Links in facebook messenger keep opening in web browser (Chrome or Safari)

I’ve also been having the same problem and it’s very annoying! I tried flipping on and off the setting, and uninstalling and reinstalling both Facebook and messenger. Nothing helped. Actually the only thing that works is to not have messenger installed. You can still access your Facebook messages in the Facebook app and then when you click links, they Open in the Facebook app. It’s when you’re coming from the Messenger app that it doesn’t divert to Facebook properly.

The only annoying part then if you don’t use the Messenger app is you have to open Facebook to see if you have any message notifications, rather than just seeing them on the app icon or as a pop-up or banner or whatever.

it’s not a fix, but it’s a workaround with it’s own an annoyance so I guess pick your poison until somebody fixes this

I’m having this same issue , I’ve already turned off open in external browser settings and I also deleted and re installed both apps and still having the same issue

Nope.. it’s still a problem for me too after all the updates. It’s only with Facebook links is what I noticed. If someone sends an Instagram link then it opens in Instagram app properly.

I think I figured it out, at least it worked for me. It seemed my issue was the google app itself was overriding the Facebook apps. I changed the default browser back to safari and it worked. If you prefer google I’m sure there’s a setting inside somewhere but changing default browser was enough for me.

Having same issue. Has anyway figured this out? Very annoying.

Mine is Doing the same thing and I cannot find a solution! It is driving me absolutely crazy. Is there a fix to this yet?

I’ve been having the same issue! If anyone finds an answer to this problem, let us know! Apple, it’s on you to help resolve this! 😉