Scheduled posts in a Telegram group
Groups have no native scheduling, but publishing on a timetable is possible — here is how, and which rights the bot needs.
Channel scheduling is written about everywhere; groups are barely mentioned. The need is the same: a Monday announcement, a Friday digest, a weekly reminder of the rules.
Why groups are harder
Channels have native scheduled sending. Groups do not — a message goes out the moment you write it. The only way to plan ahead is to let a bot that sits in the group publish for you.
What the bot needs
Membership alone is enough to write. In practice you will want more:
- pin messages — if the announcement should stay on top;
- delete messages — for auto-delete after N hours;
- change chat info — to edit the title and photo from the app.
Rights are granted in the group’s admin settings. Nothing excessive is required: a bot publishes perfectly well without the right to ban.
How it differs from a channel
Technically it does not: same scheduling, repeats, media and buttons. The difference is human. In a group the post lands inside a live conversation, and frequent automated messages irritate faster than in a channel, where the reader came to read.
A simple rule: no more than one planned message a day, and rule reminders no more than weekly.
How it works here
A group is a target just like a channel: pick it in the editor, set a time or a repeat, add a second channel to the same post if you like. See the moderation page, where group publishing lives too.