Killed by Meta

An Archive of Discontinued Services and Apps By Meta (Previously Facebook)

2020 - 2022

Campus

A social networking app for college students. It was discontinued due to low usage.

2020 - 2022

Facebook Gaming App

The Facebook Gaming app was a focused, gaming-only experience where you can watch your favorite streamers, play instant games and take part in gaming groups

2021 - 2022

Neighborhoods

A feature to standardize the way neighbors connect and share local news and information on Facebook.

2021 - 2022

Novi

Novi was a digital wallet for the Diem payment system (formerly known as Libra)

2019 - 2022

Diem(formerly known as Libra)

Diem was a permissioned blockchain-based stablecoin payment system proposed by Facebook/Meta

2018 - 2022

Meta Portal

The Meta Portal was a line of smart display devices by Meta Platforms designed for video calling, smart home control, and entertainment. It features an AI-powered camera, voice assistants, and integrates with Facebook services, offering hands-free calling and various interactive features.

2018 - 2021

Facebook Watch Party

A feature that allowed users to watch videos together in real time. It was discontinued due to low usage.

2019 - 2021

Threads (Initial version)

Threads was built as a standalone app. Threads was a similar idea to Facebook Messenger — it allowed users to send and receive Instagram DMs in a dedicated messaging interface outside of the main app.

2018 - 2020

Lasso

Lasso was a short-form video app that allowed users to create and share fun, short videos with effects and filters. It was seen as a competitor to TikTok. However, it was discontinued due to low usage.

2020 - 2020

Hobbi

Hobbi was an experiment in short-form content creation around personal projects, hobbies and other Pinterest-y content.

2019 - 2020

Aux

Aux was a music app developed by Facebook's NPE team. The app functioned like a virtual DJ, allowing users to share and listen to songs in a group setting. Designed primarily for school-aged children and teenagers, the app was discontinued within a year of its launch.

2016 - 2020

Express Wi-Fi

Provided affordable internet in developing countries.

2017 - 2019

Bonfire

Bonfire was a group video chat app that let you hang out with your best friends and meet new ones. Despite its innovative idea, the app did not gain traction and was eventually shut down.

2015 - 2019

Moments

Moments was a private photo sharing app that allowed users to share photos with friends and get photos of them from their friends. It was discontinued due to low user numbers.

2015 - 2018

M

Facebook M was an AI-powered personal assistant that could complete tasks and find information on your behalf. It was integrated into Facebook Messenger, aiming to revolutionize the way people use the internet, but it was discontinued due to its limited success.

2009 - 2018

Facebook Friend List Feed

Facebook Friend List Feed was a feature that allowed users to view their news feeds filtered by their friend lists. It was discontinued due to low usage and the complications it added to the user experience.

2014 - 2018

Facebook Trending

Facebook Trending was a feature that showed popular topics and hashtags that were currently trending on Facebook. It was discontinued due to changes in how people consume news on Facebook.

2015 - 2018

Hello

Hello was a dialer app that would show information about who was calling and block unwanted calls. It was discontinued due to low usage.

2010 - 2018

Onavo

A VPN app that was developed by Facebook in 2010 to help users save data on their mobile devices by routing their traffic through a VPN server.

2014 - 2018

Moves

Moves was a fitness tracking app that allowed users to automatically track their daily walking, cycling, and running. It was discontinued due to low usage.

2017 - 2018

TBH

TBH (To Be Honest) was an anonymous social media app acquired by Facebook in 2017. It was designed for high school students in the US to give anonymous, positive feedback to each other. The app became a viral hit but was shut down less than a year after acquisition.

2004 - 2018

Facebook Groups

A feature that allowed users to create and join groups on Facebook.

2011 - 2017

Facebook Ticker

Facebook Ticker was a real-time feed that displayed the activities of friends such as likes, comments, and shares in the right-hand sidebar of the Facebook homepage. It was removed due to low usage and negative user feedback.

2016 - 2017

Lifestage

Facebook Lifestage was an app designed for users 21 and under to share photos and videos with other people from their school. It was discontinued due to low usage and its features were integrated into Facebook's main app.

