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TELEGRAM-DESKTOP(1) General Commands Manual TELEGRAM-DESKTOP(1)

telegram-desktop - official telegram messaging application

telegram-desktop [-startintray] [-many] [-debug] [-- URI]

This manual page documents how to run Telegram Desktop, official Telegram client.

The program understands various parameters, some of them are described in the present document.

Do not show the main window, just start in the system tray. Useful for automatic launching.
Allow multiple instances of the client at the same time.
Run in debug mode immediately. See logs in ~/.local/share/TelegramDesktop/DebugLogs.
Specify Telegram URI. It is used for automatically opening chats by t.me site.

User home directory where it stores downloaded files and configuration.

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2017-06-07