Who No Follow Me Back for Instagram? 3 Ways to Check and Unfollow Without Wahala

Method 1: check by hand inside Instagram app

The way wey dey inside the app dey work, but e only make sense for small accounts. Instagram no get any page wey talk say "na these people no follow you back", so you go check the names one by one.

Search for name among people wey dey follow you

1. Open your profile and tap People wey you dey follow.
2. Choose the account wey you wan check and note the username.
3. Go back, tap People wey dey follow you, and type that username for the search box wey dey top.
4. If the account show, e dey follow you back. If nothing show, e no dey follow you.

That one dey okay if na just few people you wan check. For 300 accounts, e go take your evening, and for 1,500, you go tire leave am. Mistake sef easy to make, because search fit bring usernames wey resemble each other.

Use the sorting options and categories for the list of people wey you dey follow

You fit arrange the list of people wey you dey follow by Normal order, Date wey you follow: Newest first, or Date wey you follow: Oldest first. E also get categories like People wey you hardly interact with and People wey show pass for your feed. None of these go tell you who dey follow you back, but dem go help you decide who to check first. If you arrange am by oldest follow date, the people wey you don follow longest go dey top, and People wey you hardly interact with go bring out accounts wey you rarely engage with.

Method 2: use igbento see who no follow you back with one click

If you dey use laptop or desktop, browser extension na the fastest way to see people wey no follow you back and take action on the list. igbento dey work for Chrome, Edge and Brave, and e dey use the Instagram session wey you don already log in to. E no dey ever ask for your Instagram password, and the lists wey e create dey stay inside your browser.

Step by step

1. Get igbento extension from Chrome Web Store come install am.
2. Open instagram.com for the same browser and log in as you normally dey do.
3. Open the tool for unfollowing for igbento.com/instagram-unfollowers.
4. Click Find people wey no follow you back. igbento go read the lists of people wey you dey follow and people wey dey follow you, then compare them.
5. Check the result. Each person go show with their follower count and verification badge if dem get one, so you go easily recognise celebrities and brands.
6. Click Keep for anybody wey you wan protect. Accounts wey you keep dey save with their user ID, and the tool go dey skip them from then on.
7. Select the accounts wey you wan unfollow and start the unfollow queue. igbento go unfollow them with natural pauses between each one.

For large accounts, Instagram sometimes no dey release the full list of people wey dey follow you. When that happen, igbento go check each account wey you dey follow one by one instead. E dey take longer, but the result na the same.

Wetin dey inside the Free plan

The Free plan dey show everybody wey no follow you back, allow you unfollow up to 25 accounts within any rolling 24 hours, and allow 100 unfollows for one month. Paid plans dey increase the daily limit and remove the monthly limit. Check prices for the current details.

Method 3: the free way for your phone wey no need login

If na phone you dey use, you no wan install anything, or you no wan give any tool access to your account, use Instagram own data download. You go ask Instagram for the lists of people wey dey follow you and people wey you dey follow as file, then open that file for checker. Na inside your device the comparison dey happen, so nobody need your password.

Request your data from Instagram

1. Inside the app, go your profile, tap the menu, then Settings and activity, then Accounts Centre, then Your information and permissions, then Download your information.
2. Choose Download or transfer information, come select your account.
3. Choose Some of your information, then for Connections, tick Followers and following.
4. Choose Download to device make the file save for your device.
5. Set the date range to All time and choose JSON for format, come tap Create files.

Small data download like this usually dey ready within minutes to few hours. Large accounts fit take longer. Instagram go email you when e ready, and the download link go expire after few days, so download am quick.

Open the file for the checker

Download the ZIP, come open the free checker for people wey no follow you back. Upload the ZIP, or the files for people wey dey follow you and people wey you dey follow wey dey inside am. The first tab dey list who no follow you back, plus fans wey you no follow back and the number of people wey you dey follow each other. You fit copy the usernames or download CSV. Na inside your browser the tool dey read the files; e no dey upload them.

The checker only dey find people. To actually unfollow them from phone, na you go do am by hand inside Instagram app, with the list as your guide.

