Is there a Telegram that shows deleted messages?
No: when the other person deletes a message for both of you, the official Telegram apps no longer show it. Unofficial clients and apps that promise otherwise work by logging in to your account, which gives them access to the whole account. The safe alternative is a bot connected through Chat Automation: it sees only the private chats you choose and never gets your login code or password.
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Is there such a Telegram
There is no official version of Telegram that shows deleted messages. A message deleted for both sides disappears from the conversation, and Telegram itself cannot bring it back. Only a program that received the message before it was deleted can have kept a copy.
The iPhone, Android, desktop and web apps
It is the same everywhere: in the official Telegram app for iPhone, Android, desktop and on the web, a message deleted for both sides disappears without a trace. None of them has a setting that keeps such messages. So the question is not which phone or which version to pick, but who saved the message before it was deleted.
Does Telegram Premium help
No. A Premium subscription adds other features and does not show messages the other person deleted. Neither Flashback nor Chat Automation needs Premium.
What unofficial apps put at risk
An unofficial client or app that shows deleted messages usually works by logging in to your account: it needs your login code and receives your session. That is access to the whole account, not only to the chats you care about. This does not mean every such app does harm, but you give it far more than the job needs and have no control over what happens with that access. Do not enter your login code anywhere except Telegram itself. How such clients work and what they risk for the account is described in detail on a separate page.
How to do it without logging in
Telegram can connect a bot to your account: the feature is called Chat Automation. You choose the private chats, and the bot sees only those. It needs neither your code nor your password. When the other person deletes a message in a chosen chat, the bot sends a card with the saved copy, and the archive stays available later. Flashback shows you how to connect: the bot chat has a step-by-step guide with a video. You can disconnect the bot at any time.
What no method can do
Messages deleted before you connected cannot be recovered by a bot or by an app: the bot keeps a copy only from the moment it is connected. Telegram does not pass calls, groups, channels or secret chats to bots, so they will not be in the archive either. The bot saves disappearing media only through your reply to the message before you open it.
More questions
- Do I need a mod or an unofficial client for this?
- No. A bot connected through Chat Automation is enough: the feature is built into Telegram, and you do not have to log in to your account through third-party software.
- How can I tell an app asks for too much?
- If it needs your Telegram login code or password, that is a login to your account with all its chats. A bot connected through Chat Automation gets neither.
- Can I download a Telegram that keeps deleted messages?
- There is no official one. Programs that describe themselves this way work by logging in to your account, and their risks are described on a separate page. A bot connected through Chat Automation gives a similar benefit without a login, but only from the moment you connect.
- Is there a difference between iPhone and Android?
- Not for this: neither the official iPhone, Android nor desktop apps show messages deleted for both sides. The bot runs on a server, and the cards arrive in Telegram on whichever device you use.
Related questions
Past deletions are gone. The next ones you can see
Connect Flashback before something important gets erased. The bot walks you through connecting step by step, and you can disconnect it at any time.
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