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TL;DR Microsoft is sunsetting its long-abandoned SMS Organizer app.
Users have started receiving notifications about the shutdown.
It also recommended that users migrate their data to another app.
Microsoft is shutting down its SMS app and has started sending notifications to its users informing them of the same. The app was hugely popular back in the day for its SMS categories and filtering features. However, it had not received any updates since September 2024, so the shutdown isn’t exactly a surprise.
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User Gaurav on X shared a screenshot of the shutdown notification, along with many other users who also took to social media when they received the notification on their devices.
Discussions on Reddit have people wondering when the app will actually stop working. The notification from Microsoft asked users to tap to learn more, but many people say tapping it simply opened the app on their phones. The company has not mentioned the exact date for the app’s imminent shutdown.
Do you still use Microsoft SMS Organizer? 19 votes Yes, it's my preferred SMS app. 58 % No, I switched a long time ago. 26 % I have never used SMS Organizer. 16 %
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