Messenger web users will be redirected to Facebook's chat interface after the shutdown. Meta previously retired the desktop apps for Mac and Windows.

TL;DR: Meta is discontinuing the Messenger desktop apps for Windows and macOS, removing them from the Microsoft Store and App Store. Users will need to switch to the web or mobile versions for ...

Meta, the big tech owner of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, and more, has confirmed plans to fully deprecate its native Facebook Messenger application across both Windows and macOS. As per a ...

After the apps for Windows and Mac, Meta is also phasing out messenger.com as a platform for its messenger. Users are referred to Facebook and the mobile app.

Facebook has announced that its Facebook Messenger service for Windows desktop PCs and Firefox will be discontinued next week. The standalone messenger client will cease working on March 3, and the ...

Recent news on Meta’s Messenger has been confirmed. The Messenger standalone website will be gone from April 2026. This ...

Messenger made its triumphant return to the Facebook app back in 2023, with end-to-end encryption finally arriving later that year. Since then, you've still been able to access Messenger through the ...

Standalone messenger.com to close months after desktop apps were discontinued Meta to take down Messenger website in April 2026, months after desktop apps were discontinued AP Dubai: In a new move to ...

Meta is shutting down its standalone Messenger website, the company shared in a help page. Starting April 2026, the website will no longer be available. If users still want to send and receive ...