Edit Telegram bot commands online

Bot commands appear in the menu and in hints when a user types “/”. You can set different lists for private chats, groups, administrators and languages.

Do it in a few clicks — no code, no server, right in your browser.

Open the commands editor

Format

One command per line, the name and the description separated by a dash:

start - Start the bot
help - Show help
settings - Open settings
tip - A hint only you can see [ephemeral]

Up to 100 commands per list.
Name: 1–32 characters, lowercase English letters, digits and underscores. A leading “/” is removed automatically.
Description: 1–256 characters.
[ephemeral] marks commands whose answer is visible only to the sender (Bot API 10.2).

Scopes

Scope	Who sees the list
`default`	Everyone, if no narrower scope matches.
`all_private_chats`	All private chats.
`all_group_chats`	All groups and supergroups.
`all_chat_administrators`	Administrators of all groups.
`chat`	One specific chat (chat_id).
`chat_administrators`	Administrators of one chat.
`chat_member`	One member of one chat (chat_id + user_id).

Each scope can additionally have lists per language_code (two-letter ISO 639-1). Telegram picks the most specific scope, then the user's language, then the list without a language.

Same with curl

curl -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$BOT_TOKEN/setMyCommands" \
  --form-string 'commands=[{"command":"start","description":"Start the bot"},{"command":"help","description":"Show help"}]' \
  --form-string 'scope={"type":"all_private_chats"}' \
  --form-string "language_code=en"

Delete a list:

curl -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$BOT_TOKEN/deleteMyCommands" \
  --form-string 'scope={"type":"all_group_chats"}'

Tips

Keep descriptions short — they are truncated in narrow menus.
Changes appear for users after the chat is reopened; clients cache the list.
Use the Menu button tab to show the command list or a Mini App on the button next to the input field.