Remember what the internet forgot.
An encyclopedia of apps, websites and platforms that shut down: who owned them, how big they got, and why they died. 221 projects documented, every claim sourced.
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Windows Live Writer
The blog editor bloggers loved, from Onfolio to Windows Essentials 2012, abandoned by Microsoft and rescued as open source
2006–2017
Desktop Software
Yahoo Screen
Yahoo's video hub, home of the SNL archive, Community season six and a $42 million write-down, closed in January 2016
2011–2016
Video & Streaming
Google Latitude
See where your friends are on a map: Google's location sharing, four years ahead of its time and folded into Google+ in 2013
2009–2013
Mobile Apps
Google Notebook
Clip text and links from the web into online notebooks, from a 2006 browser extension to a 2012 export into Docs
2006–2012
Online Services
Google Answers
Pay a researcher $2 to $200 for an answer: Google's first paid product, closed in 2006 as Yahoo Answers took off
2002–2006
Reference & Learning
MSN TV
WebTV: the internet on your television through a set-top box, bought by Microsoft in 1997, switched off in 2013
1996–2013
Online Services
Astrid
The to-do app with the friendly squid, four million users, bought by Yahoo and closed 96 days later
2008–2013
Mobile Apps
Prodigy
The IBM and Sears online service with the blue screens and the ads at the bottom, two million subscribers before the web, sold and sold again
1988–2001
Online Services
Amazon Drive
Amazon's cloud locker, unlimited for $60 a year until it was not, closed at the end of 2023 in favour of Amazon Photos
2011–2023
Online Services
Google Cloud Print
Print from anything to any printer over the internet: ten years in beta, then switched off at the end of 2020
2010–2020
Online Services
Google Goggles
Point your phone at a landmark, a book or a wine label and Google told you what it was, eight years before Lens replaced it
2009–2018
Mobile Apps
Google Toolbar
The search box in the browser, with the PageRank meter, from Internet Explorer 5 to a quiet death in 2021
2000–2021
Web Technologies & Tools
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Messengers
12
Social Networks
15
Search Engines & Directories
3
Web Browsers
5
Email & Groups
3
Blogging & Web Publishing
7
Photo Sharing
3
Video & Streaming
13
Music Streaming
6
Media Players
4
File Sharing
14
Web Technologies & Tools
9
Online Services
13
E-commerce & Retail
10
Mobile Apps
9
Desktop Software
8
Operating Systems
11
Developer Tools
6
Reference & Learning
5
Games
10
Game Platforms & Services
8
Consoles & Handhelds
16
Phones & Tablets
12
Gadgets & Hardware
10
VR & AR
5
Storage & Media Formats
4
Structured, not folklore
Ownership chains, launch and shutdown dates, user numbers with confidence levels. Registered accounts are not active users, and we label the difference.
Sourced & archived
No claim enters the database without a source, and every source gets an archived copy. Read the methodology.
The numbers nobody keeps
Which company killed the most products? How long does an app live after being acquired? See the statistics.