How to Remove Ghost Followers on Instagram (INCREASE YOUR REACH + ENGAGEMENT)

[@Highseasonco]

Are you ready to clean up!? 👻Let us know in the comments! DON'T FORGET YOUR FREE COPY OF OUR ULTIMATE INSTAGRAM CHECKLIST: bit.ly/HSInstaChecklist

[@mattduncan5500]

Brother, I flipped an account. 80% of my followers are from my design page, which I switched to my music page . As I changed industry. They are real people, but probably don't engage very much , because they were more into design and art. Do you think these are worthless now ? Do you think they need to be deleted?

[@Highseasonco]

@@mattduncan5500 Great question. Before removing them, I'd try a few things to see if you can really obviously let them know that the account niche has changed and give them the opportunity to unfollow, or hopefully stick around. You could do Stories (talking to the cam would be great), or perhaps Reels or carousel posts in-feed letting folks know what the changes are. After a few weeks to a month, I'd then start slowly removing folks that you know for sure aren't interested. It might be tough to gauge, but if you have an idea then it'll be best for the account long term. Good luck! - C

[@FleXxTheFuture]

Video starts 3:14 Your welcome

[@J-Stuy]

You’re the goat

[@AKMarv]

Thanks G

[@Zebiven]

tysm bro🖤🖤

[@bossone5812]

MVP 🏆

[@trenzu2]

My man!

[@RyanmcmorrisOfficial]

I was wondering why my account was seeing so much growth and then stopped. I just drop 1k of dead weight.

[@Highseasonco]

Amazing. It makes the world of difference, eh? Now your numbers (followers + engagement) will shoot up with actual accounts who're interested in what you're doing. - C

[@jelly.1899]

Did your numbers go up noticeably?

[@blumind_web2264]

Same I hit 50 in my first week and then tanked hard obviously I have some spring cleaning to do

[@CosplayWorkouts]

A fun thing that helped me break up this process was to search by letter (and number/character!) so I could scroll through a section without losing my place or glitching out. Awesome video

[@Highseasonco]

That's a great hack! Love it. Thank you! :) - C

[@CosplayWorkouts]

@@Highseasonco No prob bob! Thanks for spreading the good word of ghost busting 👻

[@SlimTheTrainer]

Same!!

[@vpnplanners7742]

I have 12k followers and some 8k are ghost I have manage to remove some 3k and that was seriously a pain to my finger

[@Highseasonco]

It's a lot of work eh? Not optimal but at least your account isn't put at risk while you do it, slow and steady. Thanks for watching. - C

[@rajroyofficial]

I manually unfollwed 4k followers in past 4 days. Thanks for this amazing video

[@Highseasonco]

Perfect! Thanks for watching, Raj! - C

[@KGamer12]

Any good results?

[@rajroyofficial]

@@KGamer12 Yep was getting. But then i realized i have too many so ultimately made a new ac only from fresh . lol

[@ActiveMuse]

@@rajroyofficial how is new acc doing? I have to decide delete about 6k fallowers or create new acc 😂

[@rajroyofficial]

@@ActiveMuse i actually eventually made new ac only. Much better. Engagement is good too in new ac. Has risen to 800+ followers in 3 months itself

[@FlorTedesco]

I have a client that bought a lot of fake followers, she is at almost 20k, how the ffffff do I delete that many???

[@Highseasonco]

That's a tough one! This technique is better for a smaller amount, but the catch 22 here is that Instagram may block/shutdown/penalize you if you connect a third party app to your account to do it for you. If it was me, I'd just plug away slowly each day and remove the fake followers, it might take a while but at least you won't be putting the account at risk. - C

[@yorukoii_]

Idk if anyone experienced this but INSTAGRAM removes my ghost followers and my following rates are dropping like crazy. Idk if I should wait for the follower rates to stop dropping drastically before posting again or If I should let Instagram do their job and keep posting as they remove the dead weight for me. Please help me, I have no idea what to do

[@Highseasonco]

Hi, that's great that IG have identified the bots and are removing them for you. I'd suggest to continue posting as usual, and continue to do daily engagement etc. Thanks for watching! - C

[@zaviercadorin6244]

How many followers can you remove at a time? Somehow this promotion page just gave me 3000 fake bot followers for no reason... had to put my account on private for it to stop... anyway I could remove all these within a week? Or would I risk getting shadow banned? Someone please help.

