How to use one telegram account on two devices
How to use Telegram with multiple users at the same time
In this article we will explain how to use Telegram with multiple users at the same time. This feature is extremely useful for those companies that wish to provide customer service or sales support using Telegram.
Telegram is certainly one of the most popular instant messaging platforms in the world. More and more users are starting to use this communication channel to send messages and communicate with companies. This app experienced exponential growth at the beginning of 2021, now exceeding 500 million active users.
However, if you want to use Telegram as a business channel to communicate with customers, you will quickly come up against some important limitations. The most important one is certainly the impossibility of being able to manage the same Telegram account with multiple people at the same time.
In addition to this important limitation (which can only be solved with volatile tricks), there is also the lack of some features typical of business management systems.
In order to manage the same Telegram account from multiple locations simultaneously, you can use Callbell, a platform created to help companies provide customer assistance from a single Telegram account.
Callbell allows you to connect a Telegram account to the platform in just a few clicks, so you can start receiving incoming messages immediately, and invite other team members to collaborate within the same account.
In order to integrate Telegram within Callbell you will need to:
1) Create a free trial account on Callbell.
2) Invite your team, starting with the account administrator
3) Connect Telegram in a few clicks by following this guide.
In the guide, you will find this short video that will guide you step by step through the installation.
Once you have followed these simple steps, you will be able to access the platform from several computers at the same time and manage a single Telegram account from multiple locations.
Thanks for reading, see you next time!
Frequent Questions
How can you use Telegram on multiple browsers at the same time?
To manage the same Telegram account from multiple locations at the same time, you can use Callbell, a platform designed to help companies provide customer support from a single Telegram account.
Callbell allows you to connect a Telegram account to the platform in just a few simple clicks, thus immediately starting to receive incoming messages and inviting other team members to collaborate within the same account.
How to integrate Telegram with Callbell?
- Create a free trial account on Callbell
- Invite your team from the administrator account
- Connect Telegram with just a few clicks by following this simple guide. You will find a short video that will help you with the registration and installation.
Alan Trovò
About the author: Hello! I am Alan and I am the marketing manager at Callbell, the first communication platform designed to help sales and support teams to collaborate and communicate with customers through direct messaging applications such as WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram and Instagram Direct
What is Telegram, what devices can you use it on and how secure
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(Pocket-lint) - Perhaps more so now than at any point in history, consumers are becoming aware of their own online privacy, and free communication that can't be monitored.
Especially given recent revelations about how some social networks manage (read: mis-manage) your personal data. Thankfully there are tools that allow you to stay in touch with friends, family and contacts, without risk of your messages being intercepted or read by a third party.
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In the past, using a secure messaging service usually meant compromise on features, fun and convenience. But it doesn't have to be that way. One app, in particular, has been growing in popularity perhaps more than others: Telegram. Likely because when it comes to chatting functions and privacy, it's proving you can indeed have your cake and eat it too.
What is Telegram?
- Cross-platform, fast messenger
Telegram is a secure, convenient messaging app that's cross-platform, meaning it works on all of your devices. Its instant-sync feature means that chats are always up to date on all of your devices at once.
While you do use your phone number to initially set up an account, you're not limited to having it on one phone.
You can have it running on multiple devices at the same time without it signing out of any others.
Using a phone number to set up also means it's easy for other people to contact you if they have the app. There's no learning any new PIN codes, email addresses or account handles. If they have your number in their contacts list, they'll be able to message you, wherever you are and whatever device you happen to be using at the time.
What platforms can you use it on?
- Android/iOS apps for smartphones
- Available on Huawei App Gallery
- Desktop version for Mac/Windows/Linux
- Web browser version too
One of the great things about Telegram is that it's available on pretty much every popular operating system, whether that be a Mac, Windows or Linux computer, an iOS or Android-powered smartphone or even a Huawei phone.
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If you're an iPad or iPhone user you can download the app from the App Store.
For Android devices, there's an app on the Play Store, plus there's Telegram X which has a slightly different interface but does all the same things.
You can download the app direct to your PC or Mac by heading to Telegram's download page.
If you're using a Chromebook, you can still make use of it either by heading to the web browser version of the chat tool or - if your Chromebook supports it - downloading the Android app from the Play Store. The browser option is obviously also available to anyone who wants to use it but doesn't want to install it on their computer.
Is it any good? (What can you do with it?)
- Sticker packs (animated and still)
- No file size limits
- Telegram groups up to 200,000 in size
- Customise the look
- Fast/instant sync across devices
It's not as popular or wide-spread as apps like Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp (also Facebook), but it has a lot of features that make it fun and easy to use. It's not just a boring secure text messenger.
Like any good messenger app, you can have individual or group chats, with those group chats good for up to 200,000 members. Plus, you're free to send and receive files, images and data without any limits on the size or number of those. You can make voice calls or video calls too, so it's truly a fully-featured app.
One of the fun parts of the app is its collection of downloadable sticker packs. Some are animated, others still, but they automatically pop up when you use an emoji so that - if you want to - you can replace those yellow, static faces with fun animations. With tie-ins with the likes of Star Wars, Avengers, Wizarding World and other popular characters, there's no shortage of ways to express emotion.
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It's customisable too, so you can choose what colours and gradients you want to use in your chats, from changing the background shade to adjusting the colour of the speech bubbles within chats.
Its best feature is probably how quick and reliable it is.
New messages appear on all your devices at once, and any updates are virtually instant, so if you have to switch from phone to desktop (or the other way around) it's easy and convenient to do.
Recent updates have seen the app add features like having multiple pinned messages within chats, which might be useful in big group chats, or if you're sharing a shopping list with your partner/housemate. Live locations can be set up to alert when you're nearby a friend if you're planning to meet up and sending multiple music files automatically creates a short playlist.
How secure is it?
- 256-bit AES encryption
- Secure key exchange
- Don't use 'People Nearby'
Very. In fact, that's the reason so many people have been drawn to it in recent times. According to its own FAQ page, it's more secure as standard than WhatsApp or Line. Whether you're chatting in individual or group chats and uses two layers of secure encryption.
Server-client encryption is used to encrypt and protect your messages in the cloud, while Secret Chats use end-to-end client-client encryption between two people, on two devices and don't store the messages in the cloud at all.
It's worth noting, those Secret Chats only appear on the devices the chat was started on, so you can't read or respond to those conversations on desktop/tablet or anywhere else you're logged in.
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None of your data - whether they be messages, media or shared files - can be deciphered when intercepted by your internet service provider, or owners of Wi-Fi routers/networks you might be using at the time.
Telegram is so confident in its security that it has a competition running whereby anyone who wants to can try to decipher messages and data. If they manage it, they get $300,000.
What's more, Telegram has a bounty system in place where users who identify security areas that need improving are rewarded between $100 and $100,000 if their suggestions are then implemented.
Now, there is one little hole in Telegram's armor and it's a feature called 'People Nearby'. It's off by default, but if you switch it on it lets Telegram users nearby see you and message you.
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People with the wrong motives and the right skills could find your precise location or just use it to target you with scams as noted by researcher Ahmed Hassan. So to stay extra secure, don't use that feature.
How much does it cost to use?
- Free to download
- Premium tier is $4.99/£4.99/€5.49
You can get a pretty full experience of all Telegram's best features without paying a penny and - minus some 'minimally designed sponsored messages' in big group chats - you won't see any ads in the app either.
Its money initially came from a tech tycoon called Pavel Durov, and - for years - it ran as an ad-free service with no free to users.
However, in 2022 it rolled out a 'Premium Tier'.
This is very much geared towards delivering extra value and new features to subscribers. You can read more about those features here, but to get them you pay $4.99/£4.99/€5.49 per month.
What's the takeaway? (TL;DR)
The short version to all of this is that Telegram is convenient, fun, quick and secure. Plus, the fact the company has no interest in making money from your personal data or selling you ads means you're not dealing with a company whose only purpose is to make money from your data (unlike most other third-party messenger app providers).
