How to remove Telegram ads depends on who you are, but for most readers the answer is Telegram Premium, which hides every official sponsored message from your account. If you own a public channel and want ads gone for all of your subscribers, the route is different: collect boosts from your Premium readers or buy Telegram channel boosts until the channel reaches Level 50, then switch sponsored messages off yourself. Unofficial apps and blocker tools are not a reliable substitute for either one, and a few kinds of ads survive even Premium, which I cover below.
I manage the blog on membertel.com, and this topic keeps coming back in our comments. Some readers are simply tired of seeing a sponsored line under every big channel they follow. Others run a channel and cannot understand why ads keep appearing under their own posts. Those are two different problems with two different fixes, so I have kept them apart in this guide.
How to Remove Telegram Ads: Quick Comparison
| Method | Who it is for | Removes official ads? | Cost | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telegram Premium | Regular users | Yes, on your account | Monthly subscription | None |
| Channel Level 50 | Channel owners | Yes, for every subscriber of that channel | Boosts, plus giving up your ad revenue share | None |
| Unofficial Telegram apps | Anyone | Unproven | Free | High |
| DNS or ad blocker apps | Anyone | Not reliably | Free or paid | Medium |
| Staying out of large public channels | Anyone | Only in the channels you skip | Free | None |
Why Telegram Shows Ads and What Counts as an Ad
Telegram began showing sponsored messages in late 2021 as a way to pay for its servers while keeping the app free. They follow a few consistent rules:
- They appear in public channels with more than 1,000 subscribers and carry a Sponsored label.
- They are short. Advertising guides put the limit at about 160 characters, with one button that opens a Telegram destination such as a channel or a bot.
- Telegram describes them as not targeted at individuals. What you see depends on the channel you are reading, not on your personal profile.
- They do not appear in private chats, secret chats or ordinary groups.
Advertisers buy these placements through the Telegram Ad Platform, which Telegram describes as powered by the TON blockchain, with campaigns paid for in Toncoin. Because small bot developers and channel owners can open an account and run modest campaigns, sponsored messages show up consistently in large public channels.
The footprint has grown a little. Telegram’s developer documentation describes sponsored messages in channels, in bots and in global search results, and advertising industry reports from 2026 mention video ads inside full screen channel videos and a banner format in bots. I treat the newer formats as still rolling out, but the direction is clear: a clean app is no longer only about the single line under the last post in a channel.
One distinction matters for everything below. An official sponsored message is placed by Telegram’s own ad platform. A sponsored post is something a channel admin publishes personally after a private deal with a brand. They look different, different people control them, and as you will see, they are removed by different means or not at all.
How to Remove Telegram Ads with Telegram Premium
Premium is the only method that works on your own account without a workaround. Telegram’s terms state that Premium subscribers are not shown the sponsored messages Telegram itself displays, and that is exactly what happens in practice.
- Open Telegram on your phone and go to Settings.
- Tap Telegram Premium and pick a plan.
- Complete your payment through the App Store or Google Play, or choose to subscribe to Telegram Premium directly through @PremiumBot inside the app. Telegram says the bot route is cheaper because those payments skip Apple and Google fees.
- Open a large public channel and scroll to the bottom to confirm the sponsored message is gone.
Premium belongs to your account, so it applies on every device where you are logged in. Industry guides say the hiding extends to the bot and search placements too, but newer formats change often, so check your own account after subscribing.
If ads are your only reason to upgrade, deciding who should actually pay for Telegram Premium comes down to how much time you spend in big public channels. For a casual reader the sponsored line is a mild annoyance. For someone who follows news, crypto or deal channels all day, hiding it is a real improvement, and the other perks come with it: larger file uploads, faster downloads and voice to text.
Business owners have one more use for this. Telegram includes a switch in its settings and API that lets a Premium account turn ads off and back on, which is built for marketers who create Telegram Ads campaigns and need to check their own live placements.
Ads You Will Still See After Subscribing to Premium
This is the point that causes most of the complaints I read. Premium hides ads from Telegram’s ad platform. It does not touch promotion that channel admins sell on their own, which Telegram’s FAQ describes as outside its control. If a channel owner posts a paid shoutout for a betting app, a course or another channel, you will see it with or without Premium. The same goes for spam in groups and promotional messages from bots you have started.
There is also advertising inside Telegram Mini Apps and web games. A developer can show banners or video ads inside a mini app through independent networks such as AdsGram. Those ads load inside the mini app itself rather than through Telegram’s own ad platform, so Premium does not hide them.
For all of these, your options are to leave the channel or app, report the content, or accept it as part of what you chose to use. Muting only stops notifications. It does not hide anything inside the channel.
How to Remove Telegram Ads from Your Own Channel
Premium does not help here. It removes ads for the person who pays, not for your audience. What decides whether your subscribers see sponsored messages is your channel’s boost level.
- Open your channel profile, go to Statistics and Boosts, then Boosts. You will see your current level and your personal boost link.
- Collect boosts. Premium subscribers can support your channel by tapping your boost link, and if you run a successful Telegram giveaway, each Premium subscription you prize out adds 4 boosts to your channel at once. If you gift Premium directly to a friend or contact, you receive 3 boosts per gift to assign to your channel.
- Watch your progress on that same screen. Any channel owner trying to master Telegram boosts quickly learns that the required number depends on total subscriber count, and since Telegram has changed the calculation before, you should trust your own dashboard over any fixed table in a blog post.
