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Google Chrome script that allows user to mass unfollow instagram users on user's profile
// Run GOOGLE CHROME - WORKING AS OF DEC 26 2023
// Please @ me in the comments if this stops working, I will try to get it working again within the month
// INSTRUCTIONS
// 1. Open Instagram in Chrome
// 2. Click on "FOLLOWING" on your Instagram profile
// 3. Open developer tools by right clicking on the page and clicking "INSPECT"
// 4. Copy the code below and paste in the developer tools console and press enter to run
// 5. Script will not run if tab is navigated away from, minimized of unfocused (It is recommended to open a new chrome window or push tab to the side and let script run in background)
const unfollowEveryone = (async () => {
// Modify these variables to your liking
const UNFOLLOW_LIMIT = 800;
const BREAK_DURATION = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 minutes break
const TOTAL_DURATION = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 minutes duration - Timeout after 10 minutes
const delay = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
// Find target button
const findButton = (txt) =>
[...document.querySelectorAll("button").entries()]
.map(([pos, btn]) => btn)
.filter((btn) => btn.innerText === txt)[0];
console.log("Start unfollowing script...");
let startTime = new Date().getTime();
while (new Date().getTime() - startTime < TOTAL_DURATION) {
for (let i = 0; i < UNFOLLOW_LIMIT; i++) {
const followingButton = findButton("Following");
if (!followingButton) {
continue;
}
followingButton.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
followingButton.click();
await delay(100);
const confirmUnfollowButton = findButton("Unfollow");
if (confirmUnfollowButton) {
await confirmUnfollowButton.click(); // Wait for the unfollow to complete
}
// Increase UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL if you are getting rate limited
// Set this to 0 unfollow as quickly as possible - not recommended
// Random unfollow interval for each follow to avoid rate limiting
const UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL = Math.floor(Math.random() * 10 + 1) * 5000;
console.log(`Wait ${UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL} milliseconds`);
await delay(UNFOLLOW_INTERVAL);
console.log(`Unfollowed #${i}`);
}
console.log(`Taking a break for ${BREAK_DURATION / 1000} seconds...`);
await delay(BREAK_DURATION); // Take a break to avoid rate limiting
startTime = new Date().getTime(); // Reset start time for the next cycle
}
console.log("Unfollow script complete!");
})();
@pauldgayle
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may be a silly question, but how do you stop the code from running?

@chaodonghu
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may be a silly question, but how do you stop the code from running?

@pauldgayle You can refresh the page or manually set a limit to stop it from running after a certain limit as mentioned in the script.

  // Modify these variables to your liking
  const UNFOLLOW_LIMIT = 800;

  const BREAK_DURATION = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 minutes break

  const TOTAL_DURATION = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 minutes duration - Timeout after 10 minutes

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thank you!!

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