Meta is removing its Messenger apps for Windows and macOS

Meta is preparing to withdraw support for desktop Messenger apps on Windows and macOS. Both apps have already been removed from the Microsoft Store and Mac App Store, and existing users have started receiving notifications that the desktop apps will disappear entirely in December.

A Meta support page, Spotted for the first time before Apple insiderIt reveals that users of the Mac Messenger app will have 60 days to use the app before it is completely shut down, after which the ban will be put in place. The Messenger app on Windows is warning For existing users it will no longer be available on December 14.

The removal of Messenger desktop apps means existing Windows users will have to use the Facebook app or the web version of Messenger, and macOS users will only have the web as an option for Messenger communications. Mita is also planning this Drop its native WhatsApp Windows app In favor of releasing the web wrapper soon, in what appears to be a move to simplify WhatsApp development.