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Unfollow everyone on twitter.com

Unfollow everyone on twitter.com

  1. Go to https://twitter.com/YOUR_USER_NAME/following
  2. Open the Developer Console. (COMMAND+ALT+I on Mac)
  3. Paste this into the Developer Console and run it
// Unfollow everyone on twitter.com, by Jamie Mason (https://twitter.com/fold_left)
// https://gist.github.com/JamieMason/7580315
//
// 1. Go to https://twitter.com/YOUR_USER_NAME/following
// 2. Open the Developer Console. (COMMAND+ALT+I on Mac)
// 3. Paste this into the Developer Console and run it
//
// Last Updated: 30 October 2023
(() => {
  const $followButtons = '[data-testid$="-unfollow"]';
  const $confirmButton = '[data-testid="confirmationSheetConfirm"]';

  const retry = {
    count: 0,
    limit: 3,
  };

  const scrollToTheBottom = () => window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);
  const retryLimitReached = () => retry.count === retry.limit;
  const addNewRetry = () => retry.count++;

  const sleep = ({ seconds }) =>
    new Promise((proceed) => {
      console.log(`WAITING FOR ${seconds} SECONDS...`);
      setTimeout(proceed, seconds * 1000);
    });

  const unfollowAll = async (followButtons) => {
    console.log(`UNFOLLOWING ${followButtons.length} USERS...`);
    await Promise.all(
      followButtons.map(async (followButton) => {
        followButton && followButton.click();
        await sleep({ seconds: 1 });
        const confirmButton = document.querySelector($confirmButton);
        confirmButton && confirmButton.click();
      })
    );
  };

  const nextBatch = async () => {
    scrollToTheBottom();
    await sleep({ seconds: 1 });

    const followButtons = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll($followButtons));
    const followButtonsWereFound = followButtons.length > 0;

    if (followButtonsWereFound) {
      await unfollowAll(followButtons);
      await sleep({ seconds: 2 });
      return nextBatch();
    } else {
      addNewRetry();
    }

    if (retryLimitReached()) {
      console.log(`NO ACCOUNTS FOUND, SO I THINK WE'RE DONE`);
      console.log(`RELOAD PAGE AND RE-RUN SCRIPT IF ANY WERE MISSED`);
    } else {
      await sleep({ seconds: 2 });
      return nextBatch();
    }
  };

  nextBatch();
})();

This script:

  • Is completely free and has been since 2013.
  • Doesn't try and get you to sign in or take your personal data.
  • Automates your web browser to make it click unfollow buttons, scroll down to reveal more, then do it again.
  • No tricks, all of the code is here so you can see exactly what it does.

If this script was useful and saved you time, maybe kick in for a Coffee to say thanks:

ko-fi

@niklas44f1
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Still works! Thank you so much. Is there a code to follow massively on Twitter?

@JamieMason
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Great @niklas44f1. You could probably modify the script slightly so it works on someone's Following page for example, and clicks follow instead of unfollow or something. I'm not going to do it but it should be a fairly small job for someone.

@julienreszka
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still work thx

@GeekProgram007
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GeekProgram007 commented Nov 8, 2023

How to unfollow only unlocked (e.g. not private) accounts? The data id is data-testid="icon-lock"

@fortunefox
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Works. Thanks!

@bobby091983
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thank you very much , its working fine.

@imsaifulislam
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Thanks :) Its working FIne

@Mucenio
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Mucenio commented Jan 25, 2024

work

@Zeroexperiencelearner
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Still working, amazing!
Thank you!

@pkfrank
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pkfrank commented Feb 19, 2024

Thanks!

@Varunt016
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works thanks

@MetinSAYGIN
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Still works thanks

@maxroshHQ
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Thanks man still working

@shanto-DevX
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Working 😍

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