Apple Is Shutting Down Its Support Forums After 28 Years
The Apple Support Community closes on November 20, 2026.
Apple is shutting down its support forums for good. The Apple Support Community closes permanently on November 20, 2026. It already went read-only on November 10, so there are no new posts and no new answers.
Apple told MacRumors the decision followed a careful evaluation of strategy and customer needs.
Older than the iPod
The forum launched in 1998 as the Apple Tech Exchange and ran for about 28 years.
What to do now
If a post there ever fixed your problem, save it now. For help going forward, Apple points to its official support site.
The measured part
Apple hasn't said whether the old threads stay online after November 20.