How To Unfollow Users on Twitter

Sometimes your following list gets a little unwieldy. Luckily, it's as easy to UN-follow someone as it is to follow them. In this article, learn how to:

• Unfollow from your following page
• Unfollow from a user's profile page
• Turn off device notifications from your mobile device (does not unfollow)
• Reasons to unfollow someone

Note: Removing someone from your following list means that you'll no longer receive their updates on the web or on your mobile device.

How to unfollow from your following page:

To trim down your following list:

1. Click the Following link on your home page or profile page.
2. Hover over the blue 'Following' button next to any user on your following list, which will change to a red 'Unfollow'.
3. Clicking this button will unfollow the desired user.

How to unfollow from a profile page:

You can unfollow a specific account by clicking on the blue 'Follow' button on their profile page. As shown in the image below, it will turn red and read 'Unfollow' when you hover over it. Clicking the button will complete the process and unfollow the user.

How to turn off device notifications from your mobile device:

You can turn off receiving a user's updates via SMS/text message by texting LEAVE username, or OFF username, from your mobile device, like so:

• OFF buttonsmc
• LEAVE buttonsmc

Note: This does not unfollow the user! If you no longer wish to see their updates on the web, you must unfollow them via the web or mobile web, using the steps shown above. You can change your reply settings to filter out unwanted replies, and your device settings per account if you don't want to receive SMS/text updates from everyone you follow.

Why would I want to unfollow someone?

• For any reason (we won't tell!)
• Typically, users unfollow other users when they no longer wish to see a that person's Tweets in their timeline, but may still want to view them on an as-needed basis
• When you unfollow a user, you can still view their updates by visiting their profile page (unless their Tweets are protected)
• If you are unfollowing a user because their updates seem like spam, please read our guidelines on reporting spam on Twitter
• If you want to make sure another user cannot follow you, please read our instructions on blocking users on Twitter

Having Trouble?

Our Troubleshooting pages for Following issues have answers to common problems.