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Can you remove Twitter followers? Yes, but...

. 3 min read

The short answer to the question, "Can you remove followers on Twitter?": Yes, you can remove Twitter followers. However, you need to be removing your Twitter followers manually.

Because the follower removal feature is not currently offered by X (Twitter) API itself to any third-party Twitter management tool, even to enterprise partners such as Circleboom.

So any other tool or method that will tell you that you can remove all followers on Twitter at once or mass remove Twitter followers is risking your account to be;

In other words, if you want to remove Twitter followers safely and securely, you need to do it natively on X (Twitter).


How can I remove a follower on Twitter?

There are two ways of doing it: You can either soft-block them (which is a must if you're using Twitter's mobile app and want to remove a follower on Twitter on a phone), or you can directly remove a Twitter follower from the desktop site.


Option 1: Use soft blocking on Twitter to remove a Twitter follower

  1. Go to the profile of the person you want to soft block on the Twitter app.
  2. Click the three dots located in the upper right-hand corner.
  3. Choose "Block" from the dropdown menu and block the follower.
  4. Then, unblock them back using the same button.

Option 2: How to remove a follower on Twitter without blocking​

You can remove Twitter followers without blocking them on Twitter's desktop site. Just follow the steps below:

  1. Go to your Twitter profile from a desktop device.
  2. Head to the "Followers" section.
  3. Once you list your followers, click on the 3 dots by the profile you'd like to remove.
  4. Select "Remove this follower" from the dropdown menu.

You can also follow a similar process by visiting the profiles of your followers.


Which Twitter followers should I remove?

Not sure who to remove from following you on Twitter?

Is it taking too long for you to analyze all your followers one by one to see which ones are worth keeping?

Or maybe you are unable to even see all your followers to go through?

Let Circleboom help you out.

Circleboom lists your fake/bot followers, inactive followers, and low quality followers so that you can;

You can list all possible unwanted accounts with a single click by hovering over the "Followers" tab from the left menu on your Circleboom dashboard.

After detecting who to remove from following you, you can easily visit their profiles on Twitter and remove them from following you by applying the steps told above.

Pretty useful, isn't it? Check what else you can do with Circleboom.


Conclusion

If you’re wondering, “Can I remove followers on Twitter?” now you know the answer is yes.

And if you're a bit lost on the process and want to save some time while increasing your accuracy, now you know that Circleboom is here to help.


Fatih Kemal Oksuzoglu

Passionate about the latest trends and developments in the digital world, all the way from social media marketing to cybersecurity, and enjoys sharing his insights and tips.