How to disable and how to remove stories in Telegram

All Telegram users can publish storis

Since August 14 of this year, the functionality of stories in Telegram became available to all users who updated the application. Previously, the ability to post stories was an exclusive privilege of Telegram Premium subscribers. Now the difference is only in the scope of functions: subscribers with premium access have expanded capabilities compared to the basic package.

How to disable Stories if you don't need them anymore

It is impossible to completely remove the ability to publish stories without deleting all updates to the app, which is laborious and impractical. However, individual stories can be deleted point by point. Step-by-step instructions for deleting stories:

1. Open the stories section of your profile.
2. Select the desired story.
3. Delete the event by clicking the corresponding option. If you want to limit access to your stories, set them to be visible only to a specific group of people:

• Friends only.
• For favorite contacts. You can disable alerts for other people's stories through settings:

1. Go to Notifications and Sounds.
2. Deactivate the “Always notify” function.
3. Save the changes. Additionally, an exception function is available:

• Log in to the profile of the user of interest.
• Activate or deactivate notifications only for their Stories. Telegram is currently testing automated management of exclusion lists, which will make it even easier to manage settings.

Why You Should Keep Stories

Before you disable stories, think about their usefulness. Stories are a powerful tool for analyzing audience interests, which can be used for commercial and marketing purposes. For channel owners, stories open up opportunities for additional interaction with subscribers. Telegram is already testing a feature to integrate stories to promote content. This will be a great addition to the strategies of hovering, allowing you to expand your reach and attract new audiences. Recommendation: If you are actively promoting your channel, use SmmFast to safely rack up views and reactions to storis. Our service provides quality tools to increase engagement and grow organically.