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Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
To sign up for Telegram, users located in European Union countries, the United Kingdom, and Australia must be at least 18 years old.
Users in EU countries, the United Kingdom and Australia must be at least 18 years old to sign up.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Telegram provides free messaging, unlimited cloud storage, 2 GB uploads, calls, large group chats, and multi-device support, while offering optional Telegram Premium subscriptions for purchase in eligible countries.
Telegram is a free application that provides a wide range of services, including unlimited cloud storage, 2 GB file uploads, audio and video calls, group chats up to 200,000 members, support for multiple devices, and [more](https://t.me/telegramtips), free of charge. Some additional services, such as Telegram Premium, may be available for purchase in certain countries – offering an even more powerful messaging experience and a chance to support the continuing development of the Telegram platform.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Subscribers can cancel Telegram Premium at any time via Telegram account Settings, Apple ID Account Settings/App Store, or Google Play Subscriptions depending on where the purchase was made.
You can cancel Telegram Premium any time. To cancel your subscription, follow the instructions in the Telegram Premium section in the Settings of your Telegram account. If you purchased Telegram Premium using your Apple ID, you can cancel your subscription through your device's Account Settings or in the Manage Subscriptions section of the Apple App Store. If you purchased Telegram Premium using Google Play, you can cancel your subscriptions by visiting the Subscriptions section of Google Play.
Account & Service Control · Company commitment
Premium Services are listed in the Premium section, and Telegram may add new features or promotional access (such as Telegram Business), which remain subject to their specific terms of service.
The services included in the Telegram Premium subscription (“Premium Services”) are listed in the Premium Section. From time to time, we may add new items into the Premium Services, including limited-time or promotional access to additional paid features and subscriptions, such as [Telegram Business](https://telegram.org/blog/telegram-business). In such cases, your access to those features is further subject to their specific Terms of Service.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Telegram reserves the right to remove existing Premium Services for legal or technical reasons, make certain Premium services free to all users, or reoffer them in separate membership tiers.
We may also remove some of the existing Premium Services if we are no longer able to provide them for legal or technical reasons. In addition, some Premium Services may become free of charge for all Telegram users in the future or be offered as a separate membership tier.
Account & Service Control · Context
Telegram Premium is supported on major official iOS and Android clients, but some official or third-party apps may not support all Premium features immediately or at all.
Premium Services are available on major Telegram clients, such as the official iOS and Android apps. Some Telegram apps made by Telegram or by third parties may not offer all Premium Services immediately after they are launched or at all.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Certain Premium services require the latest app version, and recipients may also need updated app versions to view shared Premium content such as exclusive stickers or files larger than 2 GB.
Some Premium Services may require the latest version of the Telegram application to be installed on your device. In some cases, users you interact with may also need to have the latest version of the Telegram application installed on their devices in order to be able to view the content you share with them by the use of Premium Services. For example, exclusive stickers available only to the Telegram Premium subscribers or documents larger than 2 GB may be correctly viewed only by users with an up-to-date version of Telegram.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Other users generally do not need to purchase a Telegram Premium subscription to view content shared with them by Premium subscribers.
In general, users you interact with will not have to purchase a Telegram Premium subscription in order to view the content you share with them by the use of Premium Services.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Telegram Premium includes optional transcription of voice and video messages to text, as well as optional live translation for chats, groups, and channels.
Premium Services include the optional ability to request the conversion of any video and voice message on Telegram to text. Additionally, the services include optional live translation for any chat, group or channel.
Account & Service Control · Company commitment
Telegram removes its server-side download speed caps for Premium subscribers, but actual download speeds remain dependent on user hardware, ISPs, and network intermediaries without guarantees.
Premium Services include increased download speed of media and documents on Telegram. This increase is allowed by the removal of all relevant speed limits on Telegram’s side. However, your actual download speed will also depend on external factors such as your hardware, your internet provider and certain intermediary connectivity providers. Therefore, there is no guarantee that enabling Premium Services will always affect the speed with which you download documents and media on Telegram.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Telegram Premium subscribers do not see official Telegram sponsored messages in large public channels, though channel administrators may still independently post their own third-party promotional content.
In certain countries Telegram shows sponsored messages in one-to-many channels that have over 1000 subscribers. The subscribers of Telegram Premium won't see such sponsored messages displayed by Telegram. However, channels on Telegram are managed by other users, their administrators, who may publish their own content featuring third-party promotions or sponsorships. These ads are not part of the Telegram advertisement platform and subscribers of Telegram Premium may still see them.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Purchased subscriptions provide 4 channel boosts, gifted subscriptions provide 1 boost to the recipient and 3 to the gifter, and giveaway subscriptions boost the organizing channel; boost leveling requirements and features can be modified or removed at any time.
Premium Services provide users with a number of “boosts” which they can assign to channels to contribute to increasing the level of these channels, with each level unlocking or extending certain features for the channel.
A purchased Telegram Premium subscription provides 4 boosts. Gifted subscriptions provide 1 boost to the gift recipient and 3 boosts to the gifter. Telegram Premium subscriptions distributed via giveaways in channels do not provide boosts to the accounts that activate them and instead boost the channel which organized the giveaway.
Leveling requirements, unlockable features and earned boosts may be altered or removed at any time.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Telegram selects giveaway winners based on administrator criteria; results are final and unalterable, and Telegram makes no guarantees to organizers or participants if technical issues arise.
Telegram selects winners based on the criteria that channel administrators choose when setting up the giveaway. The results are final and cannot be altered or reversed. In the rare chance that a technical issue results in an unintended outcome, Telegram will attempt to rectify the situation but makes no guarantees to the organizers of a giveaway or its participants.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Giveaway winners receive a unique gift link confirming the win and activating Telegram Premium, which does not confer personal account boosts.
Winners of a giveaway will receive a shareable link that contains a unique gift code which confirms that they won and activates a Telegram Premium subscription, but does not provide any boosts for the user account that activated it.