Yahoo Messenger To Be Shut Down On July 17 After 20 Years Of Operation

Oath Inc today announced that it is shutting down the once popular Yahoo Messenger come July 17th, 2018.

The service was once a very popular instant messaging apps back in the days, before the coming of WhatsApp, Viber, Facebook, Twitter and many others.

The company says while it may be shutting the service down, your Yahoo ID remains intact for other services like Mail and fantasy sports.

Before now, Oath had also shut down AIM’s AOL Instant messenger back in December last year. Although the company gave no reason for the action, it can't be far from the dominance pose by the likes of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and other chat services.


The company has been testing its new chat service call Squirrel for months. It is believed that this may be used to replace Yahoo messenger.