and give it a name – your folder will appear as a <strong>separate tab</strong> in your chat list, like <em>Work</em> or <em>News</em>.</p>
<p>Chat folders can have <strong>up to 200 chats</strong> each – and any chat can be added to <strong>multiple folders</strong>.</p>
<p>If you want to share your folder with others, do not include or exclude <em>'Chat Types'</em> like '<em>Groups</em>', '<em>Channels</em>' or '<em>Unread</em>'.</p>
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<h3><aclass="anchor"name="sharing-your-folders"href="#sharing-your-folders"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Sharing Your Folders</h3>
<p>To share your folder, long press the folder name in your chat list and select <em>‘Share’</em>– or open the folder in <em>Settings > Chat Folders</em>. This will create a new invite link for your folder. You can <strong>choose which of the chats</strong> from the folder will become available to the people with this link.</p>
<p>Tap <imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001466/3/TUYKwGzdaIM.984/c472ac8f01ebdd57c8"alt="⋮"> on Android or <imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001448/2/VHd-rEO8AMI.2898/1d9c403b5d0d54dbb0"alt="..."> on iOS to give the link a <ahref="#naming-links">distinctive name</a> or generate a <strong>QR code</strong>.</p>
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<p>Folders that use filters like '<em>Groups</em>', '<em>Channels</em>' or '<em>Read</em>' can't be shared.</p>
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<h3><aclass="anchor"name="choosing-chats-to-share"href="#choosing-chats-to-share"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Choosing Chats to Share</h3>
<p>When creating an invite link, you can choose any <strong>public groups or channels</strong> as well as private groups and channels where you have the <strong>admin right to invite users</strong>. Individual users and bots can't be shared together with the folder, but users can <ahref="#customizing-folders">add them manually</a> later.</p>
<p>Sharing a folder with someone allows them to <strong>directly join</strong> all its chats – even ones that normally need <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/shared-media-scrolling-calendar-join-requests-and-more#join-requests-for-groups-and-channels">Join Requests</a> (for this reason, only admins can add public chats with join requests to shareable folders). </p>
<p>After selecting the chats, you can <strong>copy the invite link</strong> or instantly <strong>share it</strong>. When a recipient follows the link, they’ll receive an invitation and preview of the folder – after accepting, they’ll be <strong>added to every chat</strong> and the folder will appear in their chat list. If they later remove the folder, they can also <strong>leave</strong> all its chats in one tap.</p>
<p>Chats that you can’t share with a link and those you chose not to share will remain in your <strong>personal version</strong> of the folder – you can keep using it <strong>normally</strong>.</p>
<p>Folders can have up to <strong>100</strong> unique invite links – each one giving access to <strong>different chats</strong>. For example, you might create a <em>‘Manager’</em> link that shares all chats from your Work folder, while <em>‘Intern’</em> unlocks just 2 or 3.</p>
<p>Similarly, someone whose News folder has channels in <strong>multiple languages</strong> might want to make separate <em>English</em> and <em>Spanish</em> links – or ones for <em>World News</em> and <em>Local News</em>.</p>
<p>You can <strong>upgrade</strong> the access level of any user that added your folder by sending them a different link – they will get a chance to add the chats they're missing to the same folder.</p>
<p>You can easily organize different <ahref="#managing-access-levels">access levels</a> by giving each invite link its own <strong>name</strong>. To do so, long press your folder's name and select <em>Edit folder</em>, then tap on a link ><imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001466/3/TUYKwGzdaIM.984/c472ac8f01ebdd57c8"alt="⋮"> on Android or <imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001448/2/VHd-rEO8AMI.2898/1d9c403b5d0d54dbb0"alt="..."> on iOS ><em>Edit name</em>.</p>
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<p>The link names you choose are <strong>private</strong> and won't be shown to other users.</p>
<p>When you add new chats to your folder, they will <strong>not</strong> automatically appear for users who added the folder via an invite link. This is useful, in case you need to add some chats for your own convenience.</p>
<p>If you want the folder to be updated for other users, you can <strong>update an existing invite link</strong>, adding new chats. Anyone who used that link will be prompted to join the new chats. </p>
<p>After users <strong>add your folder</strong> via an invite link, they can <strong>customize it</strong> by changing its name, <strong>adding their own chats</strong> or removing others. For example, users who added a <em>Work</em> folder you shared with them could add <strong>1-on-1 chats</strong> with colleagues from their own department.</p>
<p>New chats you add to the folder will not be shared automatically. If you manually <ahref="#updating-folders">update the invite link</a>, users who added your folder will get a <strong>suggestion</strong> to join the new chats.</p>
<p>All Telegram users can add <strong>2 shareable folders</strong>, each containing up to <strong>100 chats</strong>– to join colleagues or share interests with friends. Subscribers of Telegram Premium unlock <strong>20 shareable folders</strong> with up to <strong>200 chats</strong> each, and can create up to <strong>100</strong> different <strong>invite links</strong> per folder.</p>
<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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<p>Premium subscribers also unlock <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/700-million-and-premium#chat-management">Advanced Chat Management</a> options – like setting a default folder.</p>
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