Meta has officially confirmed that it will retire the standalone messenger.com web app starting in April 2026. This move marks the final stage of a consolidation effort that began late last year with the discontinuation of native Messenger desktop applications for Windows and Mac.
According to a statement on Meta’s official support page, users attempting to access the service via the dedicated URL will be automatically redirected to facebook.com/messages to continue their conversations within the core Facebook ecosystem.
The transition aims to streamline Meta’s web offerings, focusing development on a single browser-based…