Which method you suppose use?

Na so the three ways to find who no follow you back take compare.

Simple rule: use the checker if na only the list you want or na phone you dey use, and use the extension if you wan unfollow hundreds of accounts. You fit also use both together. Plenty people dey run the checker first to see how big the matter be, then use the extension clear the accounts.

How to decide who to unfollow and who to keep

No be everybody wey no follow you back you suppose unfollow. For list of 600 people wey no follow you back, most na accounts wey no plan to follow you from the start, and nothing spoil for that one. Go through the list group by group.

Accounts wey you usually suppose keep

• Brands, celebrities and news accounts. Dem no dey follow back because dem hardly dey follow anybody. If you dey enjoy their posts, leave them. Verification badge for the list go make them easy to recognise.
• Friends, family and people wey you dey work with. Some people dey use second account, dey limit who dem follow, or dem no even notice say you follow them. Small message better pass to just unfollow.
• Accounts wey you dey learn from or buy things from. Content creators, shops and professionals wey you dey rely on.

Accounts wey you fit consider unfollowing

• Accounts wey no dey active wey never post for long time.
• Follow-me-I-follow-you accounts wey follow you before, then unfollow you after you follow them back.
• Spam, bots and accounts wey no interest you again. One common sign na very few followers while dem dey follow plenty people well-well.

How to unfollow people wey no follow you back without Instagram blocking your actions

To unfollow person na normal thing, but if you do plenty too fast, Instagram fit think say na automated tool dey do am. If you unfollow plenty people too fast for Instagram, dem fit block your actions, which go stop you from following or unfollowing for some time. This kind block usually dey last between 12 and 48 hours.

Instagram no dey publish official limits. The numbers wey people commonly dey mention na 100 to 200 unfollows per day, 10 to 20 per hour, and 30 to 60 seconds between actions. For accounts wey never reach about six months, people usually dey advise 30 to 50 per day. Use these numbers as rough guide; dem no be guarantee. Our guide about the Instagram unfollow limit explain am in more detail.

How igbento dey space unfollows

• E dey put natural pauses of different lengths between unfollows, instead of doing them back to back.
• Daily limits dey count over any rolling 24 hours, no be from midnight to midnight.
• The Free plan allow 25 unfollows within any rolling 24 hours, up to 100 for one month.
• Paid plans allow 100 per day for Safe mode or 150 per day for Standard mode.
• If Instagram begin reject the actions, the queue go pause by itself instead of continuing.

If na by hand you dey unfollow

Spread the unfollowing across several days. Do 30 to 50 per day if your account new, or up to 100 if e don old and e dey active. Take breaks, and no combine plenty unfollows with plenty follows, likes or comments within the same hour.

Common mistakes when you dey check who no follow you back

Choosing short date range for the data download

If you set the date range for the data download to something like last year, accounts wey you follow before that time fit no dey inside the file. The checker go then think say dem never follow you, and list them as people wey no follow you back. Always choose All time.

Reading only followers_1.json

For large accounts, Instagram dey share the followers across several files: followers_1.json, followers_2.json, and so on. If you read only the first one, plenty real followers go miss, and the number of people wey "no follow you back" go plenty pass as e really be. Use every followers file. If you upload the whole ZIP to the checker, e go handle this one for you.

Mixing up who follow who

People wey no follow you back na accounts wey you dey follow but dem no dey follow you. Fans na the other way round: accounts wey dey follow you but you no dey follow them. The checker dey show both, and you fit easily unfollow the wrong group if you mix them up.

Using old data download like say na current one

The data download na record of how things be the day wey you request am. People wey follow you back after that time no go show inside am. If you wan unfollow somebody, check say the list still fresh. To check the current situation with the extension go avoid this problem.

Mixing up people wey you recently unfollow with people wey unfollow you

The data download get one file wey dem name recently_unfollowed_profiles.json. E dey list accounts wey you unfollow, no be people wey unfollow you. To find those ones, you need compare two data downloads, as our guide for tracking who unfollow you explain.