How to Save Videos on Telegram on PC or Mac

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An easy-to-follow guide on downloading and saving videos from Telegram chats
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Do you want to save Telegram photos or videos to your computer? You can download media in regular chats or private channels. For private channels, you'll need to install a special browser extension and script to see the Download button. Here's how to save videos on Telegram on PC or Mac computers.

Quick Steps

  1. Open the Telegram desktop app.
  2. Click a chat in the left panel.
  3. Right-click a video and click Save File As… .
  4. Select a save location.
  5. Click Save .
Method 1
Method 1 of 2:

Saving Public Videos

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    The Telegram icon looks like a white paper plane on a blue background. You can find it in your Applications folder on a Mac, or your Start menu on Windows. [1]
    • You can download and install the desktop app from Telegram's apps page .
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    Find the chat with the video you want to save in your chats list, and click it. This will open the conversation on the right-hand side. [2]
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    Find the video file in the chat conversation, and right-click to see your options. It will open a drop-down menu.
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    This option allows you to download and save the video file on your computer. Clicking it will open a new pop-up window and let you select a destination folder to save your video.
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    This is where you will find your saved video after your download.
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    This will download the video file and save it to the selected folder on your computer.
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Downloading from Private Channels

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    Download Tampermonkey on your browser. This is a browser extension available for Google Chrome , Microsoft Edge , Safari, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox. [3]
    • Visit the link and click Get from Store to download it to your browser.
    • This method will only work with the web-based version of Telegram at https://web.telegram.org/k/
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    Install the Telegram media downloader script . This script returns the download button to channels and chats with restricted content saving.
    • Visit the link and click Install this script at the top.
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    Go to https://web.telegram.org/k/ in your web browser. If you aren't already logged in , scan the QR code or click Log in by phone number to do so now.
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    Click a private channel in the left panel. This will open the conversation on the right-hand side.
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    This looks like a down arrow on top of a horizontal line. You can find this in the top-right corner.
    • If prompted, choose a save location. Most browsers will automatically save to your desktop or Downloads folder.
    • The photo or video will be saved to your device.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://desktop.telegram.org/
      2. ↑ https://telegram.org/faq
      3. ↑ https://github.com/neet-nestor/telegram-media-downloader?tab=readme-ov-file

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