[@Highseasonco]

Wow that sucks, I'm really sorry to hear that. You can still be action blocked (not shadow banned) if you do more than 60 actions per hour, so it'll be a slow grind to remove them one by one. Extremely annoying, I know, but you put your account at risk if you use a third-party service. - C

[@zaviercadorin6244]

@@Highseasonco so I can remove 60 per hour?

[@Highseasonco]

@@zaviercadorin6244 Correct. That's the low end of the number we know doesn't get you action blocked. You can test removing more, IG never released the actual number of actions before being blocked, but we know it's between 60-100 so up to you how far you want to push it. - C

[@zaviercadorin6244]

@@Highseasonco yeah alright, might make it 40-50 per 3-4 hrs 4x a day just to play it safe. Thanks mate.

[@Highseasonco]

@@zaviercadorin6244 Sounds like the move. Let us know how you go. - C

[@whatchance]

Hey Guys, I manually removed 2000 ghost followers on my account but woke up this morning with instagram blocking me from removing/checking my followers. Any suggestions?

[@Highseasonco]

Hi! It sounds like you did it too fast. You need to keep it to ~60 actions per hour, otherwise you get action blocked, which you are now. Nothing you can do but wait it out, usually they tell you how long you're blocked for - C

[@itzallgood6060]

My sister already had many followers before. But sometimes there‘s a wave of fake followers following her. She now has over 15.000 fake followers. How can we delete them all?

[@Highseasonco]

That's a lot of fake followers. I wouldn't suggest to use a third party app as that will affect her account. The only solution we have is to manually do it slowly, over time. Or start a fresh account. - C

[@samarthpaliwal2020]

@@Highseasonco I have total 32k followers but 8k are fake what should I do? Leave it or something else 🙁

[@Highseasonco]

@@samarthpaliwal2020 You'd want to remove the fake followers manually, slowly, over time. There's no fast solution, unfortunately. - C

[@mitali.gandhi2_]

Hey i purchased 1 k fake followers didnt know those to be fake someone sold me forcefully .. now i see my posts not engaging so should i remove them manually? And ll that bring back my insta reach?

[@Highseasonco]

Hi, oooh that's a shame, but yes you can remove them all manually and then if you post consistently and do all the things you should be doing, it should revive your reach for sure -

[@metafoyfoy6194]

the problem is .. I am a game dev and if you look closely all the game devs accounts are kind a weird , and they all look like bots .. is there any inbuild tool that can help me out to identify bots .???? because i dont want to get rid of real followers ..

[@Highseasonco]

That's a fair point. There's nothing that Instagram currently offers to help us determine whether an account is a bot or not. It's probably best to be safe and not remove ones you're not sure about, but there should be a way to tell whether an account is fake in your vertical. - C

[@metafoyfoy6194]

@@Highseasonco thank you for the help ..

[@ToniaAlex13]

Send Dms and see who responds

[@Highseasonco]

@@ToniaAlex13 That could work, pretty lengthy method but it may help

[@sahilthakur5404]

But the thing is that am keep getting them ... I disabled my account and private too but when I switched to professional the bots starts following me again ..pls help me

[@Highseasonco]

I've heard that can happen to people. I'm not sure what you can do aside from reach out to Instagram Help as they may have a way to block the companies from sending you the bot accounts. - C

[@sahilthakur5404]

@@Highseasonco its not like am getting thousands of bots in minutes ! Am getting like 10-20 bot followers per hour .. I reported to insta but idk what are they doing...is there anything I can do ? I have changed my username, and removed hashtags from my top posts so if they are approaching me through hashtags and I don't follow any big page too.....( Thanks for replying )

[@Highseasonco]

@@sahilthakur5404 Interesting. We've never personally dealt with this before so I don't know what else you can do. Maybe Google and see if anyone has written a blog post or done a video about it, it's just something neither us nor our clients have had happen so I don't have the answer, unfortunately.

[@sahilthakur5404]

@@Highseasonco sadly I couldn't find any solution :'( these fake followers will break my reach ! I removed Hashtags too from my all posts don't know how they are approaching my page :'(

[@jron702]

Can you get shadow banned for removing too many at a time ?

