Groups and Supergroups in Telegram | Differences

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Important: Telegram Expert software in many modules that interact with chats works only with supergroups. For example, the module "Chat Cloner", "Forwarder", etc. So if you have a group (It is created by default if you create it manually), you need to convert it to a supergroup, about it will be below, how to do it.

Many users have probably forgotten (or didn't know) that group chats in Telegram are of two types:​

• Groups
• Supergroups

At this point, converting a group to a supergroup is seamless (Automatic) and you just need to do one of the actions to convert:​

• Change the group type to public (you can revert it back afterward, it will also remain a supergroup).
• Change the "history visibility" setting for new users (you can hide it back afterwards).
• Give any user admin rights with a custom role.
• Configure any global permissions setting for the entire group.
• Activate slow mode.
• Restrict any participant.
• Bind the group to a channel.
• Include topics in the group.

Or wait until the group has ~200 members.

The service notification "The group has become a supergroup" will not be displayed on new clients. Everything will happen automatically after the above actions.

Benefits of a supergroup:​

• Blacklisting and availability of bans.
• Ability to give admins a custom role.
• Notifications are turned off by default.
• Ability to create a public link to the group.
• Number of participants up to 200,000 (the group will automatically become a supergroup when it reaches 200 participants).
• Ability to customize story visibility for new participants in the conversation.
• Ability to configure global permissions in a group (e.g. sticker ban).
• The creator and administrators can delete all posts for all members of the group, other users can delete only their own posts, but also for all users.

Group Benefits:​

• Groups are not included in the limit of 500 channels and supergroups.
• Any user can delete other people's posts (for themselves only).

All data and distinctions by groups and supergroups can be changed/added depending on Telegram updates. If possible, the topic will be updated. But the main differences are described here in the article.