Telegram link format

A Telegram link is t.me/ followed by a username, a plus sign and a phone number, or a path such as share/url. The tool below starts on t.me/telegram, Telegram's own channel, so you can see the format before you type yours.

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<a href="https://t.me/telegram" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="display:inline-block;padding:12px 20px;border-radius:999px;background:#229ed9;color:#fff;font:600 15px/1 system-ui,sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Join the channel on Telegram</a>

At a glance

Person, group or channel: t.me/<username>, optionally ?text=<message> to pre-fill the chat box; Source: core.telegram.org, checked 2026-11
Phone number: t.me/+<number in international format>, optionally ?text=<message>; Source: core.telegram.org, checked 2026-11
Private group or channel invite: t.me/+<hash>, or the older t.me/joinchat/<hash>. Made in the Telegram app, not by hand; Source: core.telegram.org, checked 2026-11
Share link: t.me/share/url?url=<address>&text=<message>, with both values URL-encoded; Source: core.telegram.org, checked 2026-11
Bot with a start parameter: t.me/<bot_username>?start=<parameter>, up to 64 characters from A–Z, a–z, 0–9, _ and -; Source: core.telegram.org, checked 2026-11
Other domains: telegram.me and telegram.dog work the same as t.me, and a username also works as <username>.t.me; Source: core.telegram.org, checked 2026-11
Username rules: a–z, 0–9 and underscores; not case-sensitive, so t.me/Telegram and t.me/telegram are the same; Source: telegram.org, checked 2026-11

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Telegram link format: what to know

This page starts the telegram link generator for this case. For every option and how to use it, see the telegram link generator.

Reading a Telegram link

Everything after t.me/ tells Telegram what to open. A plain word is a public username. A plus sign followed by digits is a phone number; a plus sign followed by letters and digits is a private invite. A question mark starts the extras, such as text= for a ready-made message or start= for a bot.

Spaces and symbols in a message have to be URL-encoded, so a space becomes %20 and & becomes %26. The tool does that for you as you type.

Questions

What does a Telegram link look like?

Usually https://t.me/ followed by a username, like https://t.me/telegram. Private invite links look like https://t.me/+ followed by a random code.

Is the https:// part needed?

Telegram reads t.me/name with or without it, but include https:// when you paste the link into websites, emails and social bios so it turns into a clickable link.