You might even be surprised to see how many friends you already have on there, the number of users is growing all the time.
Writing by Cam Bunton.
Multiple Telegram accounts on the same device
Multiple Telegram accounts on the same device is required if you want to separate your work account from your personal account. Messengers have firmly entered our lives, some of us use them both to communicate with friends and for work correspondence.
How to do it? After all, everyone knows that two identical applications on the same PC or phone will not work.
We have found a way to get around this rule and share it with you.
For smartphones on Android and Iphone
Instructions for Android
1 The easiest way is to add 1 more account:
- Open Telegram settings and click on your account, see and click on add account:
- Enter the number:
Next, we go through registration and that's it!)
2 The easiest way to put 2 Telegrams on 1 device, both on Android and on Iphone, is to put Telegram and Telegram X. And that's all!) Different accounts, everything is easy and simple, You don't even need to install extra apps.
Other ways
Unless you own a Xioami smartphone! There you can clone the default applications by the operating system. About Xiaomi below!
2 Telegrams for 1 Iphone
It's simple, follow the instructions and use 2 Telegram accounts on 1 Iphone device.
- Open the Telegram settings and click on your account:
- Click on add account.
- Enter the number.
Then we go through the registration and that's it!)
Important: doing the same with clones on an iPhone is hard, but it will always come to our aid: Telegram X, logging into the Online or WEB version through a browser, and a PC.
Two accounts on one computer - it couldn't be easier
Making two messenger accounts work on one Windows device is not difficult, anyone can do it. It's all about a small technical nuance: the versions of the application that can be downloaded for this platform from the developer's official page and from the Windows Store are slightly different. Exactly enough to work correctly when installed simultaneously on one device.
Procedure:
- First, download Telegram for your computer and install it. We go through all the stages of registration and that's it.
If it already exists, then you need to remember where it came from. If from the store, then just install the PC version from the link above and that's it) If you downloaded a file from the Internet, then everything is good and go to the next item. - We are looking for the desired version and click "Download";
- Below are the procedures for installing, authorizing and translating the program into Russian. All this, as well as further communication, takes place as usual;
- And immediately answer the question "is it possible to install one Telegram on two devices?". Yes, you can, and it's even easier. Just download and log in with the same phone number. It turns out two applications synchronized with each other with one account.
Chrome browsers also have an extension that allows you to work with the messenger without installing it on your device. That is, we can launch one version of Telegram on Desktop, and the second one - with a different account - as a Web version.
This option is more suitable if we need to log in from someone else's device. On your own, it’s easier to work with desktop versions.
Important: a separate phone number is required for the second account. If you activate it with the same one that the first one works with, then you get just two 100% doubles of each other. The list of contacts will remain the same, messages and notifications will arrive at the same time, etc. Therefore, you need to have two Telegram profiles on two phones at the same time, or temporarily insert a SIM card into one existing mobile and register in the messenger with it.
Instructions for devices on Linux
This platform has its own characteristics, so simply downloading the messenger from another source and logging into it under a separate account will not work. Programs for Telegram for several clients also do not exist. Theoretically, you can get out of the situation by running as another admin (use, for example, sudo -u otheruser .
/Telegram) . This option is working, but not very convenient in execution.
It is better to take a few minutes to make further use of the program more convenient. How to run multiple Telegrams:
- Create a folder mkdir -p ~/.telegram2ndprofile. This will be the storage location for the second profile;
- Launch the messenger using the keys ./Telegram -many -workdir ~/.telegram2ndprofile;
This way we get a copy that will run as the same user. If you need to make copies not for two numbers, but more - repeat the steps, changing the words "telegram2ndprofile" to "telegram3ndprofile";
Now we need to create a shortcut for the clone. On the desktop (/home/user/Desktop/) create a file called telegram2.desktop. We write the content as follows:
[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=Telegram (Other) Comment=Official desktop version of Telegram messaging app #TryExec=~/Telegram/Telegram Exec=/home/decker/Telegram/Telegram -many -workdir /home/decker/.telegram2ndprofile icon=telegram terminal=false StartupWMClass=TelegramDesktop Type=Application Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;Qt; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/tg; X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.22
Please note: for subsequent copies, the file for the shortcut is called telegram3.desktop, telegram4.desktop, etc. In the content, the destination from “telegram2ndprofile” is turned into “telegram3ndprofile”, “telegram4ndprofile”, and then similarly.
