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Meta will soon end Instagram’s end-to-end encrypted chats, citing low adoption and directing users to export affected messages.

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encryption in May, and affected messages may need to be downloaded beforehand.

Instagram is set to discontinue its end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging feature, a move that could change how private ...

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Meta will discontinue end-to-end encrypted messaging on Instagram on May 8, 2026. The change will affect private chats, privacy protection and access to previously encrypted conversations.

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) direct messages starting May 8, 2026, meaning private chats will ...

Instagram is dropping end-to-end encryption for its direct messages starting this May. We break down Meta's reasons for this ...

Instagram's message encryption will soon end.