[@Highseasonco]

Not that we've seen, no. Potentially you could get action blocked so keep it to 60 actions per hour to be safe. - C

[@arielabr1993]

Hi, I’m constantly getting around 300 bots following me. I always delete them and then they pop up again after a few hours exactly to the same amount I had before I deleted. They are 100% fake bots. I never purchased any new followers but why is this happening and how do I prevent it from following me again?! Thanks!!

[@Highseasonco]

Hey Ariel, that's really strange that they keep coming back. Did you ever buy followers perhaps, and the company just keeps pushing them back? There's not much you can do really, except to make your account private, which you may not want to do if it's for a brand. - C

[@arielabr1993]

@@Highseasonco hi there! Thank you for your reply! I did something different. I changed the username just very slightly (just added a period in between the words), and now they do not show up ;))

[@Highseasonco]

@@arielabr1993 Amazing! Could be your old account was scheduled to always be sent fake accounts by one of those shady companies. Glad you figured it out :)

[@LulluNatic]

It's not really helping me a lot loI. I think I have a lot of followers who are not fake accounts but for some reason don't interact with me. Do they even see my posts? I don't know 🙃 But if I have to check every follower's action (have they ever liked or commented one of my posts, have they ever dmed me, have they reacted to a story) it's gonna take me forever. I actually did it for 2 hours a few days ago and could only check about 60 followers and remove 40 but I can't do it for every single of my 800 followers 😩

[@Highseasonco]

This video is definitely aimed at smaller accounts, as the larger ones might want to take an alternate, more risky route. You just need to use your best estimate as to whether the account is fake or dormant, or just doesn't engage. Thanks for watching - C

[@CrackaLackTV]

I don't have the remove follower option. Only block, report, etc.

[@Highseasonco]

Interesting. Can you go into your followers and remove from there, as opposed to the first way? - C

[@CrackaLackTV]

@@Highseasonco yeah that way worked. Also got an update and new look of the instagram layout yesterday so maybe that fixed it

[@FarriedaSmit]

Can’t we do this in mass? I feel like using the delete app for this might makes my account look like a bot by instagram, doing by hand is time consuming

[@Highseasonco]

Hi, unfortunately there's no way that we know of to do it automatically. If you connected any third-party software to your IG, it could result it in getting banned, a strike or removed as there are no approved software that does this for you. - C

[@applegate451]

Hello, i have a business account and i have 15k followers. I believe almost 10k are bots or inactive accounts. Everyday i try to block them but people keep on following me which lead me back to square one. Would it be better if i put my business page on private so that i can get rid of these bots? Thank you

[@Highseasonco]

Hi Maria, I definitely wouldn't recommend that you put a business account on private. It's a matter of just attacking it day by day, removing the followers as they come in and tackling the removal of bots when you can. - C

[@applegate451]

@@Highseasonco Thank you so much :)

[@raidamack1054]

It’s strange because I can take my page off private and 40 people will follow me at a time and the number keeps getting higher and higher as I remove them. I can’t risk putting my page on private because I have a business. I remove them but they keep popping up. What should I do? It’s been happening for a year now.

[@Highseasonco]

There's not much any of us can do about the spam accounts. I've been seeing them on my personal and client accounts more than ever lately, all I do is remove them as a follower immediately. It's annoying, I truly empathize, we just haven't found any other solution than just removing them as they come. - C

[@Thejordanenthusiast]

Very informative video. I did some spring cleaning on my account, a lot of bot accounts had to be removed along with regular IG users who never really engaged in my content; most would only watch the stories but never liked, shared or commented. Definitely gets annoying because there ain’t a purpose following people if you’re basically gonna ignore them. Now would it be a bad thing if I wrote on my bio that genuine followers get a follow back and a shoutout? Also, I want to reduce the amount of ghost likers coming to my page (users that like and comment my post/posts but don’t follow). What’s the best way to combat that, especially the ones that sweep my account with likes and ones who constantly return to it?

[@Highseasonco]

Thanks for the kind words. I wouldn't recommend putting the "follow back" in your bio, it makes you look like a spam account. There's no particular way to stop anyone liking your posts really, only thing I can think of is your hashtags might be attracting them - C

[@Thejordanenthusiast]

@@Highseasonco Thanks for the response. I’ll have to figure out a way to get more of my followers (that aren’t bots) to genuinely be engaged in my content. To me it’s meaningless if you get a lot of followers, but the bulk of likes come from non followers; I feel that kinda hurts the growth. I guess when you have thousands or millions of followers it doesn’t matter, but it’s hard to ignore when you have a smaller number of them. Not trying to be Insta-famous, but I’m not trying to average 11 likes per post.

