Facebook Messenger For Windows To Shutter March 3

Facebook will shutter its Facebook Messenger for Windows March 3, nearly two years to the day after the application’s debut, and the social network is pointing Messenger for Windows users toward the Facebook desktop site, as well as its upcoming Windows Phone release.

FacebookMessengerForWindows650Facebook will shutter its Facebook Messenger for Windows March 3, nearly two years to the day after the application’s debut, and the social network is pointing Messenger for Windows users toward the Facebook desktop site, as well as its upcoming Windows Phone release.

Reader Marko Lähde shared the screenshot below (in Finnish) with AllFacebook, saying that the message translates to:

Facebook Messenger for Windows is unfortunately not supported anymore, and it will stop functioning on March 3, 2014.

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