How to edit, pin or delete a Telegram message on Android

howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-edit-pin-or-delete-a-telegram-message-on-android/ · Checked October 2026 · Google Pixel 10a, Android 17, Telegram 13.1.1

7 of 7 steps with real screenshots · 1 official source below

Device

Android

Shown on

Google Pixel 10a, Android 17, Telegram 13.1.1

App

Telegram

Real screenshots

7 of 7 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Long-press a message to select it

   The top bar shows 1 Selected with a pencil, copy and bin icon. Tap the pencil to edit.

   Done

2. 

   Change the text, then tap the tick

   Above the keyboard it says Edit Message. We changed one to two.

   Done

3. 

   Check the edited label

   Ours showed Test message two, edited 16:14.

   Done

4. 

   Tap a message, then Pin

   A plain tap opens Reply, Copy, Forward, Pin, Edit and Delete, with edited at 16:47 on top.

   Done

5. 

   Confirm with Pin

   Telegram asks: Do you want to pin this message to the top of the chat?

   Done

6. 

   See the pinned bar

   Pinned Message with its text sits under the chat name. Tap the X to unpin.

   Done

7. 

   To delete, select it and confirm Delete

   Telegram asks: Are you sure you want to delete this message? We deleted our test file.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• No pencil on a message? Ours had the pencil on our own messages, in both the long-press bar and the tap menu (Edit). In Saved Messages every message is yours.

  

• Delete for everyone in a group? Telegram says in one-on-one chats you can delete any message, sent or received, for both sides; in groups only your own. Saved Messages only has you, so ours had no delete-for choice: just Cancel and Delete. Source: Can I delete my messages?

  

If this does not work

• Deleted the wrong one? The dialog has Cancel. Once deleted, our file was gone from the chat.
• Other person still sees a trace? Telegram says deleted messages do not leave a mark in the chat. Source: Can I delete my messages?

About this guide

Long-press selects the message instead and shows a pencil, copy and bin icon at the top.

The screenshots are from Telegram 13.1.1 on our Google Pixel 10a with Android 17, in Dark mode, taken on 25 October 2026. We used our own Saved Messages chat.

Good to know

To save notes to yourself, see use Saved Messages in Telegram.

To make messages delete themselves, see turn on auto-delete in Telegram.

In short: Tap a message: Edit, Pin or Delete; confirm.

📷 See real photos from the Pixel 10a in our Camera Lab, next to 10 other phones.