Markdown to Telegram Converter
Telegram keeps double-asterisk bold but flips italic to double underscores, and copynpaste outputs the right delimiters.
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Rewrites em dashes to the punctuation that belongs there and strips filler from the converted output. Runs in your browser with no AI, and never alters the text you pasted.Ready for Telegram
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How Markdown maps to Telegram
| Feature | Markdown | Telegram |
|---|---|---|
| Bold | **x** | **x** |
| Italic | *x* | __x__ |
| Strikethrough | ~~x~~ | ~~x~~ |
| Spoiler | none | ||x|| |
Common gotchas
- Telegram typed in-app uses double-delimiter bold **x** and double-underscore italic __x__.
- Telegram supports spoilers with ||x||, which Markdown does not have.
- If you are sending to a Telegram bot with MarkdownV2, remember it requires escaping several characters.
Frequently asked
- What happens to Markdown bold and italic in Telegram?
- Markdown bold **x** carries over as **x**, while Markdown italic *x* is rewritten to the double underscore __x__ that the Telegram app uses.
- Does Telegram support spoilers?
- Yes, Telegram wraps spoilers in double pipes, like ||hidden||.