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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.’ ...

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

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

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

Instagram users who rely on the platform’s end-to-end encrypted messaging feature will soon see a change. The company has confirmed that the optional privacy feature for direct messages (DMs) will be ...

Instagram will discontinue end-to-end encrypted direct messages from 8 May 2026, meaning private chats will no longer have ...

Unlike WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, where E2E encryption is either the default or automatically applied to certain message types, Instagram's deployment had always been partial and ...

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

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 is getting rid of end-to-end encrypted DMs that ‘very few’ people used — The Verge (@verge) March 13, 2026 Meta ...

Instagram has confirmed that end-to-end encrypted messaging via the photo and short-video sharing app will no longer be ...