- When the channel reaches the required level, an option to switch off sponsored messages appears in the channel settings. Industry sources put that level at 50. Confirm the exact number on your own boost screen before you plan around it.
There is a trade off that most guides skip. Through the Telegram Ad Network for Publishers, 50% of the revenue from ads shown in an eligible channel goes directly to the channel owner. Switching ads off therefore means giving up that income. For a channel with a few thousand free readers the revenue may be small and a clean experience can be worth more. For a large news or crypto channel it can be a serious income stream, so run the numbers before you chase Level 50.
Some owners shorten the path by buying boosts from a provider. If you go that way, choose a service that delivers boosts from real Premium accounts and ask how long they last, because a boost is tied to a Premium subscription and can drop when that subscription ends.
Level 50 Boost & Ad Revenue Trade Off Benchmarks
Compare the boosts required to reach Level 50 against the monthly 50% Toncoin ad share you give up by switching ads off.
Note: Calculations use the ~0.4% per level boost benchmark. Crypto and Finance channels sit at the top of the revenue range. Always verify your exact target inside Channel Settings > Statistics and Boosts.
Which Method Fits You
| Your situation | Best option | Why | What you give up |
|---|---|---|---|
| You read many large public channels every day | Telegram Premium | Removes sponsored messages everywhere you read | A recurring fee |
| You run a free channel with a modest audience | Level 50, if the boosts are realistic | Cleaner experience for subscribers | Your share of ad revenue |
| You run a paid community or a course channel | Level 50 | Members who already pay should not see unrelated ads | Boost effort and ad income |
| You advertise on Telegram yourself | Premium, with the sponsored messages toggle switched on when you want to review your campaigns | You can view your own ads | Nothing |
| You only open Telegram for private chats | Do nothing | Ads never appear there | Nothing |
Do Unofficial Apps and Ad Blockers Work?
I would not rely on them. Telegram’s own FAQ recommends its official apps to get the full benefit of its features, and sponsored messages are served inside the app itself. Even companies that sell ad blocking software admit that blockers cannot fully stop Telegram’s internal sponsored messages. When an unofficial client claims it hides ads, I could not find an independent source that confirms it,
and the price is that you hand your login and your conversations to a developer Telegram does not vouch for. For a personal account that is a poor trade. For a business account it is a bad one.
There is a technical reason tools like AdGuard DNS, NextDNS or system wide VPN blockers fall short here. On a normal website, ads load from a separate advertising domain that a filter can block. In Telegram, sponsored messages are delivered inside the app through the same connection as your regular messages, so a filter that cuts off the source risks cutting off your chats and downloads too.
Readers also ask about modified clients such as Nekogram, Nicegram or AyuGram. Some of them claim to hide the sponsored message box, but I could not find an independent source confirming that, and any filter that works today can break after the next app update. You also hand your account to a developer Telegram does not vouch for.
Why DNS & Ad Blockers Fail Inside Telegram
Because website ads load from a separate domain name, AdGuard DNS or NextDNS can block the ad server while keeping the page text intact.
A DNS filter cannot see inside the encrypted MTProto stream. Blocking the server that sends the ad disconnects your chats at the exact same time.
FAQ
Can I remove Telegram ads for free?
Not fully. You can avoid large public channels, where the ads live, or you can stay in private chats and groups. If you own a channel, boosting it to the required level also removes ads at no subscription cost, though the boosts themselves take effort or money.
Can I remove Telegram ads for free?
Not fully. You can avoid large public channels, where the ads live, or you can stay in private chats and groups. If you own a channel, boosting it to the required level also removes ads at no subscription cost, though the boosts themselves take effort or money.
Does Telegram Premium remove all ads?
It removes official sponsored messages from Telegram’s ad platform. It does not remove promotional posts that channel admins publish on their own, and it does not remove ads inside Mini Apps that run on independent ad networks.
Why do I still see ads with Premium?
You are almost certainly looking at an admin’s paid post, a bot’s promotion, spam or a Mini App ad, not a Telegram sponsored message. Those sit outside the ad platform, so Premium does not hide them. It is also worth checking that the sponsored messages toggle in Settings, under Telegram Business, has not been switched on.
Does Telegram use my personal data to choose ads?
Telegram describes sponsored messages as not targeted, so what you see follows the topic of the channel you are reading, not your personal profile.
How do I turn off ads in my Telegram channel?
Raise the channel’s boost level until the option to switch off sponsored messages unlocks, which industry sources place at Level 50. Check the boost screen of your channel for the exact requirement.
How many boosts do I need for Level 50?
It depends on your subscriber count. The Boosts screen in your channel shows how many you need for the next level, and that figure is more reliable than any fixed number quoted online.
Is Telegram Premium worth it just to remove ads?
It depends on how often you read large public channels. If you do it daily, the ad free experience plus the other Premium features make it a fair deal. If you mostly use private chats, you will barely notice the ads and can skip it.
Final Thoughts on How to Remove Telegram Ads
How to remove Telegram ads comes down to who you are on the platform. As a reader, activating Telegram Premium is the clean answer, as long as you remember that it hides official ads and not the sponsored posts admins sell themselves, or the ads inside Mini Apps. As a channel owner, the path runs through boosts and a Level 50 target, and the real decision is whether a cleaner channel is worth more to you than your share of ad revenue.
If you are planning a boost strategy for your channel or you have a case this guide did not cover, tell me in the comments or message our support on Telegram: @membertelsupport.
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