Meta will shut down Workplace in 2026

Meta - the group that owns Facebook - has announced that it will close down Workplace, a work-focused social network aimed at businesses, on June 1, 2026, and customers should start considering the option of switching to another service.

Specifically, the roadmap for Workplace closure will be as follows: The social network will operate normally until August 31, 2025; From September 1, 2025, users will be in read-only mode and cannot post new content; On June 1, 2026, the service will be discontinued completely.

Meta also encourages companies to back up data or risk losing it forever. Businesses can contact the Workplace help center for support.

From September 1, 2024, the Workplace service will also be discounted by 50% and last until the service is completely discontinued.

A Meta spokesperson said the reason the company closed Workplace was to focus on building AI and metaverse technologies that the group believes will fundamentally reshape the way users work. Over the next two years, Workplace customers will have the option to migrate to the Workvivo product, which offers similar features and experiences to Workplace with a social network-style user interface and direct software integrations. Zoom video conferencing.

Workplace launched in 2016 (when Meta was not yet born), providing about 90% of the regular Facebook experience, except that it is not linked to personal Facebook accounts, all employee friends are colleagues. their. This social network also allows users to post to their walls and interact with them, similar to Facebook. In 2019, the platform had more than 2 million paid users and increased to 7 million in 2021.

Lesley Montoya

Update 17 May 2024