Remove Instagram Unfollowed Content

remove-instagram-unfollowed-content.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Remove Instagram Unfollowed Content
// @version      2024-03-02
// @author       Jin-Cheng Guu
// @match        https://www.instagram.com/*
// @description  Remove unfollowed content from the instagram main page.
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {

    let blacklist = [
        // Remove all unfollowed content.
        'Follow',
        // Ban your favorite texts.
        'your.acquaintance.id.1',        
        'your.acquaintance.id.2',
    ];

    function findsBannedText (element) {
        let blacklistedText = '';
        let text = element.textContent.trim();
        let bannedText = blacklist.find (x => (x === text));
        if (bannedText) {
            // console.log("Found banned text in node.", bannedText, element)
            return bannedText;
        }
        // No banned text found so far; search through its children recursively.
        let children = element.children;
        if (children.length > 0) {
            for (let i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
                bannedText = findsBannedText(children[i])
                if (bannedText) {
                    // console.log("Found banned text in node. ", bannedText, children[i]);
                    return bannedText;
                }
            }
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    };

    function removeChildren (node) {
        // Remove all children of node.
        console.log("Remove all children of the node: ", node)
        let children = node.children;
        for (let i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
            children[i].remove();
        }
    }

    //

    function getAll (element, tag) {
        let result = [];
        if (element.tagName === tag) {
            result.push(element);
        }
        let children = element.children;
        for (let i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
            result = result.concat(getAll(children[i], tag));
        }
        return result;
    }

    function cleanAll (tag) {
        getAll(document.body, tag).forEach (
            article => {
                let bannedtext = findsBannedText(article);
                if (bannedtext) {
                    console.log("handling node because of text: ", article, bannedtext);
                    // we do not remove the unwelcome node itself as that crashes the page.
                    removeChildren(article);
                }})
    }

    // One-time Clean
    cleanAll('ARTICLE'); // Remove posts.
    cleanAll('LI'); // Remove stories.
    // Clean after each click.
    let waitLength = 500
    document.onclick = function (event) {
        setTimeout(() => { cleanAll('ARTICLE'); // Remove posts.
                           cleanAll('LI'); // Remove stories.
                         },
                   waitLength);
    };

    //
    // Make observer that constantly check for new articles.
    //

    function makeObserver () {
        let callback = (mutationList, observer) => {
            for (const mutation of mutationList) {
                if (mutation.type === "childList" &&
                    mutation.addedNodes.length > 0) {
                    let addedNode = mutation.addedNodes[0];
                    let bannedText = findsBannedText(addedNode);
                    if (addedNode.tagName === 'ARTICLE' && bannedText) {
                        console.log("Handling node because of text: ", addedNode, bannedText);
                        // We do not remove the unwelcome node itself as that crashes the page.
                        removeChildren(addedNode);
                    }
                }
            }
        };
        return new MutationObserver(callback);
    }

    let config = { attributes: true, childList: true, subtree: true };
    let observer = makeObserver();
    observer.observe(document.body, config);
    // observer.disconnect();

})();

Stopped working for me as well. I noticed I still get the 'Follow' text, but the script only seems to detect and remove the related article if I click in its area. I guess this is the 'one time clean' triggered by clicks doing its thing. But just scrolling through the feed the script never triggers on those articles. I do still see it knocking out suggested posts in the console as expected without interaction.