Facebook Messenger is alive and working well. But some people were greeted with a disappointing message today, as Meta killed off the Messenger desktop app. If this looks familiar to you, don’t worry — this is just a speedbump. Only the Facebook Messenger App for computers has been discontinued.
The Messenger app on your mobile devices still works. And you can still use Messenger on your computer, but you’ll have to access it through your browser. That means you could:
- Go to the Facebook website and click the Messenger icon in the upper-right corner
- Visit www.messenger.com
If you use Facebook Messenger a lot on your computer, I recommend the latter option. It presents in full-screen, and you can easily bookmark that website for reuse.