Mass unfollow users on Instagram (no app needed)

instagram-unfollow-users.md

• 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")
})()

(async function () {
const MAX_PER_DAY = 400; // Maximum number of unfollows allowed per day
const PAUSE_AFTER_BATCH = 10; // Pause after every 10 unfollows
const PAUSE_DURATION = 10 * 60 * 1000; // Pause duration: 10 minutes (in ms)
const delay = (ms) => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, ms));
const randomDelay = (min, max) => Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
const findButton = (txt) => [...document.querySelectorAll("button")].find(btn => btn.innerText === txt);

// Use localStorage to track today's date and unfollow count
const today = new Date().toISOString().split("T")[0]; // format: YYYY-MM-DD
const key = unfollowed_${today};
const alreadyUnfollowed = parseInt(localStorage.getItem(key) || "0");

// If daily limit reached, stop immediately
if (alreadyUnfollowed >= MAX_PER_DAY) {
console.log(🛑 Daily limit of ${MAX_PER_DAY} unfollows already reached.);
return;
}

window.STOP_UNFOLLOW = false;
let unfollowed = alreadyUnfollowed;

console.log(🚀 Start unfollow session (${unfollowed}/${MAX_PER_DAY} already unfollowed today));

for (let i = 0; unfollowed < MAX_PER_DAY; i++) {
if (window.STOP_UNFOLLOW) {
console.log("🛑 Unfollow process manually stopped.");
break;
}

const nextButton = findButton("Following");
if (!nextButton) {
  console.log("❗ No more 'Following' buttons found.");
  break;
}

// 20% chance to "change mind" and skip unfollow (human-like randomness)
if (Math.random() < 0.2) {
  console.log("🤔 Skipped this one (random 'changed mind')");
  window.scrollBy(0, 100);
  await delay(randomDelay(1000, 2000));
  continue;
}

nextButton.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
nextButton.click();
await delay(300);

const confirmButton = findButton("Unfollow");
if (confirmButton) {
  confirmButton.click();
  unfollowed++;
  localStorage.setItem(key, unfollowed); // Save progress in localStorage
  console.log(`✅ Unfollowed #${unfollowed} today`);
} else {
  console.log("⚠️ Confirm button not found");
}

window.scrollBy(0, randomDelay(50, 150)); // Simulate human scrolling

const waitTime = randomDelay(5000, 20000); // Wait 5–20 seconds randomly
console.log(`⏳ Waiting ${Math.floor(waitTime / 1000)} seconds...`);
await delay(waitTime);

// After every batch, take a longer break
if (unfollowed % PAUSE_AFTER_BATCH === 0 && unfollowed !== 0) {
  console.log(`😴 Pausing for ${PAUSE_DURATION / 60000} minutes after ${unfollowed} unfollows`);
  await delay(PAUSE_DURATION);
}

}

console.log(🏁 Finished session. Total unfollowed today: ${unfollowed});
})();