How to send self-destructing photos or videos on Telegram

TelegramThe famous messaging app offers a ton of hidden features, some of which even the most avid users are not aware of.
Among these hidden features, we find the ability to send time-based photos or videos, that is to say, means of communication that, from the opening of the addressee, self-destruct.

How to send a self-destructing photo or video on iOS

To send a timed video or photo from an iOS device, the steps to follow are few and easy.

• Open Telegram;
• Go to the chat room of the friend you want to send the photo to and it will self-destruct;
• Press the clip icon and select the photo you want to send, but don't send it yet;
• Open the photo editor by clicking on the photo again and it will be enlarged;
• Select the timer icon in the lower right;

• After touching the timer icon, select the duration for which the photo will be visible since opening by the recipient.
  You can set up to one minute of time.
• Send photo.

Keep in mind that this function is only available for private chats and not for groups.

How to send a self-destructing photo or video on Android

Even for Android devices, there are very few steps to send timed photos:

• Open Telegram;
• Go to the chat room of the friend you want to send the photo to with the timer;
• Press the clip icon and select the photo without sending it;
• Open the photo editor by clicking on the photo again and it will be enlarged;
• Select the timer icon in the lower right corner and select the option duration for which you can see the photo since opening by the recipient. Time may be up to a minute.
• Send photo.

Again, you have to specify that the feature is only available in private chats at the moment.

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