Messenger for Mac Discontinued

18 October 2025

Pour one out for the Messenger app on macOS. Facebook recently announced that they are deprecating it and in 60 days, the app will stop working entirely.

I don't remember when I started using the Messenger app on macOS, but it's probably been more than a year and it's been great way to access Messenger on the desktop. Sure, you can access Messenger through its web interface, but it was nice having a separate app for it instead of accessing it with all my other browser tabs. It wasn't the greatest Mac app ever, but it felt relatively native and it did its job. I'll probably create a Safari web app or similar for Messenger now, or maybe just access it through iPhone Mirroring. (At least messenger.com exists and I don't have to access Messenger through Facebook. It will be very sad day if that site gets killed.)

It was nice knowing you Messenger for macOS, you will be missed.