# Telegram

To receive your Alerts on your Telegram App, just click on the Telegram Tab:

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<mark style="background-color:green;">**On a 1 to 1 conversation**</mark>&#x20;

To receive your Alerts on Telegram, start a conversation with the Telegram Visibrain Bot. \
Click on "New Chat" on Telegram:

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Search for Visibrain Bot, when you see it appear, start a chat with the bot.

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Type /start and send your first message. The bot will automatically answer back with a Chat ID with 9 digits.

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Copy and Paste this Chat ID to your Alerts Page on Visibrain.\
You will receive your Alerts in this private conversation.

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{% hint style="info" %}
If you want to receive other Reports or Alerts on this Chat, just use the same Chat ID in other Alerts or Reports settings.
{% endhint %}

<mark style="background-color:green;">**In a channel or group chat**</mark>

You can program Alerts to a specific Telegram Group Chat, you just need to add the Telegram Visibrain Bot to you group chat. \
To get the group Chat ID, send /start to the chat and VisiBot will send automatically the right Chat ID composed of 9 digits.&#x20;

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Copy and Paste this Chat ID to your Alerts Page. \
You will receive your Alerts in this group chat.

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{% hint style="success" %}
The main difference between these two Chat IDs is the hyphen symbol before the Group Chat ID, do not forget to include when setting up your Telegram Alert.
{% endhint %}


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