How to download from Telegram
Paste a t.me post link and save what is in it.
By using this site you confirm you have the right to download the file you request.
How it works
- 1
Get the post link
In Telegram, long-press the message and choose Copy Link. It looks like t.me/channelname/1234.
- 2
Paste it and press Start
telegram.me addresses work the same way.
- 3
Save the file
Video posts give MP4; voice notes and music files come through as audio.
The web limit is the thing to know
Telegram publishes a web preview of each public post, and that preview only serves media under a size limit of its own. Past that limit the page shows the clip’s poster and a button telling you to open the app instead, and there is no file behind it for anyone to fetch.
We measured this rather than guessing. Twelve consecutive posts on one channel came out like this:
| Outcome | Posts | What the page does |
|---|---|---|
| Served | 5 | The video row appears and converts |
| Over the web limit | 6 | Says so by name, rather than failing |
| No video in the post | 1 | Says there is nothing to take |
That is roughly the ratio to expect on a channel that posts long videos.
Why the error says so by name
When a post is past the limit, this page says the post is past Telegram’s web limit. It does not say "something went wrong", because that reads like our bug and invites a retry that cannot possibly succeed.
There is no setting, no retry and no other tool that gets around it. The file is simply not published on the web.
Public channels only
A private channel, a group, and a direct message all need an account. This tool never signs in as anyone, so none of them are readable.
A public channel that later goes private takes its old posts with it.
Frequently asked questions
Why does one post work and the next not?
Size. The smaller one is under Telegram’s web limit and the larger one is not.
Can I download from a private channel?
No. It needs an account, and this never uses one.
Do voice notes work?
Yes, they come through as audio like any other sound file in a post.