Say Goodbye To Pocket After 17 Years

Pocket is shutting down this summer. The long-running read-it-later app that helped millions save and rediscover web content won’t be around past July 8, 2025. Mozilla announced the tool’s demise today.

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Pocket won’t be on the app store s beginning today, May 22. New account sign-ups will be disabled, and on July 8, the app will shut down entirely and enter export-only mode. Users will have until October 8 to download their saved data before all Pocket data is permanently deleted.

Save your articles before it’s too late

Mozilla says it is providing an export tool that includes saved URLs, titles, notes, and highlights. The company didn’t say anything about voice note exports. You can access the tool through Pocket’s export page, which will remain live unitl October 8. If you miss that date, well, say goodbye to all the stuff you’ve saved over the years.

Pocket Premium subscribers will get a prorated refund automatically deposited back onto the card they used for payments. Monthly subscriptions stop today, and annual subscribers will receive their refunds after July 8. Users don’t have to take any action. It will just happen, according to Mozilla.

Mozilla says t he decision to shut down Pocket is due to shifting user habits. Since acquiring Pocket in 2017, Mozilla expanded its curation tools and launched the Pocket Hits newsletter. A newsletter which will live on, albeit under a new name.

Goodbye Pocket, hello Ten Tabs newsletter

Starting June 17, the Pocket Hits newsletter will officially be renamed ‘Ten Tabs.’ It will continue its content curation tradition with the same editorial team. However, weekend editions will end, and the once-a-week delivery option will be phased out unless users opt-in.

This shutdown also affects Pocket’s browser extensions and public API. All extensions will be removed from stores beginning today, and the API will stop functioning on October 8. Anyone with the Pocket extension will to manually uninstall it, or keep it as a decorative reminder.

Mozilla is directing users towards other Firefox content discovery tools, like the New Tab page. The company promises to continue investing in web recommendations , just not through Pocket.