diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7331b9f6..1911a75bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Telegram/draft-stream boundary stability: materialize DM draft previews at assistant-message/tool boundaries, serialize lane-boundary callbacks before final delivery, and scope preview cleanup to the active preview so multi-step Telegram streams no longer lose, overwrite, or leave stale preview bubbles. (#33842) Thanks @ngutman.
 - Telegram/DM draft finalization reliability: require verified final-text draft emission before treating preview finalization as delivered, and fall back to normal payload send when final draft delivery is not confirmed (preventing missing final responses and preserving media/button delivery). (#32118) Thanks @OpenCils.
 - Telegram/DM draft final delivery: materialize text-only `sendMessageDraft` previews into one permanent final message and skip duplicate final payload sends, while preserving fallback behavior when materialization fails. (#34318) Thanks @Brotherinlaw-13.
+- Telegram/DM draft duplicate display: clear stale DM draft previews after materializing the real final message, including threadless fallback when DM topic lookup fails, so partial streaming no longer briefly shows duplicate replies. (#36746) Thanks @joelnishanth.
 - Telegram/draft preview boundary + silent-token reliability: stabilize answer-lane message boundaries across late-partial/message-start races, preserve/reset finalized preview state at the correct boundaries, and suppress `NO_REPLY` lead-fragment leaks without broad heartbeat-prefix false positives. (#33169) Thanks @obviyus.
 - Discord/audit wildcard warnings: ignore "\*" wildcard keys when counting unresolved guild channels so doctor/status no longer warns on allow-all configs. (#33125) Thanks @thewilloftheshadow.
 - Discord/channel resolution: default bare numeric recipients to channels, harden allowlist numeric ID handling with safe fallbacks, and avoid inbound WS heartbeat stalls. (#33142) Thanks @thewilloftheshadow.
diff --git a/src/telegram/draft-stream.test.ts b/src/telegram/draft-stream.test.ts
index 07de41344..fc65dd6b8 100644
--- a/src/telegram/draft-stream.test.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/draft-stream.test.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,27 @@ describe("createTelegramDraftStream", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("clears draft after materializing to avoid duplicate display in DM", async () => {
+    const api = createMockDraftApi();
+    const stream = createDraftStream(api, {
+      thread: { id: 42, scope: "dm" },
+      previewTransport: "draft",
+    });
+
+    stream.update("Hello");
+    await stream.flush();
+    const materializedId = await stream.materialize?.();
+
+    expect(materializedId).toBe(17);
+    expect(api.sendMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(123, "Hello", { message_thread_id: 42 });
+    // Draft should be cleared with empty string after real message is sent.
+    const draftCalls = api.sendMessageDraft.mock.calls;
+    const clearCall = draftCalls.find((call) => call[2] === "");
+    expect(clearCall).toBeDefined();
+    expect(clearCall?.[0]).toBe(123);
+    expect(clearCall?.[3]).toEqual({ message_thread_id: 42 });
+  });
+
   it("retries materialize send without thread when dm thread lookup fails", async () => {
     const api = createMockDraftApi();
     api.sendMessage
@@ -258,6 +279,10 @@ describe("createTelegramDraftStream", () => {
     expect(materializedId).toBe(55);
     expect(api.sendMessage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 123, "Hello", { message_thread_id: 42 });
     expect(api.sendMessage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 123, "Hello", undefined);
+    const draftCalls = api.sendMessageDraft.mock.calls;
+    const clearCall = draftCalls.find((call) => call[2] === "");
+    expect(clearCall).toBeDefined();
+    expect(clearCall?.[3]).toBeUndefined();
     expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       "telegram stream preview materialize send failed with message_thread_id, retrying without thread",
     );
diff --git a/src/telegram/draft-stream.ts b/src/telegram/draft-stream.ts
index cb64ba80a..f7f03db48 100644
--- a/src/telegram/draft-stream.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/draft-stream.ts
@@ -150,13 +150,16 @@ export function createTelegramDraftStream(params: {
           parse_mode: sendArgs.renderedParseMode,
         }
       : replyParams;
+    const usedThreadParams =
+      "message_thread_id" in (sendParams ?? {}) &&
+      typeof (sendParams as { message_thread_id?: unknown }).message_thread_id === "number";
     try {
-      return await params.api.sendMessage(chatId, sendArgs.renderedText, sendParams);
+      return {
+        sent: await params.api.sendMessage(chatId, sendArgs.renderedText, sendParams),
+        usedThreadParams,
+      };
     } catch (err) {
-      const hasThreadParam =
-        "message_thread_id" in (sendParams ?? {}) &&
-        typeof (sendParams as { message_thread_id?: unknown }).message_thread_id === "number";
-      if (!hasThreadParam || !THREAD_NOT_FOUND_RE.test(String(err))) {
+      if (!usedThreadParams || !THREAD_NOT_FOUND_RE.test(String(err))) {
         throw err;
       }
       const threadlessParams = {
@@ -164,11 +167,14 @@ export function createTelegramDraftStream(params: {
       };
       delete threadlessParams.message_thread_id;
       params.warn?.(sendArgs.fallbackWarnMessage);
-      return await params.api.sendMessage(
-        chatId,
-        sendArgs.renderedText,
-        Object.keys(threadlessParams).length > 0 ? threadlessParams : undefined,
-      );
+      return {
+        sent: await params.api.sendMessage(
+          chatId,
+          sendArgs.renderedText,
+          Object.keys(threadlessParams).length > 0 ? threadlessParams : undefined,
+        ),
+        usedThreadParams: false,
+      };
     }
   };
   const sendMessageTransportPreview = async ({
@@ -186,7 +192,7 @@ export function createTelegramDraftStream(params: {
       }
       return true;
     }
-    const sent = await sendRenderedMessageWithThreadFallback({
+    const { sent } = await sendRenderedMessageWithThreadFallback({
       renderedText,
       renderedParseMode,
       fallbackWarnMessage:
@@ -369,7 +375,7 @@ export function createTelegramDraftStream(params: {
     }
     const renderedParseMode = lastSentText ? lastSentParseMode : undefined;
     try {
-      const sent = await sendRenderedMessageWithThreadFallback({
+      const { sent, usedThreadParams } = await sendRenderedMessageWithThreadFallback({
         renderedText,
         renderedParseMode,
         fallbackWarnMessage:
@@ -378,6 +384,20 @@ export function createTelegramDraftStream(params: {
       const sentId = sent?.message_id;
       if (typeof sentId === "number" && Number.isFinite(sentId)) {
         streamMessageId = Math.trunc(sentId);
+        // Clear the draft so Telegram's input area doesn't briefly show a
+        // stale copy alongside the newly materialized real message.
+        if (resolvedDraftApi != null && streamDraftId != null) {
+          const clearDraftId = streamDraftId;
+          const clearThreadParams =
+            usedThreadParams && threadParams?.message_thread_id != null
+              ? { message_thread_id: threadParams.message_thread_id }
+              : undefined;
+          try {
+            await resolvedDraftApi(chatId, clearDraftId, "", clearThreadParams);
+          } catch {
+            // Best-effort cleanup; draft clear failure is cosmetic.
+          }
+        }
         return streamMessageId;
       }
     } catch (err) {