Apple's user forums at discussions.apple.com went read-only on November 10 and will permanently close on November 20, 2026, according to a notice on the site. No new questions or replies are accepted. Apple points users to its official Support site and has not said whether old threads will stay online.
Apple’s Support Community, the user-to-user help forums at discussions.apple.com, stopped taking new posts on November 10 and will close for good on November 20, 2026. The notice on the forum’s home page reads: “The AppleCare Support Community will permanently close on November 20, 2026. Starting today, the site will no longer accept new posts and is available in a read-only state.” It sends users to the official Apple Support site instead.
What changed and who it hits
You can still browse and search existing threads. You can’t ask a question or reply. 9to5Mac’s Marcus Mendes reported that the “Me too” and voting buttons still work and that the sign-in button now leads to an internal Apple login page. MacRumors and Engadget also covered the closure. 9to5Mac says it asked Apple for comment. Apple has not said publicly why the forums are closing, or whether old threads will stay online as an archive after November 20.
The forums date back to at least 1998, when they were called Apple Tech Exchange, according to 9to5Mac. They later became Apple Discussions and relaunched as Apple Support Communities in April 2011. For years, a search for an odd Mac or iPhone bug often ended in a thread there, with a fix from another user or a volunteer with a high reputation level.
You have nine days to save what you need
Apple’s notice says “permanently close,” and nothing on the page promises an archive. If a thread holds a fix you use, such as a Terminal command, a reset sequence or a workaround for a display or Bluetooth bug, save it before November 20. In Safari, File > Export as PDF keeps the page with its replies. Bookmarks will stop working if the pages go away.
After the 20th, the official channels are the Apple Support site, the Apple Support app and Apple’s own support staff. For the kind of display problem that used to send people to the forums, such as an external monitor stuck at 60Hz on a Mac, written guides that stay online become more useful.
My read: Apple loses free troubleshooting from users who often answered faster than official support, and readers lose a searchable record of edge-case fixes. If you manage Macs for a team, export the threads your setup notes link to this week.