Multiple Accounts on Telegram Desktop
We assume that you have already installed the Telegram Desktop app on your Windows PC. Follow this link if you are using Linux or macOS
The easiest option is to use portable versions of the Telegram Desktop for each account. However, if you do not want to spawn an infinite number of applications and use multiple accounts with a single application installed, then follow the instructions below.
First of all you need to create a new shortcut
- Browse to the Telegram.exe file on your hard disk. The default installation location for Telegram Desktop is C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Roaming\Telegram Desktop
- Right-click the Telegram.exe file
- Select Create Shortcut from the menu
Note: Click Yes in the Shortcut dialog box if Windows gives the message "Windows cannot create a shortcut here. Do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead?"
4. Drag the shortcut to the desktop or any other folder
5. Rename the shortcut (for example, the profile name or something else)
Set up a shortcut to work with different accounts
- Right-click the new shortcut
- Select Properties from the menu
3. In the "Target" line, after the quotes, add the following:
-many -workdir "C:\new_account"Note: Be careful, workdir directory should be created before launching Telegram. This means that you will need to manually create the folder / folder structure that you specified as a workdir parameter. In the example above, this is the "new_account" folder on drive "C". This directory can be located anywhere, where you have the read&write rights.
The "Target" line should look like this:
