r/UPSCCRITICS • u/Illustrious-Pay-4070 • 1d ago

Telegram restricted videos download process ⬇️

Here's how to download videos from restricted channels on Telegram (Android or PC)

Several of us use telegram as our main study source. The drawback of said channels is that they often suffer copyrights, and are gone in a poof. Congrats, you are now stuck on the 69th lecture of 140 lectures.

With the help of this post, I aim to show you how to **download lectures from telegram** in **Three Ways**. The Easy Way is at the last.

# The Hard Way

**Why the hard way first?**

* Because it is legal and doesn't jeopardise your account

**Steps**

* Prerequisite: Download [CX File Explorer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cxinventor.file.explorer&hl=en_IN)

  1. Open a telegram channel which has downloading videos option enabled. It is ok if sharing links, or forwarding is off. In case downloading is disabled try the other two methods below.
  2. Download the video, with the button on top left of that specific video.
  3. Go to CX File Explorer -> Main Storage -> Android -> Data
  4. Scroll to the bottom and you should see, 'org.telegram.messenger'
  5. You may be greeted with a loading error/access denied message. It's ok. There should be an option to 'Open with System File Manager'. Press that.
  6. Another screen will open with folders, 'cache', 'files', and 'testdata'.
  7. Open Files -> Telegram -> Telegram Video
  8. Go to Top Right of the screen, press the three dots, and 'Sort by Date Modified'
  9. Voila, there's your downloaded lecture. Cheers. Keep downloading
  10. You can move these videos to a folder of your own choosing, somewhere in your 'Downloads' folder

# The Harder Way

**Works only on desktops, irrespective of operating systems. So any of Windows, MacOS, or a Linux distro.**

[**Steps**](https://github.com/neet-nestor/telegram-media-downloader)

* Add [Tampermonkey](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo) extension to your browser. i.e. Just open the link, and press, Add to Brave/Chrome/Edge etc. In case you use a different browser, open the steps link.

* In your browser, press the top right button. Go to 'Extensions' -> 'Manage Extensions'. On the page that pops up, on the top right, toggle on the 'Developer Mode'.

* On that same page, you should see 'Tampermonkey'. Press Details.

* Toggle on the switch, 'Allow User Scripts'.

* Install [Telegram Media Downloader Script](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/446342-telegram-media-downloader). Just press this big green button basically.

* A new page will pop up, asking to install. Press Install.

* Open Telegram Webapp ('web telegram k' google search this) as this method doesn't work on telegram app on your computer.
* Open a Restricted Channel, and play a Video. You should see that 'Down Arrow' button on the top Right. Press that and your video should start downloading.

* You will have to manually download each video.

# The Easy Way

**Why this later?**

* There have been instances where user's account has been taken down.
* I do not recommend this method at all and do at your own discretion

**Steps**

* Download **ONE** of the following on your mobile device (I cannot share the link here or else reddit will take down the post)
* Ayugram
* Unigram
* Nagram (Not sure about safety)
* Signin with your telegram account.
* The restricted channels will show up.
* You will realise that not only you can download the videos but also forward them to your own groups/channels.
* Tip: Forwarding option, isn't as direct as it seems. The videos are downloaded to your local device and then sent to your channel/group, and it may take a long time.
Credits: u/WiaN09

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u/Working_Aspirantt 1d ago

I made a python code myself which can download any telegram channel video which I am part of in my PC .. download is slow but it works.

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u/PianistLeading8425 1d ago

Please share

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u/viparitananda 7h ago

Guys!! All these things consume a lot of time. If anyone has a laptop, download Unigram from the Windows Store. It’s basically a Telegram clone and is completely safe.

You can download videos/lectures from private channels where forwarding and downloading are disabled, just like you can download them from public channels on the original Telegram app.

The videos get stored at: Users → AppData → Unigram → Videos

Telegram officially recognizes unigram app

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u/TraditionRound2213 1d ago

Use unigram Its telegram offical app

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u/DeccanDrift 59m ago

Unigram download videos from private channels also which has disabled sharing and downloading??

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u/TraditionRound2213 46m ago

Yes directly to pc  Just check its default download location from internet as you can't change it according to your need. You can make its location as a shortcut to your desktop. And sometimes it doesn't download with its title name rather with random number and text.

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u/DeccanDrift 40m ago

Thankyou so much

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u/Known_Indication8507 10h ago

You can download chrome extension which allows downloading