Pocket Shut Down Last Week – Everything You Need to Know
Pocket, the popular read-it-later app, is shutting down today. Find out what you need to know—alternatives, deadlines, and what happens next.
What was announced months ago became reality: Pocket — the popular web clipper, read-it-later, and content discovery app by Mozilla — is shut down.
I'll keep it short here - here is what you need to know:
- You could use Pocket until July 8, 2025.
- You can export your Pocket data until October 8, 2025.
- Pocket will delete all user data permanently after October 8, 2025.
If you're curious about the reasons behind the shutdown or looking for a good Pocket alternative, check out this article:
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Takeaways
If you're still using Pocket, make sure to find a good alternative as it has shut down already.
Look for a tool like Web Highlights that lets you import all your Pocket data, so you can pick up right where you left off—maybe even with more powerful features than Pocket offered.
Most importantly, don't miss the deadline to export your Pocket data until October 8, 2025. After that, all of your data will be gone, if not backed up.
Best Pocket Alternatives
In our article Pocket Shuts Down in July 2025 - The 10 Best Alternatives we collected a list of tools that are the best alternatives for Pocket.
Here is a quick overview of the top Pocket alternatives:
- Web Highlights
- Recall
- Milanote
- Instapaper
- Raindrop
- Save to Notion
- OneNote Web Clipper
- Evernote Web Clipper
- Matter
- Obsidian Web Clipper
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