How to Sync User Messages from a Telegram Group to a Channel

Jerry An
3 min readMar 17, 2024

Telegram has become a popular platform for millions worldwide to communicate and share information daily. With this popularity comes new requirements and use cases, one of which is automatically forwarding messages from a specific user in a Telegram group to a channel.

This functionality can be crucial for archiving important notices, sharing updates, or simply centralizing information management. In this article, we’ll explore how to set up such a system within Telegram.

Step One: Create a Telegram Bot

Your first step is to create a Telegram Bot. You can do this by conversing with BotFather, the official Telegram bot for creating and managing other bots.

Obtain your token during this process; it will be your credential for programming and controlling your bot later on.

Step Two: Disable Bot Privacy Mode

By default, Telegram bots can only receive command messages within groups. To enable your bot to access all messages, send the `/setprivacy` command to BotFather and disable the privacy mode.

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