AntiVoiceMessageBot for Group Chats

Five minutes of voice message about something that fits in two lines of text is familiar to anyone in a work chat. Telegram has no built-in setting to ban voice messages for every member of a group. That gap is why AntiVoiceMessageBot exists: it spots voice messages in the chat and deletes them. 🔇

What the bot does

It all comes down to one action. You add the bot to a group, it watches the messages and deletes voice ones. There is no command menu and almost no settings, since the whole job fits in one line of its profile: removes voice messages.

An author who makes utilities for group owners publishes the bot. The profile says his bots carry no ads. This one has around 269 thousand users. 🛠️

Connect it in a minute

1. Open the bot page and choose to add it to a group.
2. Select the chat.
3. Open the member list and make the bot an admin.
4. Enable the Delete messages right. Other rights can stay off.
5. Ask someone to record a test voice message and check that it disappears.

Without admin rights the bot cannot delete other people's messages, so do not skip steps three and four.

Why ban voice messages

Everyone has their own reasons, and some are weighty.

• Work chats: an important decision should stay in text, where search can find it.
• Quiet places: listening to audio on a bus or in an office is awkward.
• Accessibility: text is easier for people with hearing loss.
• Order: voice cannot be skimmed, while text can be scanned in seconds.

Plan a little first

If members are used to voice messages, sudden deletion of theirs will annoy them. Warn them: write in the pinned message that voice messages are not accepted in this chat and why.

People then understand the reason and will not think a message vanished by mistake. For those who find typing awkward, suggest dictation: the phone keyboard has voice input that turns speech into text. 🎤

Limits to know

The bot depends on Telegram's servers. When they run slower than usual, a voice message may reach some members before it is deleted. The author of the bot channel mentions possible delays himself.

The bot removes voice messages, not round video messages or ordinary audio files. If you need to limit those too, look for other group settings or moderate by hand.

How to turn it off

If you change your mind, open the group member list, find the bot and remove it. Admins can do this. After removal, voice messages appear as usual again. ✅

Before installing any bot in a group, check that you are adding the real page and not a clone with a similar name. Admin rights granted by mistake to the wrong account can do real harm.

In a large chat, appoint two or three admins who know how the bot works. If something breaks, one of them can quickly check the rights and redo the setup without waiting for the group owner.