Someone gifted you Telegram Premium

What a gifted Telegram Premium looks like

A gift from a person arrives in your private chat with them as a special message with an animated gift box and the length of the subscription (as Telegram describes it). From that moment the Premium features work for you: the badge next to your name, Premium emoji and stickers, voice-to-text, higher limits. What the subscription includes is in what Telegram Premium gives you.

Do you need to accept the gift

If a person gifted it, no: Premium appears on the account by itself, and the message in the chat only tells you about it. Only a gift code needs accepting — a t.me/giftcode/… link that, for example, winners of channel giveaways receive. Open it in Telegram and confirm activation; more in Telegram Premium giveaway.

How to see who gifted you Premium

The giver is the person in whose chat the gift message appeared. If Premium came from a giveaway gift code, the code's data names the channel or group that gave it away (Telegram's documentation). If Premium was arranged through a bot or on Fragment by your @username, the subscription simply switches on, and the name of whoever paid may not be shown — ask your friends who meant to surprise you.

How long gifted Premium lasts

A gift is a subscription for a fixed term with no automatic renewal: 3, 6 or 12 months from the day it arrived. Nobody will charge you, and there is nothing to cancel. When the term ends, Premium simply switches off; what stays and what hides is in Telegram Premium not working or disappeared.

How to tell a real gift from a scam

"Someone sent you a Telegram Premium gift" is a common lure. Scammers write in private messages or comments, send a picture that looks like a gift, or a link to an "activation bot". Signs of a scam:

• you are asked to "claim" the gift through a link to a website or a third-party bot;
• you are asked for a code from an SMS or from a Telegram chat, your password, card number, or an "activation fee";
• a stranger writes to you, and there is no real gift message in your chat with them;
• Premium has not appeared on your account.

If you have already given the code away, end the other sessions in your privacy settings at once and turn on a cloud password. Other tricks are in Telegram scams.

How to gift Premium back

You can gift Premium in Telegram itself — from a friend's profile — or in the Shiba Bank bot by @username: for 3, 6 or 12 months, paying with crypto, with wallet Stars or, in roubles, by SBP. Step by step in how to gift Telegram Premium.

Frequently asked questions

If a message with a gift box arrived in your chat with that person, nothing: Premium is already on. If you are asked to follow a link, enter a code or pay something, it is a scam — enter nothing.

A gift from a person needs no accepting: the subscription switches on by itself. A gift code (a t.me/giftcode/… link) is opened in Telegram and activated there.

Yes, if the gift was sent from Telegram: the gift message arrives in the chat with the giver. For Premium from a giveaway, the code's data names the channel. If a third-party seller arranged the subscription, the payer's name may not be shown.

In Telegram itself the gift arrives in the chat with the giver, so the recipient sees who sent it. For a surprise, arrange Premium by @username through a bot: the subscription reaches your friend's account, and you can tell them it was you whenever you like.

A subscription that has already switched on cannot be transferred: each account needs its own subscription (Telegram Premium FAQ). A giveaway prize code, if you already have Premium, Telegram lets you give to a friend.

Check that it is the right account and restart Telegram. If the "gift" came as a link from outside Telegram, it is not a gift. What else to check is in Telegram Premium not working.