Meta is shuttering Messenger’s standalone website, which is a thing that exists
Meta shuts down Messenger’s standalone website, . The website will disappear in April, but people will still be able to send and receive messages on Facebook.
“Once Messenger.com disappears, you will be automatically redirected to Facebook.com/messages to send messages on a computer,” the help page says. “You can continue your conversations there or on the Messenger mobile application.”
Users will be able to restore their chat history after switching to the app by entering a PIN. This is the same PIN that was used to initially create a backup on Messenger. It can be reset for those who simply don’t have the bandwidth to remember another six-digit code.
Many users expressed their dissatisfaction with the decision to shut down the standalone website, . This is especially true for those who deactivated their Facebook account but continued to use Messenger.
This only happens a few months later. At that time, Meta directed existing users to Facebook to continue using the service and not the dedicated Messenger website. In other words, the writing has probably been on the wall since October.
Messenger has a long and rich history. The platform first launched as Facebook Chat in 2008. Facebook Messenger became a standalone app in 2011. The company has long been trying to make Messenger a thing outside of Facebook. It removed messaging features from Facebook’s main app in 2014 and started. Meta started in 2023 and here we are now.
