RIP to Facebook Messenger’s desktop app. The native app for Mac and Windows is no longer available to users as of today, December 15, 2025, and existing users are being directed to the Facebook ...

The Facebook Messenger desktop app for macOS is being axed on December 15, forcing Mac users into using the web version, for better or worse. At the time, Facebook had already pulled the app from the ...

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 ...

Just some months after the discontinuation of its standalone Messenger app for computers, it looks like Facebook is also planning on officially retiring the Messenger web app. A statement on ...

Both desktop apps have been removed from app stores and will stop working in December. Both desktop apps have been removed from app stores and will stop working in December. is a senior correspondent ...

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 ...