--- title: Meta is shutting down Messenger's standalone website description: Meta is shutting down the standalone messenger.com website starting April 2026. Users will be automatically redirected to facebook.com/messages for web-based... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-is-shutting-down-messenger-s-standalone-website-u6lborb1i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meta is shutting down Messenger's standalone website | daily.dev og:description: Meta is shutting down the standalone messenger.com website starting April 2026. Users will be automatically redirected to facebook.com/messages for web-based... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-is-shutting-down-messenger-s-standalone-website-u6lborb1i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/U6lborB1i.png og:image:alt: Meta is shutting down Messenger's standalone website og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meta is shutting down Messenger's standalone website **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Meta is shutting down the standalone messenger.com website starting April 2026. Users will be automatically redirected to facebook.com/messages for web-based messaging. Those without a Facebook account will only be able to use the Messenger mobile app. This follows Meta's earlier shutdown of standalone Messenger desktop apps for Windows and Mac in December 2025. The consolidation reduces platform maintenance costs but has frustrated users, particularly those who deactivated their Facebook accounts. The move continues Meta's broader trend of reintegrating Messenger back into the Facebook ecosystem, reversing years of positioning it as an independent service. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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