How to remove followers on Twitter

Twitter has more than 368 million active monthly users — among this huge crowd, there are probably people whom you don’t want to follow you.

Whether you want to avoid colleagues perusing your likes or Retweets from your mom, you’re entitled to decide who you share your content with. Fortunately, Twitter agrees.

The platform allows you to banish followers from your “Following” list, preventing them from viewing your private account or quietly withdrawing your public content from their feeds. Read on to learn how to remove followers on Twitter and make the most of this feature.

Can you remove followers on Twitter?

Yes – it only takes a few clicks or taps to prevent unwanted Twitter accounts in your following, meaning you can remove your Tweets from their timelines. And when you do, the accounts aren't notified.

There are many reasons you may not want certain users to follow you, such as spam accounts, unwanted bots, or people you’d rather not share your socials with. You can remove these followers from private and public accounts but know that removed followers can simply refollow a public profile if they notice the change.

The ability to remove followers also gives you extra security on the app. From a private account, you can ensure someone doesn’t see your Tweets without blocking or unfollowing them. If you have a public account, you can remove followers without hassle, potentially mitigating the need to go private on Twitter. But remember: to permanently banish someone from a public account, you must block them.

How to remove Twitter followers on desktop

If you use Twitter from your computer, simply hop onto your browser and follow these instructions:

1.- Open Twitter on your desktop browser and log in to your account.

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2.- From the navigation menu at the left side of the screen, click on “Profile.”

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3.- Select your follower count and locate the follower you want to remove.

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4.- Click the three dots next to their username and select “Remove this follower” from the pop-up menu.

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5.- Confirm your selection by clicking on the red “Remove” button.

How to remove Twitter followers on mobile

Approximately 80% of Twitter users navigate the platform on a mobile device. Unfortunately, you can't remove followers through the Twitter app. But if you have a smart device with access to a browser, you can use the mobile browser version of Twitter. The process is similar to the desktop version, but it looks a little different on a phone screen. Follow these steps to remove unwanted followers from your phone:

1.- Open Twitter on your mobile browser and log in to your account.

2.- Tap your profile picture at the top-left corner of the page.

3.- From your profile page, tap on your follower count to open a list of followers.

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4.- Locate the follower you want to remove and tap the three dots next to their username.

5. From the pop-up menu, select “Remove this follower.”

6.- Confirm your choice by tapping the red “Remove” button.

How to block followers on Twitter

Before Twitter users could manually remove followers, people used the “soft block” technique. When you block someone, it makes it so that they’re no longer able to see or follow your account (and vice-versa). However, that person may realize they’ve been blocked when they can’t find your profile anymore.

Soft blocking allows you to remove the follower more discreetly. To soft block, you simply block the account you want to remove from your follower list and then immediately unblock it. This way you’re no longer following each other, but the user is unlikely to notice the change.

Removing a follower doesn’t prevent that user from requesting to follow you again if your account is private or simply following you again if your account is public. To avoid this, you may need to block the user permanently so they cannot follow you or see your profile again.

Here’s how to block a Twitter follower on both desktop and mobile:

1. Log in to Twitter on a browser or the app.
2. Using Twitter’s search function, find the profile page of the person you wish to block.
3. Select the three dots at the upper-right corner of their profile.
4. Click on “Block” from the pop-up menu and confirm your choice by selecting “Block” again.

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