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. 149 projects documented, every claim sourced.
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Project Ara
Google's modular phone, demoed for three years and never sold
2013–2016
Hardware
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Amazon Fire Phone
Amazon's 3D phone, $199 in July, 99 cents by September, $170 million written off by October
2014–2015
Hardware
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Star Wars Galaxies
The Star Wars MMO its players never forgave for the New Game Enhancements
2003–2011
Game Platforms
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Google Video
Google's own YouTube, made redundant the day Google bought YouTube
2005–2012
Photo & Video
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Windows Movie Maker
The free video editor a generation learned on, dropped by Microsoft in 2017
2000–2017
Photo & Video
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Iomega Zip drive
100 megabytes on a fat floppy, and the Click of Death
1995–2003
Hardware
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Microsoft Bob
A cartoon house instead of a desktop, sold for one year in 1995
1995–1996
Operating Systems
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MiniDisc
Sony's recordable disc for the Walkman age, outlived by the iPod and its own fans
1992–2025
Hardware
Cortana
Microsoft's assistant, named after a Halo AI, retired for Copilot
2014–2023
Online Services
Kinect
"You are the controller": the fastest-selling gadget of 2010, unplugged by 2017
2010–2017
Hardware
Anthem
BioWare's Iron Man shooter, abandoned in 2021 and unplugged in 2026
2019–2026
Game Platforms
MultiVersus
Batman vs Bugs Bunny: 20 million players, then two shutdowns
2022–2025
Game Platforms
Cortana
Microsoft's assistant, named after a Halo AI, retired for Copilot
2014–2023
Online Services
Kinect
"You are the controller": the fastest-selling gadget of 2010, unplugged by 2017
2010–2017
Hardware
Anthem
BioWare's Iron Man shooter, abandoned in 2021 and unplugged in 2026
2019–2026
Game Platforms
MultiVersus
Batman vs Bugs Bunny: 20 million players, then two shutdowns
2022–2025
Game Platforms
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10
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13
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4
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File Sharing
14
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9
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9
Email Services
2
Mobile Apps
4
Operating Systems
8
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16
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9
Hardware
19
E-commerce
7
Developer Tools
6
Reference & Learning
2
Online Services
7
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.