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Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Users who sign up for Telegram accept Telegram's Privacy Policy as part of creating an account.
By signing up for Telegram, you accept our Privacy Policy
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Users agree not to use the Telegram service to send spam or perpetrate scams against other users.
Use our service to send spam or scam users.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Users agree not to promote violence on publicly viewable Telegram channels, bots, and related public features.
Promote violence on publicly viewable Telegram channels, bots, etc.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Users agree not to post illegal pornographic content on publicly viewable Telegram channels, bots, and associated features.
Post illegal pornographic content on publicly viewable Telegram channels, bots, etc.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Telegram prohibits activities recognized as illegal in the majority of countries, explicitly including child abuse and offering or selling illegal goods and services such as drugs, firearms, and forged documents.
Engage in activities that are recognized as illegal in the majority of countries. This includes child abuse, selling or offering illegal goods and services (drugs, firearms, forged documents), etc.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment
Telegram reserves the unilateral right to update its Terms of Service at a later time.
We reserve the right to update these Terms of Service later.
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.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Users who access optional features and services on Telegram are additionally bound by their specific supplemental terms, including terms for Stars, Premium, Business, Bots, Mini Apps, Content Creators, and APIs.
If you access certain optional features and services on the Telegram platform, you will be additionally bound by their specific terms – such as the Terms of Service for [Telegram Stars](https://telegram.org/tos/stars), [Telegram Premium](https://telegram.org/tos#terms-of-service-for-telegram-premium), [Telegram Business](https://telegram.org/tos/business), [Bot Users](https://telegram.org/tos/bots), [Mini App Users](https://telegram.org/tos/mini-apps), [Content Creators](https://telegram.org/tos/content-creator-rewards), [Telegram Gateway API](https://telegram.org/tos/gateway), [Telegram API Developers](https://core.telegram.org/api/terms), and [Bot Developers](https://telegram.org/tos/bot-developers).
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Telegram prohibits data scraping on its platform under its Content Licensing and AI Scraping Terms, applying this restriction to all users, businesses, and third-party services accessing the platform.
Telegram additionally prohibits data scraping as part of its [Content Licensing and AI Scraping Terms](https://telegram.org/tos/content-licensing), which apply to all users, businesses, and third-party services accessing the platform.
Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice
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.
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).
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.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company commitment
Purchasing Telegram Premium authorizes recurring monthly or annual payments via the user's chosen payment method until canceled by the subscriber or by Telegram.
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 utilizes third-party payment processors to securely process payments for Telegram Premium subscriptions.
Telegram uses third-party payment processors to securely facilitate purchases of Telegram Premium.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Procedure
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
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.
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
Neither deleting the Telegram account nor removing the Telegram app from a device cancels an active recurring Telegram Premium subscription.
Deleting your Telegram account or removing the Telegram application from your device does not cancel your subscription.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Context
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.
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.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Issuing a chargeback or refund request for third-party Premium purchases authorizes Telegram to share necessary account status and purchase data with that third party.
By issuing a chargeback or refund request for Premium subscriptions paid for through a third party, you agree to allow Telegram to release necessary data to that third party regarding your account status and Telegram Premium purchases.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice
Violating Telegram Terms of Service can lead to temporary or permanent bans and forfeiture of Telegram Premium benefits without compensation.
Failure to comply with the Telegram Terms of Service may result in a temporary or a permanent ban from Telegram or some of its services. In such instances, you might lose the benefits of Telegram Premium and we will not compensate you for this loss.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company commitment
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.
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 solely responsible for all applicable taxes, internet connection fees, data plans, and associated costs arising from using Telegram.
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
All purchase charges are generally nonrefundable, and early cancellation does not yield partial refunds or credits, with subscriptions remaining valid through their purchased duration.
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 the right to modify subscription terms and renewal pricing to reflect business changes, product offerings, or economic conditions.
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.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment
Telegram provides at least 30 days' advance notice via verified in-app service accounts before material fee changes take effect, allowing subscribers to cancel, and limits Premium service messages to subscription/payment status rather than promotions.
We will give you no less than 30 days' advance notice of any material changes via a message to your Telegram account and you will have the opportunity to cancel your subscription before the new fee comes into effect. Any correspondence from the Telegram Team about a user’s Premium account will be sent via verified service accounts in the Telegram app.
Messages from Telegram about your Premium account will contain relevant information about your subscription or payment status – not special offers or promotions.
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.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Telegram does not compensate users for any direct or indirect losses resulting from temporary technical issues or inability to deliver free or paid services.
Telegram strives to make its services available for all users all the time, but occasional technical issues may occur, temporarily preventing us from delivering services, including Premium Services, to our users. Telegram will not compensate you for any direct or indirect loss resulting from our temporary inability to provide any free or paid services.
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.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Transcription and translation technologies depend on Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.) and carry no guarantee of accuracy or continuous availability.
These technologies are still evolving and there is no guarantee that every message you attempt to either transcribe or translate will be processed correctly, or at all. The accuracy and availability of these technologies depend on a third party (Google LLC, subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.), and we can not guarantee that they will always be accurate and available.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Telegram references its Privacy Policy regarding data privacy for voice and video message transcription.
Read more about the privacy of this data
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.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Procedure
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.
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.
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.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Procedure
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.
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
Admins sponsoring giveaways receive no refund if they lose channel access due to demotion, bans, ownership transfer, channel deletion, or terms violations.
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.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice
Channels conducting giveaways that are later refunded via chargebacks or third parties face termination, search removal, scam labeling, and deletion of gained subscribers.
Channels that mislead users into joining by means of giveaways that are later refunded with a third party (e.g., a bank) may be terminated or assigned a scam label and removed from Telegram search. Subscribers gained as a result of such actions may be removed from the channel sponsoring the giveaway, all channels listed in the selection criteria and other associated channels at our sole discretion.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Giveaway organizers bear sole responsibility for compliance with local legal regulations and agree Telegram bears no liability for sanctions, penalties, or administrative actions related to the feature.
Certain countries or jurisdictions may impose regulatory constraints on giveaways. If you run a giveaway, you are solely responsible for complying with applicable law. You explicitly acknowledge that Telegram is not liable in the event of sanctions, fees, and any form of legal or administrative action incurred as a result of or in relation to your use of the “Giveaway” feature provided by Telegram.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Channel administrators offering arbitrary extra prizes alongside Premium subscriptions are solely responsible for delivery, and Telegram disclaims liability for any resulting prize disputes.
Channel admins can use the Giveaway feature to announce arbitrary prizes in addition to premium subscriptions. Should they choose to do so, they are solely responsible for delivering said prizes to giveaway winners. Telegram will not be liable if any disputes arise in relation to the prizes, their delivery or lack thereof.