How to Set Reminders in a Telegram Group
A reminder that only you can see is fine for personal to-dos, but a lot of reminders — a standup, a bill split, a deadline — belong in the group where everyone can see them fire. NudgeRemindBot delivers reminders back to whatever chat you set them in, group or DM, checked by a background job every minute.
You don't need to add anything special for group use — the same /remind command works there, and the reminder posts to that group when it's due.
Because the delivery chat is decided by where you typed the command, a group can have several running reminders side by side with people's personal DM reminders, without them mixing up — each stays in its own chat.
Steps
- Add NudgeRemindBot to your group (or use it in a DM). Reminders are delivered back to whichever chat you created them in — run the command in the group if you want the whole group to see it fire.
- Set your timezone once with /tz. Example: /tz +2 sets your UTC offset, so times you type are read correctly. Without it, times default to UTC.
- Create the reminder with /remind. Example: /remind tomorrow 9am call the dentist. It also accepts relative times ("in 2h"), "at 19:00", weekday names ("fri 19:00"), or a full date.
- Check what's upcoming with /list, or delete one with /del. /list shows your upcoming reminders with their ids; /del 4 removes the one numbered 4.
Good to know
- Free tier: 5 active reminders at a time. Pro removes the cap and adds daily repeating reminders, either as a one-time 150 Stars (≈ $3) payment per user or a 100 Stars/month subscription — /pro shows both options.
- A reminder is always delivered back to the chat it was created in — set it in the group if you want the group to see it, or in your DM with the bot to keep it private.
- The background check runs every minute, so reminders fire close to their exact time rather than on a slower daily sweep.
- If you skip /tz, times are read as UTC, which will be off from your local clock until you set an offset.
- Anyone in the group can create their own reminders that post there — it isn't limited to one admin setting them up for everyone else.
- Deleting a reminder with /del only removes that one entry; the rest of the group's active reminders keep running unaffected.
FAQ
- Will everyone in the group see the reminder when it fires?
- Yes, if you created it while chatting in the group — NudgeRemindBot delivers each reminder back to the chat it was set in, so a reminder created in the group posts there.
- What time formats can I use?
- Relative ("in 2h", "in 1h30m"), "at 19:00" today or tomorrow, "tomorrow 19:00", a weekday like "fri 19:00", or a full date like "2026-09-10 19:00", all read using your saved /tz offset.
- How many group reminders can I have at once for free?
- 5 active reminders at a time, shared across however many chats you've set them in. /pro removes that cap for a one-time 150 Stars payment or a 100 Stars/month subscription.
- Can a reminder repeat every day automatically?
- That's a Pro feature — the free tier is one-off reminders only. Upgrading with the one-time 150 Stars payment, or the 100 Stars/month subscription, adds daily repeating reminders.