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Facebook Messenger for Windows closing March 3

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A Facebook spokesperson acknowledges the impending shutdown of Facebook Messenger for Windows on March 3

SHUTTING DOWN. Facebook Messenger for Windows will shutter on March 3. Screen shot from Facebook Messenger

MANILA, Philippines – Facebook Messenger for Windows will be sunsetting on March 3.

Initial reports noted that the top of Facebook for Windows had the message, “We’re sorry, but we can no longer support Facebook Messenger for Windows, and it will stop working on March 3, 2014.”

The Next Web added that a spokesperson for Facebook confirmed the impending shutdown of the Windows version of the application.

The spokesperson acknowledged that Facebook was “notifying people who use Facebook Messenger for Windows that it will no longer be available as of March 3.”

The report follows news that Facebook would release a version of Facebook Messenger for Windows Phone.

Launched in March 2012, Facebook Messenger for Windows was available for less than two years. – Rappler.com

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Victor Barreiro Jr.

Victor Barreiro Jr is part of Rappler's Central Desk. An avid patron of role-playing games and science fiction and fantasy shows, he also yearns to do good in the world, and hopes his work with Rappler helps to increase the good that's out there.
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