[GH-ISSUE #352] [Feature request] Unfollow from text file #761

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opened 2026-03-13 22:33:11 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-13 22:33:11 +03:00

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Originally created by @anto582 on GitHub (Jun 21, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/alexal1/Insomniac/issues/352

Unfollow from a specific user txt list?

I am using this script to detect who I am following and who is not following me. It works ok, but the second part would be to automate the unfollow process from a text file

https://github.com/apoorva-dave/instagram-scraper

Originally created by @anto582 on GitHub (Jun 21, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/alexal1/Insomniac/issues/352 Unfollow from a specific user txt list? I am using this script to detect who I am following and who is not following me. It works ok, but the second part would be to automate the unfollow process from a text file https://github.com/apoorva-dave/instagram-scraper

kerem commented

2026-03-13 22:33:17 +03:00

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@0libar commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2021):

I hope this will be implemented soon. I want to use it to remove ghost followers.
In your case you can use the function --unfollow-non-follower directly from Insomniac or whatever its called :)

@0libar commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2021): I hope this will be implemented soon. I want to use it to remove ghost followers. In your case you can use the function --unfollow-non-follower directly from Insomniac or whatever its called :)

kerem commented

2026-03-13 22:33:23 +03:00

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@MelleNi commented on GitHub (Sep 26, 2021):

For now you can create the opposite list (people that you follow and follow you back), then add this list to the follow_status table in the insomniac database. Then you can run the unfollow-non-followers script. This way it at least skips everyone that follows you back, and it spends less time on the people you don't want to unfollow.

It would be great though if you could just feed a list of people that need to be unfollowed, and it would search them in your following list, then unfollow them straight away.

@MelleNi commented on GitHub (Sep 26, 2021): For now you can create the opposite list (people that you follow and follow you back), then add this list to the `follow_status` table in the insomniac database. Then you can run the unfollow-non-followers script. This way it at least skips everyone that follows you back, and it spends less time on the people you don't want to unfollow. It would be great though if you could just feed a list of people that need to be unfollowed, and it would search them in your following list, then unfollow them straight away.