# Facebook Messenger?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messenger/1022785>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 5, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messenger/1022785 "2025-09-05T23:35:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![19USMC69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ac91a4/32.png) [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messenger/1022785/1 "2025-09-05T23:35:44Z")

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I was able to delete the FB Messenger App on my iPhone. Can I delete FB Messenger on my PC? If so how?

Thx

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messenger/1022785/2 "2025-09-06T00:41:57Z")

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Apps \> Apps & features, find Messenger in the list and select Uninstall. .

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**Author:** ![19USMC69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ac91a4/32.png) [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messenger/1022785/3 "2025-09-06T03:21:15Z")

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I’ll try. Thx.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messenger/1022785/4 "2025-09-06T12:53:23Z")

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How do you use Messenger on you PC? If you got to [facebook.com](http://facebook.com) via a browser then I don’t think anything is installed on your PC, it’s all part of the web page.

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**Author:** ![19USMC69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ac91a4/32.png) [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messenger/1022785/5 "2025-09-07T00:57:27Z")

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DUH, You’re right. Major brain fart.

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messenger/1022785/6 "2025-09-07T01:07:53Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> Apps & features, find Messenger in the list and select Uninstall.

Messenger doesn’t show in my Win 10 list of Apps & Features. Neither does Facebook, for that matter.

Now, Microsoft Store shows both Messenger and Facebook as Apps that can be downloaded and installed. But, like the OP, I use FB via Chrome browser.

And I don’t think there’s any way to disable Messenger within Facebook.

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**Author:** ![19USMC69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ac91a4/32.png) [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messenger/1022785/7 "2025-09-07T01:30:21Z")

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I’ve heard that.