# Telegram Permissions

Below is a complete breakdown of permissions available within the Telegram integration. Each permission controls access to specific features and actions within connected Telegram accounts.

## Account Settings

* **Settings** <mark style="color:orange;">(safety-sensitive!)</mark>**:** Allows access to modify Telegram account settings such as name, profile picture, language, and notification preferences.
* **Stories:** Grants the ability to view and post Stories from the Telegram account.
* **Contacts** <mark style="color:orange;">(safety-sensitive!)</mark>**:** Provides access to the account's contact list.

## Manage Chats

* **Modify Chat Folders:** Enables creating and editing chat folders to organize conversations.
* **Create Chats & Channels:** Allows starting new conversations and creating Telegram channels or group chats.
* **Delete Chats** <mark style="color:orange;">(safety-sensitive!)</mark>**:** Allows deleting individual conversations permanently.
* **Archive Chats:** Enables archiving chats.
* **Hide Archived Chats** <mark style="color:orange;">(safety-sensitive!)</mark>**:** Allows hiding the archived chat folder from view. Leave checked if you want to hide it.&#x20;
* **Hide Chat with Telegram** <mark style="color:orange;">(safety-sensitive!)</mark>**:** Hides the system chat with Telegram (used for service messages and notifications). Leave checked if you want to hide it.&#x20;
* **Hide Chat with Saved Messages:** Hides the "Saved Messages" personal chat. Leave checked if you want to hide it.&#x20;

## Contact Privacy

* **View Usernames:** Allows viewing Telegram usernames of other users.
* **View Phone** <mark style="color:orange;">(safety-sensitive!)</mark>**:** Grants access to view users' phone numbers (if publicly available).
* **Block Users** <mark style="color:orange;">(safety-sensitive!)</mark>**:** Enables blocking contacts or users.
* **Search Users:** Allows searching for users within Telegram.
* **Create New Contacts:** Grants permission to add new users to the contact list.
* **Edit Contacts:** Allows editing or deleting saved contacts.

## In-Chat Actions

* **Delete Messages** <mark style="color:orange;">(safety-sensitive!)</mark>**:** Grants permission to delete individual messages within chats.
* **Forward Messages:** Allows forwarding messages to other chats or contacts.
* **Schedule Messages:** Enables scheduling messages to be sent at a later time.
* **Mute Notifications**: Allows muting or unmuting notifications for specific chats.
* **Send Media:** Grants the ability to send photos, videos, documents, and other media files.
* **Send Gifts:** Allows sending virtual gifts (if supported).
* **Record Audio:** Enables recording and sending voice messages.
* **Make Calls:** Grants permission to make voice and video calls via Telegram.

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