howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-use-saved-messages-in-telegram-on-android/ · Checked October 2026 · Google Pixel 10a, Android 17, Telegram 13.1.1

In this guide

Search for Saved
Open Saved Messages
Type a note and send it
Tap the paperclip, then File
Browse to the photo and tick it
Send it as a file
Find it later in the chat
If you do not see this option
If this does not work
Good to know
Sources

Quick answer

Saved Messages is a chat with yourself. Open it from the Chats search, type a note and send it, or tap the paperclip to save a photo or file. Telegram calls it your cloud storage, so it also shows on your other logged-in devices.

7 of 7 steps with real screenshots · 3 official sources 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: 3 official, linked below

Step by step

Search for Saved
On the Chats screen, tap the magnifier and type Saved. Saved Messages was the top result on ours; public bots and channels show below it.
Done
Open Saved Messages
The empty chat says Your cloud storage.
Done
Type a note and send it
Ours: Test message one, sent at 16:14.
Done
Tap the paperclip, then File
The sheet has Gallery, File, Location, Article, Poll and Contact. File opens Internal Storage, the Telegram folder and Gallery.
Done
Browse to the photo and tick it
In Internal Storage, DCIM, Camera, each photo shows its size and date. The one we sent showed 5,82 MB in the picker.
Done
Send it as a file
Sent from Internal Storage, our JPG kept its name and full size: Telegram showed 5.6 MB, the same file counted in binary megabytes.
Done
Find it later in the chat
Our text file, telegram_test.txt, sent the same way from Download, shows below the photo with its size, 37 B.
Done

If you do not see this option

Saved Messages shows a list of chats? Telegram says the View as Chats mode groups saved messages by the chat they came from. Tap the title, or the three dots, and pick View as Messages. Source: Saved Messages 2.0, One-Time Voice Messages and 8 More Features
No tags on your saved messages? Telegram says tags for Saved Messages are for Premium users. Ours, without Premium, had none. Source: Saved Messages 2.0, One-Time Voice Messages and 8 More Features

If this does not work

Photo comes out smaller? Send it from the File tab. Its Gallery row says To send images without compression. Ours, picked from Internal Storage on that tab, kept its full size: 5,82 MB in the picker, 5.6 MB in Telegram, which counts in binary megabytes.
Running out of phone space? Telegram says clearing the cache frees space without logging out: see clear the Telegram cache. Source: How do I log out?
Need it on another device? Log in there with the same number; your devices are listed under Devices. See see which devices are logged in. Sources: How do I log out?, My phone was stolen, what do I do?

About this guide

The empty chat lists what it is for: forward messages here, send media and files to store them, open it on any device.

The screenshots are from Telegram 13.1.1 on our Google Pixel 10a with Android 17, in Dark mode, taken on 25 October 2026. The photo is one we took on this Pixel.