[@LishMissy]

The reach on my account it slow low on an IG account because I am trying to use a 7 yr old account to now be a content creator. I used your service and I have about 6k ghost followers on a 20K account and almost no reach. Is my page just trash and should I start over? Or should I take the 40 days to remove them slowly at 150 a day and then my engagement and reach should improve?

[@Highseasonco]

If you're willing to take the time to remove the ghost followers, it could be worth a try. The work won't stop there, you'll still need to do daily engagement, post consistently, use all the features etc and hopefully things will kick back in, I can't promise, though. Completely up to you, as there's never a guarantee which will it will go. - C

[@elsonpllumbi451]

If you have bought followers and likes is your account permanently damaged or will it return to normal once you remove them and stop fake traffic?

[@Highseasonco]

From my understanding, it's possible to bring it back. Best bet would be to use this method in this video to completely remove all fake followers, and then apply our other strategies (posting regularly, use our 3 tag approach, high quality content, daily engagement etc). There should be no reason you can't turn it around. - C

[@elsonpllumbi451]

@@Highseasonco Thank you!

[@Highseasonco]

@@elsonpllumbi451 Pleasure, and good luck!

[@TheRealAviAmour]

No do we do it in bulk?

[@Highseasonco]

We'd advise to keep the actions to around 60 per hour to avoid getting action blocked. That way you can slowly work your way through them. - C

[@LAKatwoman]

My account started getting DROVES of bots! I had to put my account to private bec it was literally in thousands its creeping me out. Spamguard is taking forever to scan

[@Highseasonco]

That's wild, really unfortunate because there's nothing you can do. I hope you got rid of them! - C

[@karthikkeya7592]

I counted manually it is showing 128 followers in my Instagram but the number of followers on my screen shows 148 followers how is it possible?????

[@Highseasonco]

Sometimes there's glitches with the count, maybe try updating the app. - C

[@twmissmt]

I went from 4400 followers to over 10k in ONE DAY! I'm not going to go through over 6k ghost followers one at a time to evaluate and remove them ... is there no other method to identify and remove ghost followers!!??

[@Highseasonco]

Amazing growth! There's currently no IG approved way to do this automatically. Using any sort of third party service would put your account at risk so it really depends how much you value your account - C

[@tushardevendra]

is there any limit for removing followers??

[@Highseasonco]

Hi Tushar, no limit overall but you'll need to keep it to under 60 per hour so you don't get action blocked.- C

[@maryspencer8039]

I have a lot of fake followers with a 150k Insta account. Not sure what to do with this?

[@Highseasonco]

Wow, that's quite the predicament. You could slowly remove the fake followers over time while continuing to post regularly and do daily engagement to slowly but surely get things back in order. It won't be fast, though, but it may be worth it. - C

[@ClartGabriel]

I'm removing ghost followers on my account and how to remove the private accs? It's hard to know if it's an active account or fake/inactive

[@Highseasonco]

That's part of the challenge - guessing whether the private account is a ghost/fake follower or just someone private. You'd have to use your best judgement on those ones. - C

[@ClartGabriel]

I don't know if I can still fix my account and my engagement rate is only 1% I have a lot of ghost followers to remove for a 100k followers account

[@2knaruto]

Hi hopefully you guys can answer, but is there a daily limit on removing followers like this? Just dont want to be action blocked.

[@Highseasonco]

Hi, there's a limit of around 60-100 actions per hour, so keep it around the 60 mark and you'll be fine. - C

[@ryloagnb]

i’ve had my instagram account since 2014, I have 960 followers but only get around 100 likes so that’s why i’m here. Also can anybody tell me why I can’t see likes anymore?!?

