Instagram Mass Unfollow Google Chrome Console Script

mass-unfollow.js

// Wrap the entire function in parentheses to make it an IIFE (Immediately Invoked Function Expression)
(async function () {
  const MAX_PER_DAY = 400; // Maximum number of unfollows allowed per day
  const PAUSE_AFTER_BATCH = 10; // Pause after every 10 unfollows
  const PAUSE_DURATION = 10 * 60 * 1000; // Pause duration: 10 minutes (in ms)
  
  // Helper function: Creates a promise that resolves after ms milliseconds
  const delay = (ms) => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, ms));
  
  // Helper function: Returns random integer between min and max (inclusive)
  const randomDelay = (min, max) => Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
  
  // Helper function: Finds button element by its text content
  const findButton = (txt) => [...document.querySelectorAll("button")].find(btn => btn.innerText === txt);

  // Use localStorage to track today's date and unfollow count
  const today = new Date().toISOString().split("T")[0]; // format: YYYY-MM-DD
  const key = `unfollowed_${today}`;
  const alreadyUnfollowed = parseInt(localStorage.getItem(key) || "0");

  // If daily limit reached, stop immediately
  if (alreadyUnfollowed >= MAX_PER_DAY) {
    console.log(`🛑 Daily limit of ${MAX_PER_DAY} unfollows already reached.`);
    return;
  }

  // Global flag to allow manual stopping via console: window.STOP_UNFOLLOW = true
  window.STOP_UNFOLLOW = false;
  let unfollowed = alreadyUnfollowed;

  console.log(`🚀 Start unfollow session (${unfollowed}/${MAX_PER_DAY} already unfollowed today)`);

  // Main loop: continues until MAX_PER_DAY is reached or no more Following buttons exist
  for (let i = 0; unfollowed < MAX_PER_DAY; i++) {
    // Check if user manually stopped the process
    if (window.STOP_UNFOLLOW) {
      console.log("🛑 Unfollow process manually stopped.");
      break;
    }

    // Find next "Following" button on the page
    const nextButton = findButton("Following");
    if (!nextButton) {
      console.log("❗ No more 'Following' buttons found.");
      break;
    }

    // 20% chance to "change mind" and skip unfollow (human-like randomness)
    if (Math.random() < 0.2) {
      console.log("🤔 Skipped this one (random 'changed mind')");
      window.scrollBy(0, 100);
      await delay(randomDelay(1000, 2000));
      continue;
    }

    // Scroll button into view and click it
    nextButton.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
    nextButton.click();
    await delay(300); // Wait for dialog to appear

    // Find and click the confirmation "Unfollow" button in the dialog
    const confirmButton = findButton("Unfollow");
    if (confirmButton) {
      confirmButton.click();
      unfollowed++;
      localStorage.setItem(key, unfollowed); // Save progress in localStorage
      console.log(`✅ Unfollowed #${unfollowed} today`);
    } else {
      console.log("⚠️ Confirm button not found");
    }

    // Simulate human scrolling behavior
    window.scrollBy(0, randomDelay(50, 150));

    // Wait random time between 5-20 seconds before next action
    const waitTime = randomDelay(5000, 20000);
    console.log(`⏳ Waiting ${Math.floor(waitTime / 1000)} seconds...`);
    await delay(waitTime);

    // After every batch, take a longer break to avoid detection
    if (unfollowed % PAUSE_AFTER_BATCH === 0 && unfollowed !== 0) {
      console.log(`😴 Pausing for ${PAUSE_DURATION / 60000} minutes after ${unfollowed} unfollows`);
      await delay(PAUSE_DURATION);
    }
  }

  console.log(`🏁 Finished session. Total unfollowed today: ${unfollowed}`);
})();

usage.md

1. Go to your profile on instagram.com (sign in if not already)
2. Click on XXX following for the popup with the users you're following to appear
3. Open Chrome Devtools and Paste the code into the Console tab and hit return