Switch the Active Download Account

Switch the active Telegram account in TG-Downloader, understand the status-bar update and learn how monitors stay bound to their creator account.

How to switch

In the account list:

  • Click Use on a row.
  • Or double-click the row.

The active account changes immediately, and the Account field in the status bar updates. Future manual and batch tasks use this Telegram account.

When multiple accounts help

  • Different Telegram accounts belong to different groups.
  • You want to spread download volume and reduce rate limiting.
  • You prefer to keep your main account out of large download jobs.

Your plan controls the number of accounts you can add.

A monitor stays bound to the account selected when it was created. Changing the active account does not change existing monitors. Edit the monitor to select another account.