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.

Facebook has discontinued its native Messenger desktop app for Mac and Windows as of December 15, 2025, redirecting users 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 ...

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 ...

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 desktop version of a popular messaging app hosted by Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, is no longer ...

Facebook Messenger's desktop application for Mac and Windows has been discontinued as of December 15, 2025, with users directed to the Facebook website for continued use.

Meta, the big tech owner of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, and more, has confirmed plans to fully deprecate its native Facebook Messenger application across both Windows and macOS. As per a ...

If you're using Messenger on macOS, you'll want to switch to something else — and probably sooner, rather than later. According to a pair of Facebook Help Center page, Facebook is axing its Desktop ...

It is the popular messaging service used by millions of people around the country. But Facebook Messenger is soon due to stop working for millions of Britons. Meta, the owners of Facebook and WhatsApp ...

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 ...

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