How to Let People Message You Anonymously in a Telegram Group
Telegram groups have no built-in way to let members write to you without their name attached — every message in a group carries a username. If you want group members to be able to reach you anonymously (for feedback, questions, or anything sensitive), you share your AnonInboxProBot link in the group instead of relying on the group chat itself.
Anyone who opens the link and writes to you reaches your inbox without their identity showing — the group chat itself never sees the message at all, since it happens through the bot, not the group.
This suits a group that wants an anonymous suggestion box, a moderator wanting private feedback without a public callout, or anyone in a group who'd rather field questions privately than in the thread.
A concrete example: a book-club moderator pins their link to the group, members send anonymous votes for next month's title, and the moderator replies to each vote privately and posts the result as a normal group message. The group never sees who said what, and the moderator never sees which member sent which pick.
The same link works in several groups at once, and you never have to add the bot to any of them or change a single group setting — it only ever operates through DMs with your account.
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Steps
- Get your personal AnonInboxProBot link. DM @AnonInboxProBot and run /link (or /start the first time) to get your t.me link. You can also mention @AnonInboxProBot directly in the group to get a one-tap card that opens the bot without anyone adding it.
- Pin or post the link in the group. Post it as a pinned message, or drop it whenever you want to open the floor for anonymous questions or feedback from that group.
- A member taps the link and writes to you. It opens a chat with the bot, not the group — their message reaches your inbox without their identity attached, and nothing appears in the group itself.
- Reply through the bot's Reply button. Your answer goes back to them anonymously, the same way the message arrived — the group still sees nothing. If an answer is worth sharing with everyone, you can turn it into a public-answer card that shows your reply plus the question and your link, with the sender's identity never shown, and post that to the group.
Good to know
- The exchange happens entirely inside DMs with the bot — nothing about it posts into the group chat itself.
- Messages are capped at 1,000 characters and 20 per hour per sender, on both tiers, to limit abuse.
- Free gives you 10 replies (quota counts replied-to messages received in the past 24 hours). Pro is a one-time 150 Stars (≈ $3) payment, no subscription, for unlimited replies and sender hints on incoming messages.
- Block silently stops a specific sender's future messages, with no notice sent to them, if someone misuses the link.
- The link itself doesn't identify the group it was shared in — someone opening it from a pinned message in your group and someone opening it from your bio look the same to the bot.
- You don't need to leave the group or change any group settings to set this up — the link is entirely separate from the group's membership and permissions.
- This is not a way to collect signed, attributed feedback — it's anonymous by design, so if you need to know who said what, use the group chat or a poll instead.
FAQ
- Will the group see that someone messaged me anonymously?
- No — the whole exchange happens in DMs with AnonInboxProBot, not in the group chat. Nothing posts into the group when someone uses your link.
- Can I use the same link in more than one group?
- Yes — it's one personal link tied to your account, so you can share it in as many groups or places as you want; every anonymous message still lands in the same inbox.
- What if someone spams my link?
- Sending is capped at 1,000 characters and 20 messages per hour per sender. You can also Block a specific sender, which silently stops their future messages.
- Do I need to be an admin of the group to do this?
- No — you're not adding a bot to the group or changing any group settings. You're just sharing a personal link that opens a DM with the bot. Mentioning @AnonInboxProBot in a group shows a one-tap card to open the bot, but that works in any chat without admin rights.
- Can the person sending me a message be traced or do I find out who it was?
- You never see the sender's name, username or account id. You can get a hint: the first letter of the sender's name, whether the sender has a username, the send time, and how many messages that sender sent you. The send time and the count are free. The first letter and the username yes or no are paid with Telegram Stars, or come with Pro. The sender sees your name, because the link is yours. The bot stores only what it needs to let you reply and block: a sender id, your id, and the message body.
- Do the links expire?
- No — your link stays tied to your account and keeps working until you stop using the bot, so you can pin it in the group once and leave it there.
- How do I handle abuse if senders are anonymous?
- The per-character and per-hour caps slow down a single abusive sender, and Block drops them silently. Since the exchange only lives in your inbox with the bot, you can also stop replying to anything you'd rather not engage with.
Related guides
- Can Someone Screenshot a Telegram Secret Message?
- How to Get an Anonymous Message Link for Telegram
- How to Send an Anonymous Message on Telegram
- How to Ask Someone an Anonymous Question on Telegram
- Is There an Open-Source Anonymous Message Bot for Telegram?
Related bots
- AnonInboxProBot — A personal link where strangers write to you anonymously; you reply and can block.
- AnonSayProBot — Post anonymously into a Telegram group through the bot.
- GroupPulseProBot — Activity stats for Telegram groups — counts messages, never content.
- CountdownDaysBot — A countdown message that updates itself automatically, right inside the group.
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