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How to Remove Followers on Twitter

John Okpe

September 9, 2022

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How to Remove Followers on Twitter

It’s pleasant to have supporters. However, there are occasions when it’s crucial to have the correct supporters.

You have the ability to delete followers from your account if you want to organize your Twitter followers or prevent some persons from seeing your Tweets without blocking them.

Since you had to block and unblock a follower in order to delete them, this was referred to as “soft” blocking before Twitter offered a direct ability to do so.

Here’s how to change privacy settings so you can manually accept new followers, whether you’re using a desktop or a phone.

How to remove Twitter followers on desktop

1. Log into your Twitter account.

2. Click Profile in the left sidebar.

3. Select your follower count.

4. Locate the follower you want to remove, then click the three dots to the right of their name.

5. Click Remove this follower.

How to remove Twitter followers on mobile

Unfortunately, you can’t remove Twitter followers via the mobile app. But you can get it done via the mobile version of the site, using a web browser

1. Launch a web browser and go to Twitter.com.

2. Log into your Twitter account.

3. Tap your profile icon, located in the top-left corner of the screen.

4. Select your follower count.

5. Find the follower you want to remove and tap the three dots next to their name.

6. Tap Remove this follower and then select Remove to confirm your choice.

How to adjust privacy settings to manually approve follow requests

If you want the ability to approve or deny Twitter follows in the future, you need to change your privacy settings:

On desktop:

1. Open Twitter and then select More and then Settings and Privacy

2. Choose Privacy and Safety.

3. Select Audience and Tagging.

4. Tick the box labeled Protect your Tweets.

On mobile:

1. Tap your profile icon in the top-left corner of the screen.

2. Scroll down on the left sidebar and select Settings and Privacy

3. Tap Privacy and Safety.

4. Choose Audience and Tagging.

5. Toggle on the Protect your Tweets option.

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