The move comes a few months after Meta shut down Messenger’s stand-alone desktop apps for Windows and Mac.

The Messenger mobile app for iOS and Android will remain fully operational and unaffected, allowing users to continue conversations as usual on smartphones and tablets.

Meta executives proceeded with a plan to encrypt the messaging services connected to its Facebook and Instagram apps despite ...

Messenger on desktop is about to change forever as Meta shuts down its web version. Millions of users may soon be forced back ...

Court filings show Meta executives warned in 2019 that encrypting Messenger could reduce child exploitation reporting to authorities.

From April 2026, users will no longer be able to access messenger.com, and web-based chats will instead be routed through ...

These instructions apply to the Messenger app on your mobile device. Now, even if you open Messenger to read or send messages, it won't show that you're online. This is a great way to discourage your ...

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 send and receive messages within ...

Meta has announced that it is shutting down Messenger web on April 2026. Here's what's going to happen and why we had two ...