Your own bot

When delivery goes through the bot, messages in a channel or group come from @RoutifyBot. On every paid plan you can replace it with your own bot: readers see your bot's name and avatar, and nothing in the message points to Routify.

The setting only concerns sources the bot delivers — Bot and Account, bot on flood in Delivered via. Messages sent from your connected account already come under your name and are not affected.

Create the bot

1. Open @BotFather in Telegram and send /newbot.
2. Choose a name (what readers see) and a username (must end in bot).
3. Copy the token BotFather returns. It looks like 1234567890:AAF….

Optionally set an avatar with /setuserpic and a description with /setdescription.

Connect it

1. In the mini app open the channel or group, then Custom Bot.
2. Paste the token into the Bot Token field and press Link Custom Bot. The bot verifies the token and shows the bot's name.
3. Add your bot to the channel or group as an administrator with the right to post messages. @RoutifyBot must stay an administrator too: it manages the chat, your bot only sends.

From that moment every message of this chat that goes through the bot is sent by your bot. The setting is per chat; other chats keep @RoutifyBot unless you connect a bot there as well.

Notes

• Premium emoji. Rendering depends on the sending bot's Telegram Premium — see Custom emoji.
• Moderation. If the chat uses a moderation chat, your bot must be an administrator there as well.
• Sync. A copy sent by your bot can only be edited or deleted by your bot, see Sync. Copies sent earlier by @RoutifyBot stay as they are after the switch.
• Invalid token. If the token stops working (you revoked it in BotFather), delivery falls back to @RoutifyBot and you receive a message from the bot with the reason.
• Private chats. The option exists for channels and groups only.
• Unlinking. Press Unlink Bot in the same section and confirm — delivery goes back to @RoutifyBot.