Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice
Acquiring Telegram Stars binds users to Terms of Service for Telegram Stars
Users can acquire Telegram Stars to purchase digital goods and services from bots and mini-apps within Telegram, and using Stars constitutes acceptance of the Terms of Service for Telegram Stars.
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Terms of Service for Telegram Stars
Telegram users can acquire Telegram Stars, which are used to purchase digital goods and services from bots and mini-apps inside the Telegram app. Should you wish to use Telegram Stars, you in turn accept the [Terms of Service for Telegram Stars](https://telegram.org/tos/stars).
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company commitment
Purchasing Telegram Premium authorizes recurring monthly or yearly payments
Purchasing Telegram Premium authorizes recurring monthly or annual payments via the user's chosen payment method until canceled by the subscriber or by Telegram.
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Telegram Premium is a subscription membership that unlocks exclusive features and improved functionality. By purchasing Telegram Premium, you agree that you are authorizing recurring monthly or yearly payments, which will be made to Telegram using the payment method you selected until the subscription is canceled by you or Telegram.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
Telegram uses third-party payment processors for Premium purchases
Telegram utilizes third-party payment processors to securely process payments for Telegram Premium subscriptions.
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Telegram uses third-party payment processors to securely facilitate purchases of Telegram Premium.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Procedure
Managing Telegram Premium, payment failure cancellation, and renewal dates
Subscribers manage Telegram Premium through Settings. Declined payment methods lead to cancellation unless updated, and successful recharge retains the original renewal cycle date rather than the charge date.
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You can manage your Telegram Premium subscription by accessing the Telegram Premium section in the Settings of your Telegram account. If your payment method is declined, you must provide new payment information or your Telegram Premium subscription will be canceled. If you provide new payment information and are successfully charged, your new subscription period will be based on the original renewal date and not the date of the successful charge.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Local taxes added to purchase price and payment providers set conversion rates
Local taxes may be added to purchase totals in certain regions, and payment providers may apply independent commissions and currency conversion rates outside of Telegram's control.
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Users in certain regions may be required to pay local taxes, which will be calculated and added to the total cost of a purchase. Payment providers may apply their own commissions and conversion rates to payments in various currencies. This is outside of Telegram’s control.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
Cancelled subscriptions remain active until period end without refund or credit
Cancelled subscriptions continue until the end of the current billing cycle with no refund or credit for remaining days, after which Premium feature access terminates.
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Your subscription will remain active from the time you cancel until the end of your current billing period, and you will not receive a refund or credit for any remaining days in your current billing period. At the end of your subscription you will lose access to all features associated with Telegram Premium.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Deleting Telegram account or app does not cancel recurring subscription
Neither deleting the Telegram account nor removing the Telegram app from a device cancels an active recurring Telegram Premium subscription.
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Deleting your Telegram account or removing the Telegram application from your device does not cancel your subscription.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Context
Subscriptions via third parties subject to third-party terms and direct billing
Subscribers obtaining Premium via third parties such as Apple App Store or Google Play are subject to the third party's terms and maintain a direct billing relationship with that provider.
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If you obtain a Telegram Premium subscription via a [third party](https://telegram.org/tos/third-party-payments) (e.g. Google Play, Apple App Store), your purchase may be further subject to the third party's terms as agreed between you and the third party. For paid services obtained via a third party, your billing relationship will be directly with the applicable third party.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company commitment
Telegram may discontinue subscriptions with a prorated refund for unused prepaid time
Telegram may discontinue offering subscriptions at any time due to legal requirements or unforeseen circumstances, providing a prorated refund for any unused prepaid subscription period.
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Telegram can decide to stop offering subscriptions at any time, including in response to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, or to comply with a legal requirement; in this case we will cancel your subscription and refund the prorated portion of any prepaid subscription fee equal to the remaining unused term of the subscription.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Users are responsible for taxes, data plans, and internet connection fees
Users are solely responsible for all applicable taxes, internet connection fees, data plans, and associated costs arising from using Telegram.
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You are responsible for all applicable taxes, data plans, internet fees, and other fees associated with your use of Telegram.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Purchases are generally nonrefundable without partial refunds for early cancellation
All purchase charges are generally nonrefundable, and early cancellation does not yield partial refunds or credits, with subscriptions remaining valid through their purchased duration.
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Generally, all charges for purchases are nonrefundable. It is not possible to get a “partial refund” or credit if a user wishes to cancel their recurring subscription early – it will remain valid until the end of its purchased duration.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company commitment
Telegram reserves right to adjust Premium fees and terms effective upon renewal
Telegram reserves the right to modify subscription terms and renewal pricing to reflect business changes, product offerings, or economic conditions.
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While we do not anticipate frequent changes to the price of Telegram Premium, we reserve the right to change both these terms and the fees in effect on renewal of your subscription, to reflect factors such as changes to our business, different product offerings, or new economic conditions.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Procedure
Channel admins organize giveaways at their expense and gain locked channel boosts
Channel administrators can fund giveaways by purchasing Premium subscriptions, earning 4 non-reassignable boosts per subscription for their channel for the purchased duration starting upon launch.
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Channel admins can organize giveaways at their expense, purchasing a number of premium subscriptions to be distributed among present or future subscribers and immediately gain 4 boosts per purchased subscription. The boosts received by the channel can’t be reassigned to another channel, they are activated the moment the giveaway is first launched and remain active for the purchased duration of the subscriptions distributed in the giveaway.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Procedure
Giveaways nonrefundable with varying pricing and undistributed links return to admins
Giveaways can be purchased via app stores, direct/web, or Fragment with nonrefundable pricing that may vary; undistributed prize links return to channel admins and cannot roll over into subsequent giveaways.
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Giveaways are available for purchase on Telegram’s store apps, direct and web versions and on Fragment. Prices may vary between each option. All purchases are nonrefundable. If there are not enough eligible participants to distribute all the prizes, the channel admins will receive all the undistributed premium activation links, to be used at the admins’ discretion. Undistributed prizes cannot be “rolled over” into other giveaways.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Sponsoring admins not entitled to refund if they lose channel access
Admins sponsoring giveaways receive no refund if they lose channel access due to demotion, bans, ownership transfer, channel deletion, or terms violations.
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Admins who sponsored a giveaway are not entitled to a refund if they lose access to their channel. Reasons for losing access include but are not limited to being demoted, banned, transferring ownership, and the channel being deleted by its owner or restricted by Telegram due to violations of these Terms of Service or the terms of app stores.