Google Chrome script that allows user to mass unfollow instagram users on user's profile

unfollow-everyone-instagram.js

// Run GOOGLE CHROME - WORKING AS OF MARCH 23 2025
// Please @ me in the comments if this stops working, I will try to get it working again within the month

// INSTRUCTIONS
// 1. Open Instagram in Chrome
// 2. Click on "FOLLOWING" on your Instagram profile
// 3. Open developer tools by right clicking on the page and clicking "INSPECT"
// 4. Copy the code below and paste in the developer tools console and press enter to run
// 5. Script will not run if tab is navigated away from, minimized of unfocused (It is recommended to open a new chrome window or push tab to the side and let script run in background)

const unfollowEveryone = (async () => {
  // Modify these variables to your liking
  // UNFOLLOW_LIMIT is the number of users to unfollow (this is set to 1000)
  const UNFOLLOW_LIMIT = 1000;

  const BREAK_DURATION = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 minutes break

  const TOTAL_DURATION = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 minutes duration - Timeout after 10 minutes

  const delay = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
  // Find target button
  const findButtonByText = (text) =>
    Array.from(document.querySelectorAll("button")).find(
      (button) => button.innerText === text
    );

  console.log("Start unfollowing script...");

  let startTime = new Date().getTime();
  // Track the number of unfollows
  let unfollowCount = 0;

  while (new Date().getTime() - startTime < TOTAL_DURATION) {
    for (let i = 0; i < UNFOLLOW_LIMIT; i++) {
      // UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL is the interval between unfollows
      // Increase UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL if you are getting rate limited
      // Set this to 0 unfollow as quickly as possible - not recommended
      // Random unfollow interval for each follow to avoid rate limiting minimum 5 seconds
      // This gets reset to a random number every loop
      const UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL = Math.floor(Math.random() * 10 + 1) * 5000;

      const followingButton = findButtonByText("Following");
      if (!followingButton) {
        console.log("No more users to unfollow or unable to find button.");
        break;
      }
      followingButton.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
      await followingButton.click();
      await delay(100); // Short delay to ensure button is clicked
      const confirmUnfollowButton = findButtonByText("Unfollow");
      if (confirmUnfollowButton) {
        await confirmUnfollowButton.click(); // Wait for the unfollow to complete
        unfollowCount++;
        console.log(`Unfollowed #${unfollowCount}`);
      } else {
        console.log("No unfollow confirmation button found.");
      }

      console.log(`Wait ${UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL} milliseconds`);
      await delay(UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL);
    }

    console.log(`Taking a break for ${BREAK_DURATION / 1000 / 60} minutes...`);
    await delay(BREAK_DURATION); // Take a break to avoid rate limiting
    startTime = new Date().getTime(); // Reset start time for the next cycle
  }

  console.log("Unfollow script complete!");
})();

My full fix to the script . 500+ unfollowed so far I guess it's good ...

const unfollowEveryone = (async function () {
    const UNFOLLOW_LIMIT = 100; // Reduced to stay under potential rate limits
    const UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL = 5000; // Increased interval to be more respectful of rate limits
	const UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL_TWO = 2500;  // You can increase this to 5000
    const BREAK_DURATION = 3 * 60 * 1000; // 3 minutes break
    const TOTAL_DURATION = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 minutes duration

    const delay = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));

    const findButtonByText = (text) => 
        Array.from(document.querySelectorAll("button"))
        .find((button) => button.innerText === text);

    console.log("Start");

    let startTime = Date.now();
    let unfollowCount = 0;

    while (Date.now() - startTime < TOTAL_DURATION) {
        for (let i = 0; i < UNFOLLOW_LIMIT; i++) {
            const followButton = findButtonByText("Following");
            if (!followButton) {
                console.log("No more users to unfollow or unable to find button.");
                break;
            }
            followButton.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
            await followButton.click();
            await delay(100); // Short delay to wait for modal

            const confirmButton = findButtonByText("Unfollow");
            if (confirmButton) {
				await delay(UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL_TWO);
                await confirmButton.click(); // Confirm unfollow
                unfollowCount++;
                console.log(`Unfollowed #${unfollowCount}`);
            } else {
                console.log("Confirmation button not found.");
            }

            await delay(UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL);
        }

        console.log(`Taking a break for ${(BREAK_DURATION / 1000) / 60} minutes...`);
        await delay(BREAK_DURATION);
        startTime = Date.now(); // Reset start time for the next cycle
    }

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

did they update the text to "Remove" instead of "Unfollow"? How to fix?

