Get Rid of Fake Instagram Followers (Here’s How to Do It) (2024)

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Get Rid of Fake Instagram Followers (Here’s How to Do It)? ›

In the Instagram app, go to your profile and tap Followers. If Instagram has flagged any followers, you'll see a notification called Flagged for review that you can tap. From here, tap Remove all to remove all flagged followers at once. To review and remove each individual account, tap Remove next to the account.

Block Ghost Followers: Once you have identified ghost followers, you can block them from your account. To block a follower, go to their profile, click on the three dots in the top right corner, and select "Block." Blocked users can't follow you or view your content.

Tap. or your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile. Tap Followers at the top. Tap Remove to the right of the follower you'd like to remove, then tap Remove to confirm.

Unfollow Analyzer – Unfollower is a free app that not only lets you delete multiple followers at the same time, but it also tells you which of your followers are “ghosts,” AKA accounts that don't engage or interact with your posts.

Therefore, deleting these accounts manually on Instagram might be the slowest but safest way to keep your account clean. Once you have evaluated which accounts are fake or ghost, you can delete them by going to your followers list, and clicking on 'Remove' for each account.

These accounts exist because people are willing to pay for followers, which has created a market for fake follower accounts. All those fake followers must be created though, and this process is often automated. Just because you didn't purchase them doesn't mean these fakes aren't lurking in your follower count.

If you paid for your followers, this would lead to a lack of interaction or engagement with these fake followers, making it harder for your content to reach those organic followers. Solution: Stop buying followers. Learn the power of engagement and grow your account and influence authentically.

Does removing fake followers help? ›

When a large percentage of your followers are fake accounts, most of the audience that your posts are shown to won't be interacting with your content. Instead of real fans seeing your posts, fake fans will be shown your content. This kills your engagement rate, as your reach will go down on future posts.

Instagram purges fake followers: If Instagram suspects you bought fake followers, they'll take it upon themselves to purge them.

Six Ways to Spot Fake Followers: Analyze engagement, look for unusual follower-to-engagement ratios, verify audience quality, checkout follower profiles, monitor how quickly followers increase and review the consistency of follower interactions.

In the Instagram app, go to your profile and tap Followers. If Instagram has flagged any followers, you'll see a notification called Flagged for review that you can tap. From here, tap Remove all to remove all flagged followers at once. To review and remove each individual account, tap Remove next to the account.

In the Instagram app, go to your profile and tap Followers. In the Flagged folder, you can review all follow requests from flagged accounts. Tap Delete all requests to remove all flagged follower requests at once, or you can choose to Delete or Confirm each individual account.

Sign in to your account and click on the “Profile” icon in the top left corner. Select “Followers” at the bottom. Choose the users you want to remove from the follower list and click the “3 dots” beside their name. Click “Remove this Follower” and then select “Remove” to confirm.

Open the Instagram app

Tap on your profile photo icon in the bottom-right of the screen. Tap on Following in the top-right of your profile page. Under Categories, tap on Least interacted with. Unfollow these accounts that you followed but both do not interact with often and who never followed you back.

Typically, you'll need to block the fake accounts to make sure the social network knows you don't wish to share your content with them. Go through your following manually and watch for accounts with weird usernames and no posts, or use an automated tool to do the analysis for you.

To delete everyone on Instagram who you least interact with, tap on "Following". At the very top of the screen, you will see two categories "Less Interacted With" and "Most Shown in Feed". Go to the first section and unfollow from those accounts that you are not interested in.