How to Never Miss a Group Member Birthday in Telegram
Every group has that awkward moment: someone says "wait, it was your birthday yesterday?" Big chats make it worse — with dozens of members, nobody keeps track. A birthday reminder bot removes the human memory from the loop entirely.
BirthdayReminderProBot gives each member a single command to save their own date, and from then on the bot does the remembering. At 09:00 in the group's timezone on the day, it posts a greeting naming the person, and /upcoming shows everyone what's coming so gifts and messages can be planned rather than improvised.
Setup takes about a minute, works in any group, and nobody has to hand their birthday to an admin in a spreadsheet again.
Steps
- Add the bot and let members save their date. Add @BirthdayReminderProBot to your group. Each member runs /bday 14-03 (day-month) — a year is optional, and nothing in the bot shows an age from it. Everyone manages their own entry; no admin bookkeeping.
- Set the group's timezone. Run /gtz +2 (or your offset) so the greeting posts at 09:00 local time instead of 09:00 UTC. Once set, only a group admin can change it.
- See what's coming. Run /upcoming to list the next birthdays in the group, soonest first, with days-away counts. It's the answer to "when is Ahmed's birthday again?" without anyone keeping a list.
- Pro: give the group a heads-up the day before. Pro (one-time 150 Stars per group) sends a DM to every other member the day before a birthday, so people have time to write something or organize a gift. Pro also unlocks a custom greeting via /greeting Happy birthday {name}! 🎉.
- Privacy check before you invite people. Birthdays are stored per group — a date saved in one group never appears in another. /forgetme removes a member's entry from that group only, and the day-before DM only reaches people who have already started a chat with the bot.
Good to know
- Free: up to 25 birthdays per group, group greeting on the day, and the /upcoming list.
- Pro per group (150 Stars one-time): day-before DM to other members and a custom greeting template.
- Members save their own date with /bday — the admin never collects or stores anyone's birthday.
- Use it without adding the bot: type @BirthdayReminderProBot 12 May in any chat for a one-off days-until card.
FAQ
- How do I set up birthday reminders in a Telegram group?
- Add @BirthdayReminderProBot, have each member run /bday DD-MM, and set the timezone with /gtz. The bot then greets each person in the group at 09:00 on their day.
- Will other members see my birth year?
- Only if you included one in /bday. The day and month always show in greetings; the year is stored but never displayed or used to compute an age.
- Is there a limit on how many birthdays a group can track?
- Free groups can store up to 25 birthdays. Pro removes bookkeeping friction further with day-before DM reminders for the whole group.
- How do I delete my birthday from the bot?
- Run /forgetme in the group. It removes your saved date from that group only — dates are stored per group, never shared across chats.