twitter-defollower

A Python script to automatically remove followers from your Twitter/X account. This script helps remove people who follow you, not people you follow.

The script currently does not:

• Unfollow people that you follow

The script will:

• Log into your X account
• Navigate to your followers page
• Remove your followers in batches of 10
• Automatically refresh the page between batches
• Continue until stopped or no more followers found

Notes

• Tested on macOS and Ubuntu 24.04
• The script uses human-like delays and interactions to avoid triggering anti-automation measures
• X may still detect automation and request additional verification
• Use responsibly and in accordance with X's terms of service, if you care

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or higher
• Chrome or Chromium browser
• uv (for virtual environment and dependency management) or any other virtual-env system
  • I just really like uv, okay
• Selenium

Installation

1. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/popey/twitter-defollower
cd twitter-defollower

2. Create a virtual environment and install dependencies

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install selenium

Usage

1. Edit the script to add your credentials:

username = "your_username"
password = "your_password"
email_or_phone = "your_email_or_phone"  # Used if X requires additional verification

2. Run the script:

python twitter-defollower.py

Sample output

No additional verification required
Successfully logged in!
Loading followers page...
Found 147 followers to process
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 1
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 2
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 3
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 4
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 5
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 6
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 7
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 8
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 9
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 10
Processed 10 followers, refreshing page...
Loading followers page...
Found 145 followers to process
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 11
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 12
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 13
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 14
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 15
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 16
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 17
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 18
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 19
Successfully removed follower. Total processed: 20
Processed 10 followers, refreshing page...

FAQ

• Why do this?

  Why not?

• Why don't you just delete your Twitter/X account?

  🤷‍♂️

• Does it stop people re-following you?

  Nope. Use Twitter profile security settings to do that, if you can.

• What if they change the flow / add bot detection?

  The script might break. 😱 (patches welcome)

• What if they block or suspend the account?

  Then the account will be blocked or suspended.

• Does it require uv?

  Nope, you can use python-venv or whatever other favourtie way you have for making python virtual environments. I've only tested with uv.

License

• MIT

Author

• Alan Pope (@popey)