On the New members screen you turn on the welcome message, write a short greeting that can address the newcomer by name, attach one or more inline link buttons, optionally add an image, and set auto-delete so the greeting clears itself. The bot posts it the moment someone joins, with everything escaped for safety.
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Open in your dashboard1What you are building
A welcome message is the first thing a new member sees when they join. Done well, it points them to the rules, your channel, or a getting-started guide with a single tap, and it disappears on its own so the conversation stays tidy.
This tutorial covers the four parts you assemble on one screen: the greeting text, the inline link buttons, an optional image, and auto-delete. None of it is mandatory, so start simple and add pieces as you go.
- A short greeting posted in the group when a member joins.
- Inline link buttons under the greeting (for example, Rules or Channel).
- An optional welcome image shown above the text.
- Auto-delete that removes the greeting after a set number of minutes.
2Write the greeting and use placeholders
Turn on the welcome message and write your text. Keep it short and friendly; a wall of rules gets ignored, while one warm line plus a link button works far better.
You can personalise the text with placeholders that the bot fills in for each newcomer. They are replaced automatically when the message is sent.
- {name} — the member first and last name.
- {namelink} — the member name as a clickable mention.
- {group_name} — the title of your group.
- {username} — the member @username.
3Add inline link buttons
Under the greeting you can attach inline buttons that each open a link. Use the button manager to add a button, give it a label (the text people see) and a URL (where it goes).
Each button appears on its own row beneath the message. Common choices are a link to your pinned rules, your main channel, a getting-started guide, or a deep link that starts the bot in a private chat so the member becomes reachable for direct messages later.
4Optional image and auto-delete
You can attach a welcome image; the greeting is then sent as a photo with your text as the caption and the buttons underneath.
Set auto-delete to a number of seconds and the bot removes the greeting after that time, so repeated joins do not pile up in the chat. The deletion is queued reliably and still happens even if the bot restarts in the meantime.
5Save and see it live
All of this lives in one card and saves together with a single Save. The next person who joins gets your greeting instantly.
During an active raid the welcome message is suppressed on purpose, so a flood of fake joins does not spam the chat with greetings; it resumes automatically once the surge is over. To screen joiners as well, pair this with verification and restrictions in the welcome flow.