Apple has announced the closure of its official Apple Support Community discussion forum. Starting November 20, 2026, the forum will permanently stop accepting new posts and will go into read-only mode.
Apple has announced the closure of its official Apple Support Community discussion forum. Starting November 20, 2026, the forum will permanently stop accepting new posts and will go into read-only mode.
The Apple Support Community served as a global platform where users from around the world could ask questions and find solutions to problems with Apple technology — from iPhones and Macs to Apple Watch and proprietary software.
The company did not provide a detailed explanation for this decision, Neowin writes . The statement only says that the move was preceded by a “careful assessment of strategy and customer needs.”
The entire array of instructions and solutions accumulated by users over the decades will remain available for reading on the site. To find official instructions and help, Apple recommends using the standard support section on the Apple Support website.
The tech giant expressed gratitude to all forum participants for their time, expertise, and years of assistance to other users.
The Support Community forum has been around since the late 1990s. It was called Apple Tech Exchange when it launched in 1998, and was renamed Apple Discussions in 2000. It was renamed again in 2011 to Apple Support Communities, and new features like user reputation badges and member rating levels were added. Then, 11 years later, Apple reverted to the singular name.
