How to organize chats in Telegram by folders

Telegram is basically an instant messaging service, one of the many alternatives that have emerged in the heat of the WhatsApp phenomenon, but one of the few that has become a reference in its category. However, its development has followed its own path and nowadays it is strict to say that Telegram is much more than a simple messaging application.

I think, You can have your contacts in Telegram, you can be in groups, subscribe to channels… and in fact much more, because each chat (each individual contact, group or channel) can be very different from one another: there are those that are just contacts, there are those that are discussion forums or resource sharing, there are sources of information , content distribution…

Let’s say Telegram happened a tool that can be used for many things, on one side or the other: there are those who use it as a communication channel with their followers, which social network or syndication channel (a good example is our MC channel on Telegram, don’t miss it), who use it to distribute their videos or podcasts; and then there are those who use it all to consume.

Not to mention expanding the functionality of Telegram by integrating it with services like IFTTT and the like, or using bots. The possibilities are huge, but they all point to the same place: cottages. And of course, if you have personal, work or other more specific contacts in Telegram, are in groups, follow different types of channels, etc… Having everything mixed up is not practical.

For this, folders, which is a method Telegram makes easy to categorize chats. How you do this depends on your tastes and needs; this is a simple reminder that this option exists and that it’s worth spending a few minutes learning about it and applying it. To give you an idea with a concrete example, in this video Telegram introduced the feature:

You already have an example of how you can set it up. The interesting thing is that when you focus on any of these activities, you get into their folder and the annoyance of having a thousand things mixed up is reduced (although, frankly, Telegram still needs to improve on this aspect, as some option to mute everything that isn’t in the folder you’re using).
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How can you create folders in telegramIt is very simple, as you have already seen in the video:

• In the mobile app, go to “Settings > Chat Folders”.
• In the PC app, go to “Settings > Chat Folders”.

Here you can create folders with desired names and start adding chats. In addition, Telegram recommends creating a folder where chats with unread messages are grouped, which can be useful if you regularly have too many unread messages, although if there are usually few, this is not necessary, since you will have the main message. “All” folder.

In the mobile app, the folders will appear as cards, while in the desktop app, as you also saw in the video, they will be in the form of a sidebar to the left of the contacts. Be that as it may, navigation is very simple and the order you win, however limited, is appreciated.