Schedule Telegram messages for channels and groups
Prepare Telegram messages with text and files in Crowdbird and set the time. A bot you add as admin sends them to your channel or group. You don't need a bot of your own.
By Lena Hartwig, Product and scheduler
Updated on November 9, 2026
- What you schedule
- Message, up to 10 files
- Text
- 4,096 characters
- First comment
- NoNo
- Inbox
- YesMessages to the bot
- Connection
- Bot you add as admin
More for scheduling
Add the bot, send a code, done
You add the bot Crowdbird names when you connect as admin to your channel or group and confirm with a one-time code. You don't create a bot yourself.
- Add the bot as admin
- Confirm with a one-time code
- Channel or group
What Crowdbird sends on Telegram
A scheduled message is plain text or holds up to 10 images and videos. If you like, you send it silently or without a link preview.
- Text up to 4,096 characters
- Up to 10 images and videos
- Silent or without link preview
Answer messages from your group or channel
Messages in the connected group or channel land in the Crowdbird inbox. You read them there next to your other accounts and answer right away. Private messages to the bot don't come in.
- Read group and channel messages
- Answer straight from Crowdbird
- Next to your other accounts
Fixed times for your channel
Set fixed times per weekday and new messages go into the next free slot. Telegram sits in the same week view as your other networks.
- Fixed times per weekday
- Send now or schedule ahead
- Several messages by CSV as drafts
Your first scheduled Telegram message in three steps
Add the bot
Add the bot Crowdbird names as admin with the right to post to your channel or group, and send it the one-time code.
Prepare the message
Write the text and add up to 10 images and videos. If you like, send it silently or without a link preview.
Set the time
Pick your own time or the next free slot in the queue.
Connect Telegram through a bot
You don't connect Telegram with your Telegram account but through a bot. It sends the scheduled messages to your channel or group. You don't need to create a bot of your own.
Start the Telegram connection in Crowdbird. You get the name of the bot and a one-time code.
Add the bot as admin to your channel or group and give it the right to post messages.
Send the bot the one-time code together with the name of your channel. Crowdbird shows the connection as soon as the bot confirms it.
Every channel and every group is a connection of its own. In a channel, messages appear under the channel's name, in a group under the bot's name.
What a Telegram message can contain
A message can be up to 4,096 characters. With images or videos, the text becomes the caption and can then be up to 1,024 characters. You can combine up to 10 images and videos in one message.
Two switches exist for Telegram only: you can send a message without a notification, and you can hide the link preview.
Group and channel messages in the inbox
Messages in the connected group or channel show up in the Crowdbird inbox under messages. You answer right there, next to the messages of your other accounts.
Private messages that people send to the bot don't come into the inbox.
Scheduling without statistics
Telegram provides no statistics for messages sent by a bot. You only see views in the Telegram app itself. So plan Telegram with fixed times in the queue, for example every Friday at 10 a.m., instead of waiting for time suggestions.
For many messages at once, use the CSV import with text, time, channel and media link. Each row becomes a draft you review before you schedule it. In the social media scheduler you see Telegram next to your other networks.
Common mistakes when scheduling on Telegram
Adding the bot without giving it the right to post.
Scheduling a text over 1,024 characters with images.
Attaching more than 10 files to one message.
Sending the one-time code too late, so you have to start the connection again.
How do I connect Telegram to Crowdbird?
Start the connection in Crowdbird, add the bot it names as admin to your channel or group, and send it the one-time code. The channel then appears as a connected account.
Do I need my own Telegram bot?
No. You use the bot Crowdbird names when you connect. You only add it as admin with the right to post.
Can I post to a Telegram group?
Yes. Channels and groups both work, each as a connection of its own. In a group, messages appear under the bot's name, in a channel under the channel's name.
How long can a Telegram message be?
Up to 4,096 characters without files. With images or videos, the text can be up to 1,024 characters, plus up to 10 files.
Can I send Telegram messages silently?
Yes. For each message you can turn on sending without a notification. You can also hide the link preview.
Does Crowdbird show statistics for Telegram?
No. Telegram provides no statistics for messages sent by a bot. You see views in the Telegram app itself.