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Remove Followers On Twitter Without Blocking Them
At times, you may want to stop certain people from following you or viewing your tweets on their feed. Until now, you could either block the person on Twitter or make your profile private to approve who follows you on the platform. But now, you can use use the soft block trick or try Twitter’s new “Remove the follower” feature to get rid of certain people, similar to removing followers on Instagram.
1. Using the “Remove this Follower” Option on Twitter
Twitter has lately rolled out the option to remove followers on the platform. As of yet, the feature is available only on the Twitter website. It’s more like a remote unfollow button to make someone unfollow you without their knowledge, similar to Instagram.
2. Soft Block to Remove Followers on Twitter
Soft block means blocking someone temporarily and then unblocking them to remove them from your followers without letting them know. The person will be removed as your follower and will no longer see your private tweets. To do so: However, the user can follow you again and see your tweets by manually checking out your profile. What this means is they can also send direct messages to you. If you want to read those DMs secretly, check out our guide on reading Twitter messages without being seen.
Wrapping Up
These were two handy ways to remove followers on Twitter without blocking them permanently. You can either use Twitter’s Remove the Follower option or use the block and unblock trick to soft block your follower. Both the methods help you get remotely unfollowed by the user you want to keep away from. Anyways, do you like the new privacy feature? Let me know in the comments below. Stay tuned for more articles.
