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

The end-to-end encryption feature of Instagram will stop functioning after May 8, 2026. The feature was introduced to ensure ...

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Popular social media app, Instagram said that it will end support for end-to-end encryption for direct messaging or DMs after May 8, 2026.

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Meta will discontinue end-to-end encrypted messaging in Instagram DMs from May 8, 2026, saying the optional feature saw very little adoption among users who had access to it.

Instagram has quietly revealed that it will discontinue end-to-end encrypted direct messages (DMs) after 8 May 2026.

Meta is soon going to remove end-to-end encryption from Instagram. Scroll down to know what it means.

Instagram is disabling end-to-end encrypted direct messages from May 8, 2026, a move Meta attributes to low user adoption.

Instagram direct messages are protected by end-to-end encryption. But in the next few weeks, all of that changes.