How to Remove Followers on X (Twitter) Without Blocking

To remove a follower on X (formerly Twitter) without blocking them, go to x.com, open your followers list, click the more icon (three dots) next to the account, select Remove this follower, then confirm with Remove. You can also do it from their profile. It only works on the web: X says this option isn’t available in the app yet.

How to remove a follower on X (step by step)

X’s help center gives two ways to do it (X Help: Following FAQs):

From your followers list

1. Open your followers list at x.com/followers.
2. Find the account you want to remove and click the more icon to the right of the Follow button.
3. Click Remove this follower.
4. Confirm with Remove.

From their profile

1. Go to the profile of the account you want to remove.
2. Click the more icon and select Remove this follower.
3. Confirm with Remove.

The account stops following you, and your posts no longer appear in their Home timeline.

Can you remove followers on iPhone or Android?

Not in the app. X’s note is clear: “Currently the functionality to remove an account from following you is available on web only.”

On your phone, open x.com in Safari or Chrome, log in, and follow the same steps.

What happens after you remove a follower?

• They can follow you again. X warns that removing a follower “will not prevent someone from requesting to follow your account (if your posts are private) or following your account again (if your posts are public).”
• They can still see your public posts by visiting your profile, like anyone else.
• Your follower count drops by one.

If you want them gone for good, you have two options:

You want to…	Do this
Stop one person from ever following you	Block them. They can’t follow you, and can’t see your posts on your profile
Approve every new follower yourself	Make your account private. New followers have to send a request
Keep them as a follower but stop seeing them	Mute them, or mute the words they use

Going private on its own doesn’t remove anyone: accounts that already follow you keep access to your posts, “unless you block them” (X Help). So remove or block unwanted followers before you protect your posts.

Can you remove many followers at once?

X doesn’t offer a bulk removal option, so you remove followers one by one. Tools that promise to clean up your followers automatically need access to your account: read what you authorize, because X says connected apps may see even your protected posts.

Why remove followers on X?

Removing a follower is the soft option: it ends the follow without blocking the account, so they can still see your public posts like anyone else. It’s useful to:

• remove spam and bot accounts from their followers;
• keep an ex, a coworker or a stranger out of their Home timeline before going private;
• reset a follower list after a handle change or a change of topic.

X’s help center doesn’t mention any notification when you remove a follower, but the account can notice that it no longer follows you.

If an account is breaking X’s rules rather than just bothering you, report it: our guide to accounts suspended or locked explains what X does with spam and abusive accounts.

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