Want to know how to send photos with Telegram self-destruct ? Here is the guide to send photos and videos that self-destruct without making mistakes.
More and more users are using instant messaging applications, these allow not only to send photos, videos and texts to their friends but expand to many other features. Among the most popular applications there is certainly Telegram , an exceptional tool for communicating with friends, groups and undertaking service communications for work activities.
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Among the most interesting functions, of which we will deepen all aspects today, is the possibility of sending photos in time . In fact, Telegram allows you to forward the photos you want to your contacts and then self-destruct them according to your needs. But how to send photos with Telegram self-destruct? In the next lines we will help you understand how to do it, trying to avoid turns of words and too complex guides. Are you ready? Grab your device, Android, iOS or PC and let’s see what is the process to follow to send self-destruct photos.
Index
- Self-destructing photos and videos? Only on Telegram!
- Android
- iOS
- Computer
- How to send timed photos on Telegram using secret chats
- Android
- iOS
- Computer
- Save photos and videos self-destruct Android and iOS Telegram
Self-destructing photos and videos? Only on Telegram!
Although Telegram adapts to each operating system uniformly, the resolution process varies slightly depending on the device on which it is installed. In order not to get confused we will divide it according to the operating system.
Android
We recommend that you update Telegram to have all the features of this fantastic application available. Having verified that it is the latest version, it is time to unlock the smartphone and start Telegram for Android .
On the main screen you will find all the chats you have communicated with in the last period, find the one you want to send the photo to self-destruct and press on it. If you have never conversed with the contact to send the photograph to, press on the blue icon with a pencil in the center at the bottom of the screen, in this way you will enter directly in the Telegram address book.
Once the contact has been chosen, the main chat with your friend will open, as you can see at the bottom right there are two icons, press on the one in the shape of a paperclip and among the many sections at the bottom of the screen select Gallery . Press on the image you want to send to open it and then tap the white dot at the top right to highlight it. Now before pressing the Enter key , located at the bottom right with the airplane icon , stop on the chronograph icon right next to it.
Here you can choose the exact seconds in which the timer will self-destruct the photo after it is viewed.
To send more images or videos, open Gallery , press on the image and tap on the dot at the top right to make it turn blue. Go back and repeat the same process for the other images.
iOS
The operating systems of the iPhone and iPad are slightly different from the more eclectic Android, but the process of sending self-destruct photos is just as simple.
Start Telegram for iOS and as for the Android version you will be projected on the home page with your groups and conversations. From here select the chat to which you want to send the photo, or open a new one by searching for it in the address book using the search field.
Once the chat is open it is time to choose the photo to send, to do this you have to press on the paper clip icon at the bottom left, select Photos or videos and choose the desired photo.
Now just hold down for a few seconds on the arrow icon that you will find at the bottom right of the image preview. Choose the item Send with a timer and set the seconds for the self-destruction of the photo. To confirm, click on Send with a timer and your contact will be able to view the image sent only for the time you have previously chosen.
Computer
Maybe you use Telegram mainly for work and you are used to starting it on your computer, is it possible to send self-destruct photos here too ? The answer is neither positive nor negative, it depends on which operating system you are using. Windows , in fact, does not allow you to do this, while macOS does, let’s see how.
Open Telegram Desktop , you will find the icon in the macOS Launchpad , start a secret chat and open the conversation you want to send the photo to self-destruct. Press on Other , then on Secret and finally on Start . Now just click on the chronograph icon at the bottom and choose the timer time for self-destruct .
Go with the mouse on the paperclip icon and choose the item Photos and videos from the drop-down menu. Choose the photo to send, click on the Telegram airplane icon and pressing Enter you will have forwarded your photo with self-destruct timer.
Read also: How to schedule a message on Telegram
How to send timed photos on Telegram using secret chats
As you have surely noticed from the previous paragraph, Telegram allows you to send secret chats. Although in the macOS system it is necessary to open one to send a photo in self-destruction, on Android and iOS it is possible to send it even without. But how to send self-destruct photos on Telegram using secret chat on Android and iOS ? Let’s see how you can do it.
Android
Summarizing the procedure, all you have to do is start a traditional conversation, turn it into a secret chat and then send the photo in self-destruction. But let’s see in detail how to do it.
