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How to download all videos and files from a Telegram channel

3 min read · Works in Chrome

Quick answer

Log in to Telegram once in FileSnatch with a QR code, then open the channel on web.telegram.org. Every video, photo and file in it appears in the panel, with how many of each, ready to download all at once.

The problem

Telegram's own apps save files one at a time, and a channel can hold thousands. Exporting chat history is slow and all-or-nothing, and many tools ask for your phone number or send your account through their servers.

How FileSnatch helps

Log in once with Telegram's own QR code; the login stays in your browser.
Open any channel, group or chat on Telegram Web and its media fills the panel, all the way back through its history, in full quality.
Videos, songs and PDFs play in the panel before you save, starting at once.
Only what's new since you last saved, or just the last week, month or year, and files saved into a folder per chat.

Step by step

Log in once
FileSnatch → Settings → Telegram → Log in. Scan the QR code with Telegram on your phone (Settings → Devices → Link Desktop Device).
Open the channel
Go to web.telegram.org in Chrome and open the channel or chat.
See everything
The panel shows Videos, Images, Audio and Files with how many of each. Scroll to load older ones.
Choose
Save everything in a tab, tick what you want, or use Since… to limit it to a period.
Download
Download all, or ZIP. Next time, Download new saves only what's new.

Good to know

Public channels you haven't joined: paste their t.me link into the link box.
Settings → Number files numbers them oldest first, so lesson 1 is 001.
Several PDFs? 1 PDF joins them into one document.

Free and Pro

Free saves 3 files a day from chats. Pro is unlimited, with what's new and Since.

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Questions

Is my account safe?

You log in with Telegram's own QR code and the login never leaves your browser. FileSnatch has no server that sees it.

Why can't I save some channels?

When an owner turns on "Restrict saving content", FileSnatch respects it.

Does it work with the Telegram app?

It works with Telegram's website (web.telegram.org) in Chrome.

What else FileSnatch does

Grabs as you browseEvery video, photo, sound and document a page shows is caught for you, even hidden and streamed ones. Bulk downloadDownload all at once, as one ZIP, or many PDFs joined into one, numbered in order. Save part of a videoTrim a section, keep just the sound, or stop a long download and keep what's done. Look insideCollect the files behind every page a list links to, or only the pages about a word. Convert and compressVideo to MP3 or GIF; make videos, PDFs, pictures and audio smaller. Nothing is uploaded. Every tab at onceAdd your other open tabs: their files join one list, a section per tab.

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