Permissions

The admin rights ChatZilla needs in your Telegram group (post, edit, delete, restrict) and extra rights for join requests and subscription checks.

ChatZilla works as a group administrator with these rights:

  • Post messages: to send welcome messages, verification prompts, trigger replies and filter notices.
  • Edit messages: to update its own messages.
  • Delete messages: to remove messages that break your rules and Telegram's "joined" and "left" service messages. This is the right that does the moderation.
  • Restrict members (ban users): for anti-spam bans. Without it a member can reach the violation limit and still stay in the group.

The mini app's Add chat button pre-selects these four. If you added the bot another way, set them in the group's administrator settings.

Rights for specific features

  • Join requests. Telegram sends join requests only to admins that may add members (the Invite users right), and the group must have Approve new members switched on. See Join requests.
  • Verification by channel subscription. The bot has to be an administrator of that channel too, otherwise Telegram won't tell it who is subscribed. See User verification.

Any other administrator of the group can change or remove the bot's rights. If deletions stop, check that the bot is still an admin with Delete messages.

Hand the routine to ChatZilla

Add the bot, switch on the rules your group needs, and get back to talking.

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