Introduction

Telegra.ph is a minimalist publishing tool that lets you create a simple public page with no account required. Once you publish a page, an Edit button appears, but it relies on a browser cookie to identify you as the author. If you clear your cookies or switch browsers, that button disappears.

How it works

Telegra.ph stores a cookie called tph_uuid on the edit.telegra.ph domain. As long as this cookie is present in your browser, you can edit your page, even if the page was created ages ago. If it’s gone, so is your Edit button.

While you can still see the Edit button, open your browser’s DevTools and save the cookie value somewhere safe.

  1. Open DevTools (F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I)
  2. Go to Application (Chrome) or Storage (Firefox)
  3. Expand Cookies and select https://edit.telegra.ph
  4. Find the cookie named tph_uuid and copy its value
domain: edit.telegra.ph
name: tph_uuid
value: <your-random-string>

If the Edit button has already disappeared, set the cookie back manually via DevTools:

  1. Open DevTools on your Telegra.ph page
  2. Go to Application > Cookies > https://edit.telegra.ph
  3. Click the empty row at the bottom of the table and add:
    • Name: tph_uuid
    • Value: the string you saved earlier
  4. Reload the page — the Edit button should reappear

Unfortunately, without the original tph_uuid value there is no way to recover access through the browser. You may still be able to edit your page programmatically using the Telegra.ph API if you have the access token, but that requires a separate setup.