If you want to give your Instagram profile a makeover and restrict the number of people who you can share those special, important moments with, then getting rid of followers is the best way to approach this.
However, what happens when you have hundreds or even thousands of Instagram followers?
How can you delete a huge number of Instagram followers at the same time?
This is where being able to delete all of your Instagram followers using a mass delete feature could be helpful.
However, the option to delete all followers with a feature like this isn’t available on the native Instagram app.
So, what can you do?
Well, there are a few options to help you delete all followers, one of them is manual and another is to use BotRemoval.
Let’s check them out.
How to Remove all Followers on Instagram at Once Using a Third-Party App
There are a few good Instagram follower removal apps that you can download for both Android and iOS that let you mass delete your Instagram followers.
They all work in a similar way; they show you a list of your Instagram followers, and allow you to select more than one at the same time that they can get rid of for you.
1. BotRemoval
Our top recommendation for an app like this is BotRemoval.
BotRemoval can not only help delete all Instagram followers that you don’t want to be following you anymore, but they can help you clean up your Instagram profile in general.
BotRemoval can block spam from your profile, which means that they take care of spam profiles and bot accounts, and they will even monitor your Instagram profile on an ongoing basis, so that you can avoid unwanted attention.
2. DataJam
DataJam is a close second. It allows you to block spam and remove ghost followers and inactive accounts.
Manually Deleting Your IG Followers
If you want to delete all followers on Instagram, the easiest way to do this is to manually delete them. Of course, this isn’t the most convenient option, but it is the one that Instagram is offering.
If you want to avoid using a third-party app to delete all followers on Instagram, then you will need to manually remove them.
Here’s how you can do this.
- Go to the homepage, and find your profile by selecting the profile icon that you will find at the bottom of your screen to the right.
- Select the ‘followers’ button so that you can open a list of who is following you.
- Use the search feature to find a person that you want to get rid of, and go through your list until you find them. Once you have, select the ‘remove’ button that you will find next to their username.
- Select the ‘remove’ button to confirm your action, and delete them from the list.
If your profile is unlocked, then this is just going to get rid of the person from the list of followers. This means that they will still be able to see your content, if you want to make sure that they can’t see your content, then you will need to switch your profile to private.
If you haven’t done this already, then follow the instructions below:
- Open the menu on your profile by selecting the three horizontal lines at the top of your screen to the right.
- From the menu that pops up, select the gear icon that will say ‘settings’.
- Choose ‘privacy’.
- Select the button next to the ‘private account’ and make sure that it’s on.
- Confirm that you want to do this by selecting ‘switch to private’
Once you have completed this, people will have to send you a request in order to view your profile. This means that once you have deleted someone from your profile, they will see that you have locked them out of your profile.
The good news is that your followers aren’t going to get a notification that you restricted them, nor will they be able to work it out unless they type your Instagram username into the search option.
If you don’t want to set your account to private, but you still want to be sure that people can’t follow you, then your only option left is to block them.
You can do this from the same menu where you have deleted followers, but just select ‘block’ instead of ‘remove’.
Final Thoughts
When it comes to Instagram and social media in general, sometimes you just need to start over.
However, doing so without deleting your profile isn’t as easy as you might believe.
Until Instagram is able to come up with a mass delete feature, then the options that we have listed here are the only ones available when you want to learn how to delete all followers on Instagram at once.
If you have thousands of Instagram followers that you want to get rid of, then we highly recommend that you use a third-party app to help you.
Or, if you only have a few people that you want to delete, then you can do so manually, and while it might take a while, at least now you know how to do it.
Good luck growing your Instagram profile in general, and we hope that you only get the attention that you want in the future!
