How to remove a Twitter follower on the mobile app
Although this is the first time Twitter has offered a straightforward way to remove a follower without blocking them, the idea has been around for a while in the form of the “soft block.” This is still your best option on the app. You can also go to your profile page, click Followers, hit the three dots next to the follower you want to get rid of, and choose Remove this follower, but this approach will be tedious for anyone with more than a handful of followers. By default, Twitter sorts your followers by when they followed you, so you’ll see the most recent members of your audience first. You’re in for a lot of scrolling if you try to find and eliminate a longtime follower this way. Anyone you remove from your list of followers won’t be notified, but they may figure it out if they go to your profile and see they have the option to follow you. If you know them offline, though, you can always play it off as a site glitch or mistake. Or just be honest and tell them they need to get their twit together. Go to the profile you want to unfollow you, tap the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen, and then tap Block. Confirm your choice by tapping Block again on the box that appears. If you’re fast enough, you can also tap Undo from the alert that appears at the top of the screen after you finalize the block. If you’re not, just tap the red Blocked button on their profile page and select Unblock. This will remove them from your list of followers, but they’ll still be able to see all your tweets if they find their way to your page. And if you want people to unfollow you the old-fashioned way, you can just keep making bad tweets.
