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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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