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 ...

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

Meta has officially announced that Messenger.com and the Messenger desktop apps will be discontinued by April 2026. Desktop users will be automatically redirected to facebook.com/messages, which is a ...

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 ...

Facebook is planning to retire its Messenger.com web app in April after pulling the plug on its desktop apps a couple of ...

Meta Platforms, the company behind Facebook and Messenger, has confirmed it will retire the standalone Messenger desktop ...