How to Remove Followers on X (Twitter)

Removing a follower on X takes three clicks, as long as you’re on X’s website. The option isn’t in the X app, and X doesn’t remove followers in bulk, so the real work is finding which followers to remove.

To remove a follower on X (Twitter) without blocking them, open their profile on x.com, click the three-dot menu, and select Remove this follower. They stop following you, X doesn’t notify them, and they aren’t blocked, so they can still see your public posts.

Here’s how to do it, and how to find the followers worth removing when you have thousands.

How to Remove a Follower on X Without Blocking Them

Remove this follower is on X’s website (x.com), not in the X app for iPhone or Android. On a computer:

1. Go to x.com and open the person’s profile page
2. Click the three dots (…) menu
3. Select “Remove this follower”

Easy, right? But doing this one by one gets slow if you’ve got a lot of followers to sort through. Fedica lets you see all followers on Twitter and search through them.

Why Remove Followers on X at All?

You might be like, “who cares”, but having a bunch of low-quality followers or not removing inactive followers on Twitter can actually hurt your account. It drags down your engagement rate, and that can make your content less visible. Plus, who wants a bunch of bots hanging around?

Think of it like this: if 50% of your followers are bots, half your audience never engages with anything you post. Your posts look less interesting than they are, which can limit how far they reach.

Remove, Block or Mute: What Each One Does on X

Removing a follower, blocking them and muting them are three different actions on X. Here’s what each one does:

	Remove this follower	Block	Mute
They stop following you	Yes	Yes	No
They can follow you again	Yes	No	Already following
They can see your public posts	Yes	Yes (since 2024)	Yes
They can reply, repost or like	Yes	No	Yes
You see their posts	No change	No	No
X notifies them	No	No	No
Where you can do it	X’s website	X app and website	X app and website

X changed how blocking works in 2024. Blocked accounts can still see your public posts, they just can’t engage with them. If you want to keep your posts completely private from certain people, you’ll need to set your account to private.

How to Remove Many Followers on X Fast

X has no bulk remove, and the X API doesn’t offer one either, so no tool can remove followers for you. The fastest way to clean up is to find the followers worth removing first, then remove only those.

Here’s how to do it with Fedica:

1. Run a fake follower audit. It sorts every follower into High Quality / Influencer, Normal, Low Quality, or Bad or Fake.
2. Filter the results to Bad or Fake, then Low Quality. The accounts you most want gone are now at the top.
3. If you only want them out of your feed, mute them right from the results.
4. For the ones you want gone for good, open their profile on x.com and select “Remove this follower”.

This way, you’re not just randomly removing followers. You’re making informed decisions about who gets to stick around. To slice your follower list other ways, you can also sort your followers in Fedica, and our guide shows how to find fake followers on Twitter in more detail.

Frequently Asked Questions About Removing Followers on Twitter

How do I remove a follower on Twitter without blocking them?

Go to their profile on x.com, click the three-dot options menu, and select ‘Remove this follower’. This action doesn’t notify the user, so it’s a discreet way to manage your follower list. To find which followers to remove, run a fake follower audit in Fedica. It sorts your followers by quality, so you get a short list of profiles to open on X and remove.

Why can’t I remove followers on Twitter?

If you can’t find the option, you’re probably in the X app. Remove this follower is on X’s website, not in the X app for iPhone or Android. Open the follower’s profile on x.com on a computer and you’ll find it in the three-dot menu.

Can you remove someone from your followers list on Twitter?

Absolutely! Visit the profile of the person you want to remove on x.com, click the three-dot options button, and select ‘Remove this follower’. It’s that simple. This action will remove them from your followers list without sending them any notification.

Can I make someone unfollow me on Twitter?

Yes, you can. The ‘Remove this follower’ option essentially makes someone unfollow you without notifying them. It’s a polite way to curate your follower list without the awkwardness of a direct confrontation or the harshness of blocking.

Can a removed follower follow me again?

Yes. Removing a follower doesn’t stop them from following you again later. To keep someone from following you, block them instead, or set your account to private so you approve every new follower.

Can You Remove All Your Followers at Once?

No. X has no bulk-remove function, and no third-party tool can add one, because the X API doesn’t offer it and X’s rules don’t permit automating it. Anything advertising one-click removal of all your followers is either not doing what it claims or putting your account at risk. The realistic approach is to remove the followers worth removing rather than all of them:

1. Run a quality audit to sort your followers by quality score
2. Work down the list from the lowest scores: bots, spam accounts, and long-dormant profiles
3. Open each profile and use “Remove this follower”

The audit is what makes this practical. Without it you’re scrolling an unsorted list; with it, the accounts you actually want gone are at the top.

If you’re cleaning up accounts you follow rather than followers, pace yourself. X limits follows to 400 per day, and unfollowing a large list in one burst can still get an account flagged. Spread it across a few sessions, and see how to find and remove inactive Twitter followers for filtering your following list by last activity.