Script to unfollow people in the instagram website

instagram-web-unfollow.js

/**
 * Instagram web unfollow script
 *
 * WHAT IS IT?
 * A script to unfollow people in the instagram website
 *
 * WHY?
 * I needed to clean my account so I quickly did this
 *
 * HOW TO USE:
 * Go to your instagram profile while logged in and run the following code in your console
 *
 * WHAT DOES IT DO EXACTLY?
 * It opens your followers list and goes one by one unfollowing with a random interval of 1 to 10
 * seconds in between
 *
 * CAN I GET BANNED?
 * Yes, although you will first be notified several times about strange activity
 * Simply put, use it at your own risk and not for long.
 *
 * Created on 15/03/17.
 * @author Joel Hernandez <involvmnt@gmail.com>
 */

openFollowersWindow().then(function () {
    populateUnfollowsPool();
    digestUnfollowsPool();
});

function openFollowersWindow() {
    var onFollowersWindowWasOpenedListeners = [];
    var openWindowTimeout = 3000;

    var followersElement = getFollowersElement();
    followersElement.click();

    function digestOnFollowersWindowWasOpenedListeners() {
        onFollowersWindowWasOpenedListeners.forEach(function (onFollowersWindowWasOpenedListener) {
            onFollowersWindowWasOpenedListener();
        });
    }

    var wasOpened;
    setTimeout(function () {
        // TODO Verify that the window was indeed opened
        wasOpened = true;
        digestOnFollowersWindowWasOpenedListeners();
    }, openWindowTimeout);
    return {
        then: function (onFollowersWindowWasOpened) {
            if (wasOpened) {
                onFollowersWindowWasOpened();
            } else {
                onFollowersWindowWasOpenedListeners.push(onFollowersWindowWasOpened);
            }
        }
    };
}

function getFollowersElement() {
    return getFollowersElementWithUsername(getUsername());
}

function getUsername() {
    var pageTitleElement = document.getElementsByTagName('h1')[0];
    if (!pageTitleElement) throw new Error('No title to get username from');
    return pageTitleElement.innerHTML;
}

function getFollowersElementWithUsername(username) {
    var followersElement = document.querySelectorAll('a[href="/' + username + '/following/"]')[0];
    if (!followersElement) throw new Error('No followers element was found');
    return followersElement;
}

var unfollowsPool;

function populateUnfollowsPool() {
    var buttons = document.getElementsByTagName('button');
    unfollowsPool = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
        var button = buttons[i];
        if (button.innerHTML.includes('Following')) {
            var randomTimeoutForUnfollow = Math.floor((Math.random() * 10) + 1) * 1000;
            console.log('Following button!');

            var unfollow = {
                buttonElement: button,
                timeout: randomTimeoutForUnfollow
            };

            unfollowsPool.push(unfollow);
        }
    }
}

function digestUnfollowsPool() {
    if (unfollowsPool.length === 0) {
        console.log('Unfollow pool empty, repopulating');
        populateUnfollowsPool();
    }
    var unfollow = unfollowsPool.shift();
    var unfollowTimeout = unfollow.timeout;
    console.log('Clicking unfollow button in ', unfollowTimeout);
    setTimeout(function () {
        var unfollowButtonElement = unfollow.buttonElement;
        unfollowButtonElement.scrollIntoView(true);
        console.log('Clicking unfollow button');
        unfollowButtonElement.click();
        console.log('Clicked. Continuing digesting unfollow pool');
        digestUnfollowsPool();
    }, unfollowTimeout);
}

How do i use this

here is the updated version

not working

not a js programmer, so don't understand all parts of the script. tried to make code changes on my local copy to see if i could populate the list with only 100 followers, but i obviously don't know js, so things didn't work. wondering if the original dev (@adminy) would be interested in making this change in the script, so that in stead of populating the list with "all" followers, populate the list with only 100 odd followers. that would also be good to ensure that we don't get banned by instag.

this is urgent, because (1) i have maintained a private account so far, (2) i am following over 1000 accounts, most of which i do not wish to share with others - friends and family (3) a new, "very close friend" wants to follow me or see the list of people i am following. #3 mandates that i clean up my list asap. your help is appreciated.

try this

const unfollow = setInterval(()=>{
const allElements = document.getElementsByClassName("_aacl _aaco _aacw _adda _aad6 _aade");
for (const el of allElements) {
el.click();
setTimeout(() => console.log('espera'), 1000);
setTimeout(() => {
const xpath = "//a[text()='Dejar de seguir']";
const matchingElement = document.evaluate(xpath, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue;
matchingElement.click();
},2000);
setTimeout(() => console.log('espera'), 1000);
}
}, 2000);

clearInterval(unfollow);

Updated version: https://gist.github.com/mikeknapp/788cb26da096161ef3fff1015d947405

How to use it like how to open it.

im new in that and im with c#