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* **Message Limit**: 4096 Characters per message
### Account Setup
Telegram is slightly more complicated then some of the other notification services, so here is quick breakdown of what you need to know and do in order to send Notifications through it using this tool
Telegram is slightly more complicated then some of the other notification services, so here is quick breakdown of what you need to know and do in order to send Notifications through it using this tool.
At the very start (if you don't have an account already), you will need to connect with a phone. The site uses your phone number as it's credential to let you into your account. So download and install the phone app first via [Android](https://telegram.org/dl/android) or [Apple](https://telegram.org/dl/ios).
Once you're set up, it can be a bit easy to just use their web interface [here](https://telegram.org/dl/webogram) with a PC (especially for development); but this part is up to you.
Once you're set up, it can be a bit easier to just use their web interface [here](https://telegram.org/dl/webogram) with a PC (especially for development); but this part is up to you.
#### Bot Setup
Telegram notifications require you to [create a bot](https://api.telegram.org). It's only after this is done that you will gain a vital piece of information Apprise needs called the **Token Identifier** (or **bot_token**).