How to Save Telegram GIFs on iPhone and iPad

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Learn ways to save GIFs in Telegram if you're using an iPhone or iPad
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This wikiHow teaches you how to save Telegram GIFs for the future on your iPhone or iPad. You can save GIFs sent to you by other users to your library, phone, or tablet, but you can only save Telegram’s built-in GIFs to your library.

Quick Tips on Saving Telegram GIFs

Navigate to the conversation that has the GIF you want to save. Once you find the GIF, press and hold on it until a menu pops up. Tap More... , which will bring you to a screen with all the images in the conversation. Tap the Share icon at the bottom of the screen, then tap Save video .

Method 1
Method 1 of 3:

Saving Received GIFs to Your iPhone or iPad

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    It’s a round blue icon with a white paper airplane inside. You’ll usually find it on the home screen.
    • This method will help you download a GIF you received from another Telegram user to your iPhone or iPad. You can then use the GIF in any app that supports GIFs.
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    A gray strip of options will appear above the GIF.
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    A new screen containing a list of all images in the message will appear. The image you selected now has a blue and white check mark on its left side.
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    Tap the circle beside each image to add a check mark. This is optional.
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    It’s at the bottom-center part of the screen.
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    “[number]” reflects the amount of selected GIFs. This saves the GIFs to your phone or tablet’s gallery.
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Adding Telegram’s GIFs to Your Library

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    It’s a round blue icon with a white paper airplane inside. You’ll usually find it on the home screen.
    • This method teaches you how to save one of the GIFs in Telegram's GIF search to your personal library. This lets you quickly add it to chats in the future.
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    It can be an individual message or a group chat.
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    It’s a circle with a folded-over corner, and you’ll find it near the bottom-right corner of the screen.
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    It’s inside of a circle near the bottom-left corner of the screen. This opens your personal GIF library, which is where you’ll be saving the new GIF. The message box now reads “@gif Search GIFs.”
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    This is a word that describes the type of GIF you want to save and/or send. As you type, a list of results will appear at the top of the screen.
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    A larger preview will appear. If you don’t like it, tap Cancel to return and select another.
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    The GIF is now saved to your personal library.
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Saving Received GIFs to Your Library

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    It’s a round blue icon with a white paper airplane inside. You’ll usually find it on the home screen.
    • This method will help you add GIFs from other Telegram users to your library, making it easy to add them to other conversations.
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    This opens the image in full view.
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    It’s at the bottom-right corner of the preview screen. This GIF is now added to your library.
    • To open your GIF library, tap the sticker icon (a circle with a folded-over edge) at the bottom of any chat, then tap GIF .
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