App Cloner
We will explain how to install two Telegram accounts on one phone using the App Cloner program as an example: it is free and can be downloaded via Google Play. It is possible to set a password, create a separate folder with clones (premium version) and enable memory saving; you can remove the take shortcut from the main screen; there is batch cloning, connection of notifications about the need for re-cloning (after updating the source program).
- We are looking for the name and click the "Install" button.
Installation on the device will go in automatic mode, so we will not dwell on it;
- Launch App Cloner and open the Applications tab;
- Scroll through the list, look for the messenger icon and click on it;
- In the next window, you can change the name of the future clone, its icon color and icon rotation. After that, click on the checkmark in the blue circle;
- An "Unknown sources" warning will appear on the screen. Here, be sure (!) Select “Continue”, and not “OK”;
- An indication of the Telegram cloning process will appear on the device screen, and then a notification of its completion - in this window, click "Install application". You will then see a notification that the installation has been blocked for security purposes.
- Click on the "Settings" button;
- You will be redirected to the device security screen.
There you need to allow "Install applications from other sources"; - We move the slider opposite the inscription "Unknown sources" to the active position;
- On the pop-up menu, click "OK";
- In the next window, click on the "Install" button.
This completes the clone creation steps. After confirming the installation, its usual procedure will begin, as after downloading from Google Play. You will only have to wait for its completion, open a clone and register a second account in it.
There are no compatible versions of Telegram for Android devices, as there are for Windows, and file changes, as in the case of Linux, cannot be fixed. More precisely, do not manually fix it. A cloner program will help you connect two Telegram accounts on one Android phone. More precisely, it will create a duplicate of the existing messenger, which can be launched with a different profile.
The resulting clone will be completely independent:
- works under a separate account, does not conflict with the original application;
- continues to function normally after removal of the cloner.
Dual Apps feature
You may not need a cloner if you own a Xiaomi not older than MIUI 8, which already has the Dual Apps feature that duplicates the installed software and allows you to use it at the same time from different Telegram accounts.
To do this:
- Go to settings and scroll down to the "Applications" section and click on the item "Dual applications";
- Find Telegram in the list and move the slider opposite it to the active position;
- The shortcut will be added to the desktop and look like:
- Entry is made in the usual way.
Other cloner programs for Android smartphones
And finally, a small review of programs that make it possible to connect two accounts to one phone. They all work on the same principle. They differ in the set of functions, ease of use and level of stability.
Parallel Space－Multi Accounts.
A popular application is a cloner, almost 2 million downloads: the presence of a private mode, duplicates are not displayed on the desktop of the device, stable operation, Internet traffic and battery power are consumed only by clones, and not by Parallel Space itself, ease of use.
GO Multiple and 2Accounts. Good dubbing creators, compatible with a large number of programs, including games. According to the developer, compared to analogues, they load the smartphone's central processor less. From individual users there are complaints about a large number of advertisements.
Super Clone – Multiple Accounts. Convenient and understandable, with a simple user interface. You can change the icons of finished clones (color and orientation). Includes the basic set of functions found in any cloner program
Important: this kind of application should only be downloaded through the app store installed on your device by its manufacturer. For Android it is the Play Market, for Windows it is the Windows Store.
Downloading software from unverified resources is fraught with the loss of personal data.
Is it possible to run 2 apps on an APK?
And a little on the topic "how to run two Telegram applications on apk." In theory, this procedure is similar to that described for Windows devices: we found a compatible version of the program that is slightly different from the original, installed it - launched it - we use it.