Open Telegram and press on the chat you want to send the photo to. Press the profile icon at the top and then tap the three overlapping dots at the top right to select the Start Secret Chat option . When asked Do you really want to start a secret chat? click on Start .
You are now officially in a secret chat with your friend or acquaintance and you can decide to send them any type of message just like a classic Telegram chat.
To send the photo in self-destruction press again on the three dots above, you will always find them at the top right, choose the item Self-destruct timer by pressing on it and choose the time and then press on Done .
Now it’s time to send the real photo, press on the paperclip at the bottom right and choose it from the Gallery . Don’t forget to put the blue tick at the top of the empty dot to send it correctly. At this point, all you have to do is press on the paper airplane icon and you will have sent the photo to self-destruct after a few seconds.
iOS
Even on iOS the procedure is the same, but let’s take a closer look.
Start Telegram and open the conversation in which you want to send the photo, at this point we have to turn it into a secret chat, you can do this by pressing the More button at the top of the screen and choosing the option Start secret chat . Don’t forget to press Start to open it completely.
Now Telegram allows you to establish direct and secret contact by setting a timer for self-destruction. Press on the chronograph icon , which you will find next to the text field, and select the desired time for deleting the photo.
Now we have to tell Telegram to send just that photo: press on the paperclip at the bottom left and choose it from your Gallery or take one in real time. Now all you have to do is tap on the send button and you will have delivered the photo to the recipient.
I remind you that on iOS it is possible to take a screenshot of the screen inside the secret Telegram chat . After this operation, however, the recipients of the chat will receive a notification message.
Computer
As we anticipated in the previous lines on Windows it is not possible to send photos with self-destruction on Telegram, but on macOS it is. In order not to get bored in reading, we recommend that you read the previous paragraph.
Save photos and videos self-destruct Android and iOS Telegram
We are sure that the first thing you will have thought about is: “ but how can I save the self-destruct photos they send me? “. Fortunately, we have an answer to this question, but you will need to use an Android smartphone and a PC to do so. Let’s see how.
You will need a third party application to do this, we will use scrcpy for convenience.
Scrcpy is a free oper source program to control and view the screen of your Android mobile device (from version 5.0 or higher) via USB connection . It requires no app installation on your phone or PC or any root access and works with Windows, macOS and GNU / Linux .
After downloading it, double click on scrcpy.exe and click on Extract all specifying a path.
Connect your phone to your computer by setting the mode for data transfer . Start USB Debugging mode from your Android smartphone by going to Settings> Developer Options> USB Debugging and toggle to ON .
In case you don’t find Debug mode you will have to unlock the developer options and to do this you have to:
- Touch 8 times the writing ” build number” or ” MIUI version ” or ” Serial number ” in the info of your phone.
At the end you will unlock the Developer Options and related USB Debugging option .
Now you need to give Android Debug Bridge permissions (to be done once):
- Go to Windowsand search for Command Prompt and then right-click on it to select Run as administrator .
- Copy the pathwhere you extracted the scrcpy folder and in the command prompt write cd [the path of the scrcpy folder] and data
- Write adb devicesand enter . You should get the “ List of devices attached “ entry .
- Complete the procedure by confirming also on the phone ( Allow USB debugging?).
By opening the terminal inside the extracted scrcpy folder and holding down “ Shift + right mouse button ” at a random point in the folder, select “ Open PowerShell window here “.
To see if your device has been recognized, type the command:
. \ adb devices
You should see the phone serial with the word device.
Then start the transmission with the command:
. \ scrcpy
To find out all the useful commands you have to type the command:
. \ scrcpy –help
At this point, with the smartphone connected to the computer, type the command scrcpy – record file.mkv (you can also specify a path by typing: scrcpy – record c: \ test \ file.mkv ) and the phone will ask you to confirm. Press on Accept and the program will save on your computer everything that will be displayed on the screen in its dedicated folder.
Here are the commands you can give to record
- scrcpy –record file.mp4
- scrcpy -r file.mkv
Commands to block the recording:
- scrcpy –no-display –record file.mp4
- scrcpy -Nr file.mkv
- Ctrl + C
A good alternative to scrcpy is Vysor . It is a program that you can use on a browser but also on a PC by installing the program on your computer’s operating system and also the app on your phone to communicate . It is free but features advertisements and low resolution broadcast quality .
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