Let’s dive into how to clean up your Instagram. I found myself asking the question of how do I do a purge and remove my Instagram accounts following me. Personally, for me, I needed to remove auto followers, get rid of paid followers and stop bots from following my Instagram. Which got me in the motion of cleaning up my Instagram in general.
How to delete your Instagram Followers
You might be wondering “why? Isn’t it the point of having an account is to have a following?”. Well, it is, but there are two reasons why you might want to do this.
Reason #1- Bots. For bloggers, influencers and brands, it could be removing fake followers such as bots or fake accounts. Sometimes it is because they have fallen into the trap of FOMO (the fear of missing out) and go for companies claiming to get you organic followers and help you with this follow and unfollow cycle. Which tends to always lead you down the wrong path.
Reason #2 – Saying goodbye to the fill in the blank here. We all have someone in mind that we want to say goodbye to. Yup that ex-boyfriend, the guy who is ghosting you, the girl who is too nosey, the friend who is no longer a friend and certain family members that we can live without their likes.
In other words, it could be people in our life that we don’t want them to be able to follow you anymore without having to block them.
Cheers to removing IG following! Here is how you do it:
Step 1 – Sign in to your account.
Step 2 – Go to the Followers section. Scroll through the list of people that are following you.
Step 3 – Click the three dots beside the account.
Step 4 – Click the remove from the account button.
That’s it! Believe me, this is a game-changer. Yes, all this time we had a way to remove people and some of us just didn’t know it. Now like you, we both can have that mind-blown emoji face together.
How to Stop Following Someone on Instagram
If you’re interested in deleting some of the people you are following. I applaud you. Just like friends come in and out of your lives, so do the people you follow.
In truth, sometimes we get follow trigger happy and follow people because we saw them in a tv show, sang one song you like, the picture is pretty, or you are kind of interested in their brand.
Cheers to removing IG followers! Here is how you do it:
Step 1 – Sign in to your account.
Step 2 – Go to the Following section. Scroll through your list.
Step 3 – Click the Following button to unfollow.
As you press follow, it just keeps increasing right? I challenge you to declutter your followers and remove the ones who don’t bring value in your life. That means think before you follow.
Surround yourself with people who make you happy because you believe in their mission, think they are motivational, teach you something or makes you happy.
Learn to decipher who is worth following vs who is worth simply liking their picture and moving along. If there is a product you like, save the picture instead of following the entire page. That way you have a reference to go back if you need too.
Final Thoughts
We learned how to clean our Instagram accounts, remove people who are following you and even told you how to remove people you are following.
Is it necessary to do it? Of course, especially if you are a business or brand or blogger. Instagram is not dumb. They will nip bots in a second, not show your content, leaving you high and dry.
It may give you a sense of fake achievement to buy followers or engagement, but it will end up hurting you in the long run. Remember brands want genuine followings and engagement not fake. The truth always comes out.
So, save your money and work hard for your followers. Make sure you think before you follow so that cleaning up your Instagram next time will be a breeze. Start cleaning friend!
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