Starting off as a viable competition to WhatsApp back in 2003, Telegram Messenger has since been growing at a steady pace. Recently, the company hit a benchmark of 100 million active monthly users. This is good, but it is still nowhere WhatsApp’s one billion mark. However, some features differentiate it from other apps and these features are enough to keep the people who use it religiously, hooked. This instant messenger is also adding plenty of users every day. So, if you are a user or want to start using the app, here are some tricks you should know. I will also include pictures to demonstrate how you can go about using those methods: 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Turn off message preview. As useful as message previews are, they are not entirely private as someone with access to your phone can just swipe down the notification panel and have a look at them. Telegram has an option to turn it off. 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Set custom notification and LED color (Only for Android). This feature is only for android users. For each of your contacts, you can select a custom notification individually. It even allows you to set an individual LED color, provided your device has the LED feature for it to work. 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Manage media downloads. This application lets you send any file that is up to 1.5 GB, meaning that you might receive a lot of huge files. To prevent this, you can choose to turn off auto downloads as there is nothing worse than your mobile data getting exhausted for no reason. 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reply directly from your home screen through pop-ups (Only for Android users). Pop-up notifications, though annoying at times, can come in handy if you text a lot. It offers you the ease and convenience of replying directly from your home screen without actually opening the app. 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Select self-destruct timer in secret chats. Telegram has ‘Secret chats,' which as an attractive feature, brings an end to end encryption. It notifies you when someone takes a screenshot and other features. The most interesting feature, however, is the self-destruct timer which allows you to choose the lifespan of a chat before you can erase it. 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hide last seen from particular users. This is an option that is even present on WhatsApp, but this app adds a critical option to that. Telegram allows you to block a particular user from seeing your last seen. They will, however, be able to see an approximate time, like recently, last week, etc. 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Search messages. With this app, you can search for any of your messages, no matter how old. 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lock your chats. Other messaging applications require you to use app lockers which are third party apps. Telegram comes with an inbuilt app locker which eases things a lot. 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partake in multiple chat sessions. Telegram supports multiple chat sessions, meaning that you can start chatting on your phone and then continue it on your computer. 10. &nbsp; Preview and stickers Telegram allows you to create your stickers and even add full sticker packs through the stickers’ bot. &nbsp; With all these amazing tricks in the bag, why not download Telegram today?&nbsp;

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