removefollows.js.md

Remove all follows on twitter.com

Originally By @foldleft.bsky.social, see also Unfollow everyone on bsky.app.

Go to https://twitter.com/YOUR_USER_NAME/following
Open the Developer Console. (COMMAND+ALT+I on Mac)
Paste this into the Developer Console and run it

// Remove all follows on twitter.com
// Based on script by Jamie Mason (https://twitter.com/fold_left)
// https://gist.github.com/JamieMason/7580315
//
// 1. Go to https://twitter.com/YOUR_USER_NAME/followers
// 2. Open the Developer Console. (COMMAND+ALT+I on Mac)
// 3. Paste this into the Developer Console and run it
//
(() => {
  const $moreButtons = '[aria-label="More"]';
  const $removeButton = '[data-testid="removeFollower"]';
  const $confirmButton = '[data-testid="confirmationSheetConfirm"]';
  const retry = {
    count: 0,
    limit: 3,
  };
  const scrollToTheBottom = () => window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);
  const retryLimitReached = () => retry.count === retry.limit;
  const addNewRetry = () => retry.count++;
  const sleep = ({ seconds }) =>
    new Promise((proceed) => {
      console.log(`WAITING FOR ${seconds} SECONDS...`);
      setTimeout(proceed, seconds * 1000);
    });
  const removeAll = async (moreButtons) => {
    console.log(`REMOVING ${moreButtons.length} FOLLOWERS...`);
    for (const moreButton of moreButtons) {
      // Click the "More" button
      moreButton && moreButton.click();
      await sleep({ seconds: 0.5 });
      
      // Click "Remove this follower"
      const removeButton = document.querySelector($removeButton);
      removeButton && removeButton.click();
      await sleep({ seconds: 0.5 });
      
      // Confirm removal
      const confirmButton = document.querySelector($confirmButton);
      confirmButton && confirmButton.click();
      await sleep({ seconds: 0.5 });
    }
  };
  const nextBatch = async () => {
    scrollToTheBottom();
    await sleep({ seconds: 1 });
    
    const moreButtons = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll($moreButtons));
    const moreButtonsWereFound = moreButtons.length > 0;
    
    if (moreButtonsWereFound) {
      await removeAll(moreButtons);
      await sleep({ seconds: 2 });
      retry.count = 0; // Reset retry count on success
      return nextBatch();
    } else {
      addNewRetry();
    }
    if (retryLimitReached()) {
      console.log(`NO MORE FOLLOWERS FOUND, SO I THINK WE'RE DONE`);
      console.log(`RELOAD PAGE AND RE-RUN SCRIPT IF ANY WERE MISSED`);
    } else {
      await sleep({ seconds: 2 });
      return nextBatch();
    }
  };
  nextBatch();
})();