AntiInlineBot for Telegram groups

Your group got noisy. Someone posts GIFs through inline mode, someone drops ad cards, someone floods the chat with results from catalog bots. Deleting all that by hand is tiring. AntiInlineBot takes that job over. 🧹

The bot's profile has one sentence: it removes messages with inline content in groups and supergroups. It has no settings and no menu, and that is its main trait.

What an inline message is

Inline mode lets you type a bot's name in the message field of any chat and pick a result from a pop-up list. A message posted this way carries a "via" label with the bot's name.

GIF search, music bots, product cards, polls, games and ad invitations all work this way. Some are useful and some turn a chat into a dump.

• GIFs and stickers: sometimes fine, sometimes they bury the discussion.
• Ad cards: links to channels and services in a nice wrapper.
• Game invitations: noisy when sent by the dozen.

How the bot cleans up

The principle is simple. You add the bot to the group, give it the right to delete messages, and it removes every message sent through other bots in inline mode. Members do not need to remember anything or tap anything.

It works automatically: there are no commands to type and no exception list in the profile. It is a strict filter, not a flexible tool. 🔧

Setup in four steps

1. Find the bot in Telegram search and open its profile.
2. Add it to your group or supergroup.
3. Make it an administrator and turn on the right to delete messages.
4. Post a test inline message in the group and confirm it disappears.

The bot needs no other rights. The shorter the permission list, the calmer you can be about the group.

When it makes sense

It fits work chats, study groups and communities with serious topics, where memes and ad cards only get in the way. It also helps if you already fought spam in the group and all the advertising arrives through inline mode.

It does not fit playful chats where GIFs and stickers via inline are part of the conversation. Ask members first: if everyone is used to sharing GIFs, a strict filter will raise questions. 🎞️

What to keep in mind

• A filter without exceptions: any inline content is deleted, including useful content such as a poll.
• Admin rights: without the delete permission the bot does nothing.
• Not an anti-spam suite: ordinary messages with ads are not checked.
• A small project: there is no official documentation page, so test it in a spare group first.

If you need finer moderation, add bots with configurable rules, captcha and word lists. AntiInlineBot works best as a narrow tool next to them. 🛡️

Explaining the rule to members

It helps to say in a pinned message that inline content is removed automatically. Newcomers then will not think their messages vanish because of a glitch, and will not resend them ten times.

If someone still complains, suggest sending GIFs and pictures the ordinary way, as an attachment. The bot leaves those alone, since its profile speaks only about inline content.

Every couple of weeks, look at the group's admin log. It shows what the bot really deletes and whether it gets in your members' way.