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

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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 ...

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