HOW TO SEARCH AND DOWNLOAD FILES ON TELEGRAM.

HOW TO SEARCH AND DOWNLOAD FILES ON TELEGRAM.

There are two ways to search for files on telegram:

🔎 In the shared files 

🔎 In the group chat 

HOW TO SEARCH IN THE SHARED FILES 

◻️ While in the group click on the group name at the top of the page as shown by the arrow below. 

◻️ The group info page opens showing shared contents. Select depending on what you are searching for - files(books), audios, videos or links. Click on files for books. 

◻️ Slightly different for telegram X It's known as DOCS ( for documents). Click on DOCS. 

◻️ Click on 'files' or 'DOC' (for telegram X), a search icon 🔍 will appear at the top right corner of the page. For telegram X, you have to scroll down a little for the search icon 🔍 to appear.

◻️ On clicking the search icon 🔍, you can type in what you are searching for. For instance, you are searching for

"CHOZI LA HERI GUIDE"

Ensure correct spelling when searching (Google is your friend). 

◻️ After downloading, click and hold(long press) on the said file. This action will display shaded arrow at the top of the page among other things. Click on the shaded arrow to take you to the file on the group chat. 

◻️ In telegram plus or X version, an eye icon 👁️should be clicked to lead you to the location of the file in the group chat as shown below 

◻️ Now in the group chat, click on the 3dots at the top side of the file. See arrow below. 

◻️ After tapping the 3dots or the file, it will bring up options. Click on 'save to downloads'

◻️ Clicking 'save to downloads' will save the file as below in your default download folder either in your card or phone memory! 

◻️ With PC, it's quite easier, once file is downloaded it's automatically saved with the appropriate(uploaded) title in the telegram desktop folder. 

How to search the group chat

Alternatively, you can search through the group chat.

Follow these image guides 

Click on the 3dots at the top right corner of the page

Click on search

Enter the keyword(s) of the book you are searching. Here we are searching for 'CONFRONTING POWERLESS CHRISTIANITY - CHARLES H. KRAFT'. I typed 'confronting powerless'

Then click on search icon 🔍 on your keyboard as shown above

Two files were found containing those keywords(circled above). Use the arrow head up and down (also in the circled - right side) to go up or down.

Once you have located your file, click to download and continue with the steps shown while searching through the shared files earlier to download with appropriate title instead of numbers.