In fact, it turns out like this:
- There are no official releases of such packages;
- Everything that is on third-party sites does not work, or the site itself poses a threat to the device or personal data.
It turns out that only those who have the knowledge sufficient to isolate and “hack” the original APK files can take advantage of this opportunity, making them work as they should.
how to add and create on your phone and computer
Telegram allows you to use several profiles at once using one mobile device.
In this guide, we will show you how to add a second Telegram account to your smartphone.
Contents
- How to install two Telegram accounts on a phone
- How to install two Telegram accounts on a computer
- How to use two Telegram accounts on one smartphone
- Switch between accounts
- Disable notifications from additional accounts
- How many Telegram accounts can be added to one device
- Why you need a multi-account in Telegram
- Pros and cons of the multi-account function
How to install two Telegram accounts on your phone
To register another profile, you will need an additional phone number, different from the one you have already registered. Registration is confirmed by entering the code sent by the messenger via SMS.
To add a second account, you need to do the following:
- Open Telegram and go to the settings menu.
- Open your profile.
- Tap "Add account".
- Enter your mobile number to register your account.
- As soon as an SMS message is sent to your number, confirm the registration.
How to install two Telegrams on a computer
The desktop version of Telegram allows you to log out and log in to your profile. You can also add multiple accounts to the same app, making it easy to switch accounts by logging out of one account and logging in to another.
To add another account, do the following:
- Log in to your active account through the desktop app on your PC.
- Tap on the 3 horizontal bars at the top of the screen to open the menu.
- At the top you will see your profile photo, username and phone number. There is a small arrow next to this information. Click on it.
- Select the “Add account” option.
- You will be prompted to scan a QR code from your phone or enter by number. Choose the most suitable option to register and add another account to your computer.
How to use two Telegram accounts on one smartphone
Now we will tell you how not to get confused when working with multiple Telegram accounts.
Switch between accounts
Step-by-step description:
- Launch the application.
- Click on the ellipsis in the upper left corner.
- Click on the checkmark next to your username.
- Select the profile we need. Active telegram accounts are marked with a green circle.
- Check the box next to the photo. This hides the list of accounts.
Disable notifications from additional accounts
Manual:
- Go to the messenger and open the settings menu.
- Click on "Notifications and Sounds".
- Turn off the "Show notifications from all accounts" toggle switch.
Then notifications will be sent only from the active account that you added during the initial installation of telegram.
How many telegram accounts can be added on one device
Multi Telegram accounts are available on both Android and iOS as you can have up to three or two different numbers for personal and professional use.
Therefore, you can have two Telegram accounts at the same time if you have both numbers and have access to them to confirm the action once the app sends you a confirmation SMS. To do this, you do not need to install anything special, no third-party applications or any modifications that change the application.
Up to 3 Telegram profiles can be added to one smartphone. Additions must be confirmed using an SMS code.
Attention! Do not add someone else's number. The host receives the code and sees an SMS that he has logged in from some device and an IP address.
Why you need a multi-account in Telegram
Multi-account is a great feature of the messaging app, because it allows one user to simultaneously use multiple accounts in the Telegram app. This feature is available only for versions from 4.7.
Regardless of which phone model you use, Telegram 4.7 allows you to add and manage up to three profiles. These three accounts must match three separate numbers.
If you have a smartphone with dual SIM slots and an extension number, you can connect them all to the app and control them from this device.
You can create up to 8 communities and groups per profile. As a result, you can add 16 to 24 channels with additional accounts.
Read more How to create a channel and How to create a group on our website.
Pros and cons of the multi-account function
| Separate chats into personal and work. | You can only access this option using the mobile app. |
| Easily switch between your profiles. | It can be difficult to manage multiple accounts from your PC. |
| Easily find the chats, groups or communities you need. | Each account is linked to its own SIM card. |
| Do not enter or exit the messenger every time. | |
Add up to three profiles at the same time.
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