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Mass unfollow users on Instagram (no app needed)
  • Go to your profile on instagram.com (sign in if not already)
  • Click on XXX following for the popup with the users you're following to appear
  • Open Chrome Devtools and Paste the following into the Console and hit return:
(async function(){
  const UNFOLLOW_LIMIT = 800
  const delay = (ms) => new Promise(_ => setTimeout(_, ms))
  const findButton = (txt) => [...document.querySelectorAll("button").entries()].map(([pos, btn]) => btn).filter(btn => btn.innerHTML === txt)[0]

  console.log("Start")
  for (let i = 0; i < UNFOLLOW_LIMIT; i++) {
    const $next = findButton("Following")          
    if (!$next) { continue }
    $next.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded()  
    $next.click()
    await delay(100)
    $confirm = findButton("Unfollow")    
    if ($confirm) {
      $confirm.click()
    }

    await delay(20 * 1000) // Wait 20s, 200 unfollows per hour limit
    console.log(`Unfollowed #${i}`)
  }

  console.log("The end")
})()
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#UPDATED CODE

(async function(){
const UNFOLLOW_LIMIT = 800
const delay = (ms) => new Promise(_ => setTimeout(_, ms))
const findButton = (txt) => [...document.querySelectorAll("button").entries()].map(([pos, btn]) => btn).filter(btn => btn.innerText === txt)[0]

console.log("Start")
for (let i = 0; i < UNFOLLOW_LIMIT; i++) {
const $next = findButton("Following")
if (!$next) { continue }
$next.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded()
$next.click()
await delay(100)
$confirm = findButton("Unfollow")
if ($confirm) {
$confirm.click()
}

await delay(20 * 1000) // Wait 20s, 200 unfollows per hour limit
console.log(`Unfollowed #${i}`)

}

console.log("The end")
})()

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