[@Highseasonco]

Removing those ghost followers will help a ton. Almost no accounts can see likes now, Instagram removed that a year or so back. Sometimes, some accounts can still see them but it's rare. They were trying to remove the emphasis on vanity metrics to help mental health and to stop people from liking posts just because they're already popular. - C

[@DerekVidell]

Inactive followers don't hurt your reach they only aeffect your engagement percentage (engagement/followers) which is completely a vanity metric. Removing followers to make this equation look better does nothing for you. There are 0 reasons you should remove a follower outside of harassment because most of the bot accounts you will remove are real people using an account with no profile picture or posts which is completely normal.

[@Highseasonco]

Hi Derek, thanks for sharing your thoughts. We broke our reasons down in the video. Thanks for watching - C

[@Dan-ol7ed]

Yeah. OR they're actually malicious and will steal your content to sell on some shitty t-shirts from Alibaba.

[@jelly.1899]

That's what I am thinking too. Isn't Instagram just checking the engagement based on how many have SEEN your post to the ones that engaged with it? Why would Instagram do it on a follower count level when the data for SEEN Vs interaction is way more reliable. Is there 'proof' that an 10.000 account performs better when removed 2.000 inactive ones, that wouldn't have seen the post anyway and hence would not deminish your view to like engagement. (It number you see in insights. "People reached")

[@lisasonnenberg3687]

I accidentally removed my friend, can you somehow "unremove" them?

[@Highseasonco]

There's no way to 'unremove' them, you'll have to tell them you accidentally removed them as a follower and ask them to refollow. - C

You mentioned “it’s a theory” what is a theory?

[@Highseasonco]

Like the definition of the word "theory"? It's like an educated guess based on the information available, being that Instagram hadn't expressly detailed how it works. - C

@@Highseasonco Ahh, I see so the ghost followers possibly effecting ones account is the theory.

[@Highseasonco]

@ Correct! - C

@@Highseasonco Gotcha! Thx!

[@LeslieMorse-xm5nq]

How do I remove many followers at once please

[@Highseasonco]

Hi Leslie, you'd need to do it manually one-by-one. There's no way that we're aware of (that Instagram approves of) to remove followers en masse. - C

[@lg7593]

The problema that I have isthat I don't want this persona on my Instagram messages. I already block her then she estilo appearing on my másteres yet I can't see her account nos, so How can I get riddoff her completly?!!!! Someone can help.me pleaseeeee!!!!

[@rjsiddhantcg]

Is there a limit on how many ghost followers we can remove in a day ?

[@Highseasonco]

Not that I'm aware of. It may come under the ~60 actions per hour limit as per commenting and liking, so it may be wise to stick to that. - C

[@rjsiddhantcg]

@@Highseasonco I removed 3k+ ghost followers in 1 day and didn't get any warning yet

[@Highseasonco]

@@rjsiddhantcg That's amazing! That must mean it doesn't count as an action, then. Thanks so much for letting me know! - C

[@summerchristie9753]

Hi!! Bots have reached my accounts and I’ve had 1000 followers in the past day? what shall i do?

[@Highseasonco]

Wow, that's kind of crazy. I'd suggest to remove them bit by bit over a few weeks. - C

[@ActiveMuse]

Hey, thank you for video! Looking for advice. Few months ago I decided to change my account language to English. Unfortunately, looks like about 90% of my 11k fallowers don't speak or understand English. Only few interact. Questions is should I just start new acc from scratch or delete all fallowers? Would love to keep all my posts, what's why things about only deleting all instead of new.

[@Highseasonco]

Hi, you're welcome! So I'd suggest not to waste the 11k audience you worked so hard to build. You could keep this account in your native language, and start a fresh account in English (even reusing all the same content but with English captions). Alternatively, you could make it bilingual with a caption in both languages so both audiences are catered for. Hope that helps! :) - C

[@tinolindberg4917]

How do i delet them all i follow 7000 accounts i dont know how. Takes forever to delete one by one

[@Highseasonco]

The way we suggest is to do it one by one. If you use a third party app to help you, you'd be putting your account at risk as Instagram has explicitly said not to do that. - C

[@SJ-kf5ts]

How many per day? Is any limit to remove? I don’t want a ban

[@Highseasonco]

Great question! Usually the limit is somewhere between 60-100 actions per hour (not per day), so I'd suggest to stick to 50-60 actions (unfollows) each hour and do it slowly so you're not action blocked. - C

[@SJ-kf5ts]

@@Highseasonco ♥️thank you so much

[@charbelsalloum77]

how many followers could we remove per day?

