With the Messenger desktop app shutting down, it's time to quickly save your Messenger desktop chats before they're gone forever.

Users must shift to browser-based Messenger, back up chats before shutdown Meta has confirmed it will shut down Messenger’s standalone desktop apps for macOS and Windows on December 15, 2025. From ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. On Friday, an update was released by Facebook that didn’t exactly thrill the masses. Upon installing, users ...

What’s happened? Meta is discontinuing its Messenger desktop apps for Windows and macOS. Both listings are gone from the Microsoft Store and the Mac App Store, and users are getting in-app notices ...

Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in ...