How to Find a Telegram Group ID (Supergroup & Basic)

Whether you are building a bot or configuring admin tools, you will need the Group ID of your Telegram group. Here is how to find it for both basic groups and supergroups.

Quick Method: Use @RawDataBot

1. Add @RawDataBot to your group.
2. Send any message in the group.
3. The bot responds with the Chat ID in the chat.id field.
4. Remove the bot afterward if you prefer.

Using TelegramUserID.com

If your group has a public username, visit our lookup tool and enter the username. You will get the numeric Group ID plus other details like the group title and type.

Using the Bot API

1. Create a bot via @BotFather if you do not have one.
2. Add the bot to your group.
3. Send a message in the group, then visit https://api.telegram.org/bot<TOKEN>/getUpdates.
4. Look for the chat object in the response to find the id.

Basic Group vs. Supergroup IDs

Basic groups have simple negative IDs (e.g., -12345). When a group is upgraded to a supergroup (which happens automatically when you enable features like pinned messages or more than 200 members), the ID changes to a -100 prefixed number. Plan your bot code to handle both formats.

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