Export Telegram data saves at most 10000 most recent messages and only sent by yourself in private supergroups with forwarding disabled(?)
Author: DominiCreated Sep 16, 2026Updated Sep 16, 2026
Labelsbug
Steps to reproduce
- be a member of a private supergroup for which forwarding is disabled* with more than 10000 messages sent by yourself and at least one message sent by other members more recent than the 10000th recent message sent by yourself
Settings->Advanced->Export Telegram data-> tickPrivate groups->Export- note estimated export message count for the private supergroup in question
- note after exporting how many messages for the private supergroup in question Telegram proceeds to the next chat
- check how many messages exported for the private supergroup in question in
messages*.htmlorresult.json
* as far as I can tell, the supergroup I'm experiencing this with only differs from others in that forwarding is disabled; that being said, I cannot be sure this is the reason
Expected behaviour
- proper message count
- after exporting all messages
- all messages
Actual behaviour
- proper messages sent by yourself count, no matter whether
Settings->Advanced->Export Telegram data->Private groups->Only my messagesticked or unticked - after exporting exactly 10000 messages, no matter whether
Settings->Advanced->Export Telegram data->Private groups->Only my messagesticked or unticked - exactly 10000 most recent messages sent by yourself, no matter whether
Settings->Advanced->Export Telegram data->Private groups->Only my messagesticked or unticked
Operating system
macOS Sequoia 15.8, Fedora 44
Version of Telegram Desktop
7.2.8
Installation source
Downloaded from desktop.telegram.org or GitHub
Crash ID
No response
Logs
Source: telegramdesktop/tdesktop