Meta will discontinue Messenger.com and the Messenger desktop app by April 2026, redirecting desktop users to ...

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

After the apps for Windows and Mac, Meta is also phasing out messenger.com as a platform for its messenger. Users are referred to Facebook and the mobile app.

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

Meta is shutting down its standalone Messenger website, the company shared in a help page. Starting April 2026, ...