Receiving questions, answering in public and blocking are free. Private replies are free up to 10 in 24 hours. Hints and Pro are optional, paid in Telegram Stars, and the channel setup in this guide needs neither.

Not by default. A card shows no name, username or ID. A paid hint adds the first letter of the name and whether there's a username, and the sender is told about that before writing.

Do I have to add the bot to my channel?

No. You post a card with the Post in a group or channel button, and Telegram marks it as sent via the bot. You need the right to post in the channel, and the bot needs no admin right there.

Can I keep my other Q&A link as well?

Yes. Nothing stops you from putting two links in the description. Just know the difference. An external site takes readers away from Telegram, while this link keeps them in a chat with the bot and needs a Telegram account.

How to get anonymous questions in a Telegram channel without Tellonym

Plenty of channel owners run anonymous Q&A the same way. They paste a link to an external site such as Tellonym into the channel description, and a reader taps it, leaves Telegram and types a question on a web page. That works, and it's quick to set up. It also sends your audience out of the app where they already read you.

There's another route that stays inside Telegram. AnonInboxProBot gives you a personal link. A follower opens it, presses Start and writes a question with no name attached. You read it in the bot, answer it, and post the question with your answer into your channel as a card with buttons under it. This guide covers that setup and says plainly where it falls short.

Receiving questions and answering them in public are free. A few extras cost Telegram Stars, and all of them are optional. The limits come after the steps. Read them before you change your channel description.

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Steps

Open the bot and get your link. From your own Telegram account, open @AnonInboxProBot and press Start. The bot shows your personal link, which ends in a random 7-character code. Run /link whenever you need it again. If you'd like something readable, /url followed by a name (for example /url myname) adds a free name link, and one account can hold 3 names.
Put the link in your channel description. Open the channel info, edit the description and paste the link next to a short invitation, such as asking readers to send a question without a name. Telegram makes t.me links in a description tappable. Pin a post with the same link as well, since many readers never open the channel info. The /prompts command gives five ready-made question prompts to post beside the link, and /story gives a one-line invitation with your link.
Know what a follower sees. A follower taps the link and the bot opens inside Telegram. They press Start, read a short note that their name stays hidden, write the question and send it. The bot tells them it was sent anonymously. The name they see is yours, your @username or your first name, not the channel's name. Only text goes through, 1,000 characters at most.
Read the questions in your chat with the bot. Each question arrives in your private chat with the bot as a card titled Anonymous message, with a number. Under it you get the buttons Sender hint, Reply, Answer publicly and Block. You don't see a name, a username or an ID.
Answer publicly and post the card to your channel. Tap Answer publicly and write your answer. The bot builds one text card with the question, your name, your answer and your link, and nothing about the sender. It cuts the question at 300 characters and the answer at 500. Then press Post in a group or channel, pick your channel, and Telegram posts the card there, marked as sent via the bot, with two buttons under it, Write anonymously and Get my own link. You need the right to post in that channel. The bot doesn't have to be an admin.
Reply in private or block when you need to. Reply sends a private answer to that one sender through the bot, and they see your name on it. Block stops that sender's later messages, and they still see that their message was sent, so a block doesn't announce itself. Private replies count toward the free limit of 10 a day. Public answers don't.

Good to know

Followers need a Telegram account and must press Start. The link opens a chat with a bot, not a web form. A website link can be opened by someone who doesn't use Telegram, and this one can't.
Messages are text only, up to 1,000 characters. The bot takes no photo, voice, video or sticker. One sender can send 20 messages per hour, counted across all owners.
Free private replies are capped at 10 in 24 hours. The count follows the questions you received in the past 24 hours that you replied to. Public answers have no cap, and neither does receiving questions.
The paid parts are optional and use Telegram Stars. A sender hint shows the first letter of the sender's name and whether they have a username. The time of sending and the number of messages from that sender are free. One hint costs 15 or 25, and which one depends on your account. Pro costs 49 a month or 150 Stars once, adds hints on every message and removes the cap on private replies. A hint never shows a full name, a username or an ID, and senders read a note about hints before they write.
You don't see a name, but the service can. The bot stores each message with its text, the time and the sender's Telegram account. The sender is anonymous to you, not to the people who run the bot.
You get one inbox per account. There's no separate link for each channel and no shared inbox for a team. The name on the card is your own, not the channel's. A link in the older format, posted before 12 October 2026, can still hold your numeric Telegram ID, so swap it in your description for the current one from /link.
There's no word filter and no review before a question reaches you, and a card has no delete button. Block is the one tool you have. In a public channel, read each question twice before you answer, since the card carries your name.
The bot works in private chats only and never posts to your channel by itself. You choose which questions go public. Every card has a Get my own link button, and a follower sees an offer for a link of their own after sending, so your readers will see the bot promote itself a little.

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FAQ

Is it free?: Receiving questions, answering in public and blocking are free. Private replies are free up to 10 in 24 hours. Hints and Pro are optional, paid in Telegram Stars, and the channel setup in this guide needs neither.
Can I see who asked?: Not by default. A card shows no name, username or ID. A paid hint adds the first letter of the name and whether there's a username, and the sender is told about that before writing.
Do I have to add the bot to my channel?: No. You post a card with the Post in a group or channel button, and Telegram marks it as sent via the bot. You need the right to post in the channel, and the bot needs no admin right there.
Can I keep my other Q&A link as well?: Yes. Nothing stops you from putting two links in the description. Just know the difference. An external site takes readers away from Telegram, while this link keeps them in a chat with the bot and needs a Telegram account.

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