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Meta will end messaging on messenger.com from April 2026, redirecting web chats to Facebook Messages while mobile Messenger remains available Meta has announced it will officially end the ...

Meta is shutting down the standalone Messenger website and will end access to messenger.com in April 2026, directing web users to Facebook’s messaging interface while keeping the Messenger mobile app ...

Meta is shutting down the standalone Messenger website, according to a company help page. The website will disappear in April, though web users will still be able 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 ...

Facebook is planning to retire its Messenger.com web app in April after pulling the plug on its desktop apps for Windows and macOS a couple of weeks ago. In a support ...

On Windows, launching the Messenger desktop app now redirects users directly to the full Facebook desktop application. macOS users see a similar outcome, as the app sends them straight to ...

Meta has discontinued Facebook Messenger’s native desktop app for Mac and Windows, ending access to the standalone application on December 15, 2025, and directing users to continue using the messaging ...

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 ...