The company says the feature wasn't popular with users.

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Instagram is dropping end-to-end encrypted messages from its direct messages, just over a year after introducing the feature.

Meta’s rollback spotlights a global clash between user privacy and law enforcement access as governments push back against ...

Meta has announced it will discontinue end-to-end encrypted direct messages on Instagram, a feature that ensures only ...

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 encrypted (E2EE) direct messages starting May 8, 2026, meaning private chats will ...

A Meta spokesperson told PCMag it opted to remove the feature, which has proved controversial in the past, because ‘very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs.’ ...

Meta will end Instagram encrypted DMs on May 8, 2026, dropping optional chat privacy and directing users to WhatsApp.

The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.

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

Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs. The feature will "no longer be supported after May 8, 2026," the ...