Also sometimes mine typically only does 15-20 and then stops as if iisn't scrolling, thoughts on how to fix?

@ghostronin try my fix . i included a delay for the unfollow button

My full fix to the script . 500+ unfollowed so far I guess it's good ...

const unfollowEveryone = (async function () {
    const UNFOLLOW_LIMIT = 100; // Reduced to stay under potential rate limits
    const UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL = 5000; // Increased interval to be more respectful of rate limits
	const UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL_TWO = 2500;  // You can increase this to 5000
    const BREAK_DURATION = 3 * 60 * 1000; // 3 minutes break
    const TOTAL_DURATION = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 minutes duration

    const delay = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));

    const findButtonByText = (text) => 
        Array.from(document.querySelectorAll("button"))
        .find((button) => button.innerText === text);

    console.log("Start");

    let startTime = Date.now();
    let unfollowCount = 0;

    while (Date.now() - startTime < TOTAL_DURATION) {
        for (let i = 0; i < UNFOLLOW_LIMIT; i++) {
            const followButton = findButtonByText("Following");
            if (!followButton) {
                console.log("No more users to unfollow or unable to find button.");
                break;
            }
            followButton.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
            await followButton.click();
            await delay(100); // Short delay to wait for modal

            const confirmButton = findButtonByText("Unfollow");
            if (confirmButton) {
				await delay(UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL_TWO);
                await confirmButton.click(); // Confirm unfollow
                unfollowCount++;
                console.log(`Unfollowed #${unfollowCount}`);
            } else {
                console.log("Confirmation button not found.");
            }

            await delay(UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL);
        }

        console.log(`Taking a break for ${(BREAK_DURATION / 1000) / 60} minutes...`);
        await delay(BREAK_DURATION);
        startTime = Date.now(); // Reset start time for the next cycle
    }

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

800+ unfollowed so far without restrictions .. best mod for 2025 👌

UPDATE: Works perfect, thank you so much!

@drekzikko Thank you! I'll try now.

Thanks @drekzikko, i've updated the script so it is working as of March 23 2025. I don't think you want the UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL to be constant as you have it set in line 2 and 3

const UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL = 5000; // Increased interval to be more respectful of rate limits
const UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL_TWO = 2500;  // You can increase this to 5000

You'll run into rate limiting/bot detection since the time between unfollows will be constant, I have it inside the loop so the interval is randomized by a multiple of 5ms everytime to avoid bot detecting so the clicks are more random.

@chaodonghu good idea .. love the update but you should squeeze in the second interval (delay actually) .that was for the confirmation button .. it clicks fast and that would be fishy right.
-randomize by 2500ms

can I get the script for removing followers instead of following

can I get the script for removing followers instead of following

@rashadraz you wanna remove all ur followers? wow

@chaodonghu good idea .. love the update but you should squeeze in the second interval (delay actually) .that was for the confirmation button .. it clicks fast and that would be fishy right.
-randomize by 2.5ms

@drekzikko Yeah, I think the second delay will double the script's runtime and might be unnecessary since we’re already waiting for the button to be found. Plus, the bot detection happens at the request level, and we already have a delay right after the button is clicked.

can I get the script for removing followers instead of following

@rashadraz Hey, you should be able to adjust the script to find the "Followers" link and then the "Remove" button, but I don’t see a strong use case for this. So, I won’t be creating a script for it. The goal of the three scripts (like, follow and unfollow) was to increase traction and visibility for your account, and removing followers seems to go against that purpose.

@drekzikko Yeah, I think the second delay will double the script's runtime and might be unnecessary since we’re already waiting for the button to be found. Plus, the bot detection happens at the request level, and we already have a delay right after the button is clicked.

@chaodonghu hmm so I guess the following button only triggers the confirmation html div ... right?

@rashadraz we could discuss privately if you need the script modified for this purpose tho ..

@chaodonghu please look into the unfollow interval .. it generates upto a 45 second delay .. i will look to modify the script on my end
& also this is better ..

const INTERVAL_SECONDS = Math.round(UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL / 1000);
console.log(`Wait ${INTERVAL_SECONDS} seconds`);

i was thinking .. what about a code that randomly picks between 5000ms - 10000ms for the interval

UPDATE: here's the code . you can put the numbers in variables ..

const UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL = Math.floor(Math.random() * (10000 - 5000 + 1) + 5000);