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<pre class="page_scheme"><code><a  href="/constructor/account.takeout" >account.takeout</a>#4dba4501 id:<a  href="/type/long" >long</a> = <a  href="/type/account.Takeout" >account.Takeout</a>;
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<a  href="/method/account.initTakeoutSession"  class="current_page_link" >account.initTakeoutSession</a>#8ef3eab0 flags:<a  href="/type/%23" >#</a> contacts:flags.0?true message_users:flags.1?true message_chats:flags.2?true message_megagroups:flags.3?true message_channels:flags.4?true files:flags.5?true file_max_size:flags.5?<a  href="/type/long" >long</a> = <a  href="/type/account.Takeout" >account.Takeout</a>;</code></pre></p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="#parameters" id="parameters" name="parameters"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Parameters</h3>
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<th>Name</th>
<th style="text-align: center;">Type</th>
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<td><strong>flags</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/type/%23">#</a></td>
<td>Flags, see <a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">TL conditional fields</a></td>
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<td><strong>contacts</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.0?<a href="/constructor/true">true</a></td>
<td>Whether to export contacts</td>
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<td><strong>message_users</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.1?<a href="/constructor/true">true</a></td>
<td>Whether to export messages in private chats</td>
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<td><strong>message_chats</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.2?<a href="/constructor/true">true</a></td>
<td>Whether to export messages in <a href="/api/channel#basic-groups">basic groups</a></td>
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<td><strong>message_megagroups</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.3?<a href="/constructor/true">true</a></td>
<td>Whether to export messages in <a href="/api/channel#supergroups">supergroups</a></td>
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<td><strong>message_channels</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.4?<a href="/constructor/true">true</a></td>
<td>Whether to export messages in <a href="/api/channel#channels">channels</a></td>
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<td><strong>files</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.5?<a href="/constructor/true">true</a></td>
<td>Whether to export files</td>
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<td><strong>file_max_size</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/mtproto/TL-combinators#conditional-fields">flags</a>.5?<a href="/type/long">long</a></td>
<td>Maximum size of files to export</td>
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<h3><a class="anchor" href="#result" id="result" name="result"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Result</h3>
<p><a href="/type/account.Takeout">account.Takeout</a></p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="#possible-errors" id="possible-errors" name="possible-errors"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Possible errors</h3>
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<td>420</td>
<td>TAKEOUT_INIT_DELAY_%d</td>
<td>Sorry, for security reasons, you will be able to begin downloading your data in %d seconds. We have notified all your devices about the export request to make sure it's authorized and to give you time to react if it's not.</td>
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<h3><a class="anchor" href="#related-pages" id="related-pages" name="related-pages"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Related pages</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="#channels-supergroups-gigagroups-and-basic-groups" id="channels-supergroups-gigagroups-and-basic-groups" name="channels-supergroups-gigagroups-and-basic-groups"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a><a href="/api/channel">Channels, supergroups, gigagroups and basic groups</a></h4>
<p>How to handle channels, supergroups, gigagroups, basic groups, and what's the difference between them.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="#takeout-api" id="takeout-api" name="takeout-api"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a><a href="/api/takeout">Takeout API</a></h4>
<p>Telegram's API allows users to export all of their information through the takeout API.</p></div>
  
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