Messenger App for Windows and Mac Will Shut Down Later This Year Meta says it will deprecate the app on Dec. 15, at which point 'you’ll be blocked' from using it and should delete it from your ...

Meta is shutting down Messenger’s stand-alone desktop apps for Windows and Mac on December 15, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. Starting December 15, users will no longer be able to ...

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 ...

Don't miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google. Meta's Messenger is one of the most popular chat services in the world, but in the coming months, its desktop apps will ...

Meta is shutting down its Messenger app for macOS and Windows and pushing users to the web. Meta confirmed over email to Engadget that the app will be fully shutdown on December 15, after which the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Meta’s Messenger has a new logo set in Facebook blue. The instant messaging app dropped the multicolor gradient used in its previous logo for a solid blue that matches the shade used by Meta’s ...