Today Mozilla announced that they plan to shut down Pocket on July 8th, 2025. There’s already a notice up on the Pocket website about the closure, and the Pocket app and extensions will no longer be available to download from app stores after today, May 22nd.
If you already have the Pocket app installed, you’ll still be able to use it until the shut down date on July 8th. That’s also when annual subscribers will automatically receive a prorated refund for any remaining months paid for in advance. Mozilla has also disabled new subscriptions and automatic renewals.
Pocket users have until October 8th, 2025 to export their Pocket saves. According to Mozilla, all user data and saved articles will get deleted after that date.
Since Kobo has long-advertised Pocket-integration on their line of ereaders, it’ll be interesting to see how they handle this. A couple years ago when Pocket started requiring a Firefox account to login, it was thought that Kobo ereaders would lose Pocket support, but they ended up working things out so Kobos could retain Pocket support. Unfortunately, there’s no turning back this time.
With Pocket going away, Kobo users will have to find a new way to read web articles on Kobo ereaders (if you know of any good alternatives, please leave a comment below). Last time Kobo was quick and responsive about finding a workaround to keep Pocket support, so hopefully they can find an alternative this time. Keep an eye on the Kobo support website; they’ll probably add a notice about the closer soon.
If you have questions about Pocket closing down in general, check this Pocket help article for more information about the upcoming shut down. Pocket isn’t the only service getting axed; Mozilla also announced they’re putting an end to their Fakespot web browser extension and website.
I would *love* to see Instapaper offered as an alternative! They have always been a better alternative to Pocket.