2013 - 2017

Parse

Parse was a suite of backend tools for developers to build apps more quickly. Despite its early success, Facebook announced that it was winding down the Parse platform after deciding to focus resources elsewhere.

2014 - 2016

Paper

Paper was a standalone mobile app created by Facebook, only for iOS, that provided a new way to explore and share stories from friends and the world around you. Despite its innovative UI and high-quality user experience, the app was discontinued and removed from the App Store.

2015 - 2016

Notify

Notify was a standalone app for reading news and receiving notifications from various sources. It was discontinued and its functionality was integrated into Facebook's main platform.

2015 - 2015

Riff

Riff was a creative video-making app where users could collaborate with their friends to create a series of short video clips. It was discontinued due to low usage.

2014 - 2015

Facebook Creative Labs

Facebook Creative Labs was an initiative by Facebook to promote the development of innovative and experimental apps. Several apps were developed under this initiative, including Slingshot, Rooms, and Riff, but the initiative was shut down due to the lack of substantial success.

2014 - 2015

Rooms

Rooms was a standalone app designed to evoke the early days of the web, with anonymous chat rooms based around various themes. Despite its novelty, the app didn't gain enough traction with users and was discontinued.

2014 - 2015

Slingshot

Slingshot was a Snapchat competitor that allowed users to send short-lived, self-deleting photo and video messages. Despite the novelty of having to 'sling' a photo back to the sender before being able to view the incoming message, the app didn't catch on and was discontinued.

2010 - 2015

Facebook Zero

A free version of Facebook that was designed for users in developing countries with limited internet access.

2012 - 2014

Facebook Gifts

Facebook Gifts was a service that allowed users to purchase gifts for friends directly from Facebook. It was discontinued because it did not fit well with Facebook's strategy of focusing on mobile experiences.

2011 - 2014

Facebook Sponsored Stories

Facebook Sponsored Stories was a type of Facebook ad that shows a user's interactions, such as a 'like', to the user's friends. It was discontinued due to a class-action lawsuit and privacy concerns.

2012 - 2014

Poke

Poke was another attempt by Facebook to compete with Snapchat. It offered self-deleting messages, pokes, and a host of other features. Like Slingshot, Poke failed to resonate with users and was eventually pulled from the App Store.

2012 - 2014

Facebook Camera

Facebook Camera was a standalone app launched by Facebook in May 2012. The app allowed users to edit photos, add filters, and share them on Facebook directly

2013 - 2014

Facebook Digital Gifts

Facebook Digital Gifts, part of the Facebook Gifts platform, allowed users to purchase and send digital gift cards from various retailers to their friends. The service was discontinued as Facebook shifted focus to other commerce initiatives.

2010 - 2014

Facebook Email

Facebook Email (or Project Titan) was an attempt by Facebook to create an email-like messaging system. However, it did not gain significant traction and was quietly shut down.

2009 - 2013

Facebook Credits

Facebook Credits was a virtual currency that enabled people to purchase items in games and non-gaming applications on the Facebook platform. It was phased out in favor of users' local currencies.

2013 - 2013

Facebook Home

Facebook Home was a software suite for Android devices that aimed to integrate Facebook functionality directly into the phone's user interface. It included features like 'Cover Feed' and 'Chat Heads'. However, the software suite did not resonate with users and was discontinued.

2010 - 2012

Facebook Questions

Facebook Questions was a feature that allowed users to get recommendations, conduct polls, and learn from people in their network. Despite its utility, it was discontinued due to low usage.

2010 - 2011

Facebook Places

A feature that allowed users to share their current location with friends.

2011 - 2011

Facebook Deals

Facebook Deals was a feature that allowed local businesses to offer deals to users who checked in at their locations. It was discontinued due to low usage.

2007 - 2009

Facebook Beacon

Facebook Beacon was a part of Facebook's advertisement system that sent data from external websites to Facebook, for the purpose of allowing targeted advertisements and allowing users to share their activities with their friends. It was discontinued due to privacy concerns.