Download video from Telegram to your phone and computer

Telegram messengers use videos to convey emotions. You can download or burn them, do the processing, crop and perform other manipulations. How to do it right, without loss of quality, we will consider in the article.

Types of videos in Telegram

In the feed of a telegram channel or chat there are these types of videos:

  • Square. Appeared before everyone else, which is why they are widespread. Their extension is gif and mp4. The two types of movie data differ in the recording feed format. So, gifs are animations played in video format.
  • Round. Only gaining their popularity. This kind of result is obtained if you independently shoot videos using a smartphone, however, you can also convert into a rectangular format into round. To do this, use special bots.

How to download a video from the messenger

Save video to Telegram.

Downloading video to Telegram is easy, but you need to consider the following nuances:

  • If there are autoload settings in Telegram, then everything downloaded can be found in the folder specially allocated for this. So, for a computer, this is the address C: users .. downloadstelegram desktop. If you work with the messenger via Android, then the storageemulatedTelegram folder is used to save downloads.
  • In a situation where the number of downloaded videos is large enough, and the device’s memory is not able to accommodate all this, cloud storage is provided. It is also possible to send files to other social networks directly from the messenger with full authorization in two accounts at once.
  • Saving to a computer is done by changing the file extension from gif to mp4 both in one and in the opposite direction.

With iphone

The actions that you need to perform on Iphone to download the video you like are quite simple:

  • You need to click on the desired file and hold your finger for a few seconds. As a result of this, a number of buttons will appear, including the “More” button.
  • After that, you must specify the arrow to download the video. After the “Save” button is indicated, the desired entry will be available for viewing in the photo stream.
  • She remains there saved. You can view it at any time, access to it is not limited until the record is deleted from the cache.

From Android Phone

For those who have Android on their phone, click on the download arrow, which is located in the middle of the screen. In this case, the video will be in the cache. It will take time to download, depending on the size of the file.

You can watch the video either in the Telegram channel itself, or with a player in the Android system. The file remains in the memory of the mobile device also until deletion.

From the desktop version

It is very convenient to immediately install on the computer the way in which downloaded files from the messenger will be stored all the time. To do this, open the “Settings” menu and select the checkbox next to the item “Do not ask for a save path”, and in the column “Save path” immediately specify the folder that will be convenient for a particular user.

So the download will occur immediately at the specified address, and the user will not have to search for what he needs for a long time.

Save video to PC.

In order to save the video from Telegram to the computer, you need to use one of the following methods:

  • Click on the down arrow located on the roller itself. After that, the videos will be saved in the specified folder and in the conversation feed, from where they can be viewed.
  • The second method is suitable not only for mp4 format, but also for gif. The user must open the conversation or channel in which the desired video is located. Hovering over the file, right-click, and in the pop-up context menu, specify the option “Save video as.” In this case, the standard save window pops up, which appears in the vast majority of ordinary programs. Here you need to choose where to save, and also specify the name of the document and its extension.

Saved downloads in the folder remain there until deleted. If there is not enough space, you can resort to the archiving operation. This allows you to free up space on your hard drive and add the following data from the Telegram channel.

Important Nuances

It is necessary to pay attention to the following points:

  • When changing the extension from mp.4 to gif, only the picture will be available in the video, while the sound will disappear. When the extension is changed back, the sound is not restored. So this must be taken into account before doing this manipulation.
  • You can download from the Internet and sources such as: YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and other social networks.
  • You can download videos from Instagram via Telegram through special bots.
  • When downloading to the computer’s hard drive, you can register the address of the stored materials both before and during the operation. This is convenient when you need to change the storage address of the materials.
  • Before sending a file to another social network, you need to log in there.

Similarly, downloading and loading occurs in the iOS system, on the iPad. All this has the same sequence of actions as on the iPhone.

Uploading video to the messenger

Quite often, a situation arises when not only you need to save, but also forward the download. To do this, perform a series of manipulations.

On iphone

The user indicates the group, own tape or channel where you want to upload the file. Then in the field where the messages are entered, you must specify the paper clip icon. After that, in the drop-down submenu, point to the “Photo or video” field and upload the video, which is located in the gallery.

On the phone with Android

To forward the message in the form of a video, you must click on the paper clip icon. After that, all available files will drop out in the tape. It should be noted those that need to be sent.

After that, a list of icons will open under them. The user must point to the airplane icon (Telegram symbol), under which it says “Send”.

Actions allow you to download video from Telegram to your phone and send it to another user.

On pc

Download to Telegram from a computer as follows:

  • If the data is archived, you must first extract it from the archive.
  • Then click on the clip located near the dialog, select the file that you want to download.

Telegram bots for downloading video files

Downloading video from Telegram to a computer, phone or other gadget is easy enough. Try not to forget about the preliminary indication of the place where the files will be saved. Uploading a video to the messenger in order to share it with your friends or subscribers also has no special difficulties. Experienced users do this almost intuitively.