# Set up Telegram integration using the discourse-chat-integration plugin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-telegram-integration-using-the-discourse-chat-integration-plugin/66603
**Category:** Integrations
**Tags:** chat-integration, how-to
**Created:** [July 21, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-telegram-integration-using-the-discourse-chat-integration-plugin/66603 "2017-07-21T16:26:57Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-telegram-integration-using-the-discourse-chat-integration-plugin/66603/91 "2022-09-23T11:04:38Z")

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> [@mk0r](#):
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> Do we generally have any control over the template/format of the messages in Telegram? I’m also not into the monospace font for the content

Yup, it can be customized! Check out this guide for details:

> [@Customize text in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-any-text-in-discourse/36092):
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> bookmark This is a guide for customizing text in Discourse via the admin interface, enabling changes to various UI elements. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator In Discourse, you can customize all of the text via the admin interface. This can be useful for tailoring the user experience to better fit the particular tone or branding of your community. Summary This guide will cover: Accessing the text customization interface Editing text strings Identifying translatio…

> [@mk0r](#):
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> the username in the Telegram message links directly to the user `@michael` on Telegram

If you modify the message template to wrap the username in backticks (`) then I think that should stop the auto-linking.

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