[@Highseasonco]

Approximately 60 per hour, based on their action blocking rules. - C

[@alexandros5963]

How to remove followers who isn’t active ( don’t watch my stories and don’t like on my photos )

[@Highseasonco]

That's what this video is about! - C

[@elsonpllumbi451]

What if you have over 200k followers? How would those people do this, no time for that.

[@Highseasonco]

At that level of followers, you're right, you can't do anything about it. All accounts with a large following have a certain % of bots following them. All our content is aimed at folks who are earlier in their growth journey. - C

[@karangrewal_]

I want to remove those followers that are not engaging with my content, posts or stories. How do i remove those ?

[@Highseasonco]

By using the methods in the video! Determining who those people are is a different story, it'd be educated guesses for the most part. You'd have to see who is regularly engaging and who isn't, and remove those who aren't. - C

[@hol-p1l]

Some people advice against doing this because supposedly Instagram doesn’t want you to manually remove followers. Is this accurate ?

[@Highseasonco]

Wow, that's a wild claim. Instagram gave us the option, it's built into the app, therefore that tells us that it's completely fine. They have explicitly said they don't like third party apps, however. - C

[@hol-p1l]

Awesome. Thank you so much for the clarification! 🙏🏻

[@Nonameatall.333]

Heyy should I remove or just unfollow the ppl that don’t like my post I’m at 11.7k followers their all real followers & I average about 300-400+ likes sometimes more sometimes less. Should I unfollow or remove those ppl??

[@Highseasonco]

Hi, you don't need to remove people who don't like your posts necessarily (this is more focused on accounts that are fake/bots), however if you have accounts that you know for sure don't engage with you ever, you could get some value by removing them. - C

[@Nonameatall.333]

@@Highseasonco I’m following 1.9k ppl that are real but a lot of them don’t like my post at all I think it’s silent haters lol…. So should I unfollow the ones who never like my post? Or remove them?

[@Primetime_dads]

Do you do this for people, like delete a mass amount

[@Highseasonco]

We don't, there's no way that we're aware of to mass remove ghost followers without putting your account at risk. It's a manual process that just takes time. - C

[@satabdiroymusic5645]

Hi, this is such an informative video. But I have a query and I am just unable to find an answer to this. I have a musician account with 500 followers. I actually made a mistake of buying 100 bot followers from a random website and removed all the bot followers immediately the next day when i realised its hurting my engagement. I still have a low reach which was pretty good few days back. Do you think I should permanently delete the account and start a new one or just continue with it since I have cleaned up the mess.

[@Highseasonco]

Hi, so you shouldn't need to delete the account. It can be saved by posting high quality, engaging content regularly and consistently, doing daily organic engagement, focusing on Reels, etc. Keep going! - C

[@bepowerful7577]

Hi, I will grow your IG account organically

[@jk7878]

So you think trawling through 1000s of accounts manually is the best way to remove ghost followers...jeez bad advice

[@Highseasonco]

Absolutely. Any third party app you connect will put you in bad standing with Instagram. Thanks for watching. - C

[@patelvarsha9089]

I have 1.5k followers on instagram but I don't know daily I got 50 followers which are fake Id's so I want to remove all the followers who have fake id plz help!

[@Highseasonco]

Use the tips in this video to remove them!

[@zariyarai]

I removed 2k+ ghost and bot followers, amd new 300 came 30 min after that. Why is this happening? Please help as i can't keep my account private being a writer.

[@Highseasonco]

Wow that's super odd, there might be someone targeting your account as that's highly unusual. Maybe get rid of them then go private for 24 hours and see if any more come in. That might deter them. - C

[@VaunKing]

You say its just a theory… but did it work for you?

[@Highseasonco]

It sure did! - C

[@ttlovesyooh]

Is there a mass unfollow app?

[@Highseasonco]

Not that we're aware of. We wouldn't recommend one, as it might put your account at risk. Only use apps that are approved by Instagram to guarantee that your account won't get suspended. - C

[@arushibajpai4147]

Is there reach decrease if I remove my ghost followers also??

[@Highseasonco]

Hi Arushi, no there wouldn't be, as the ghost followers are actually decreasing your reach themselves, so removing them only helps! - C

[@Nonameatall.333]

Heyy should I remove or just unfollow the ppl that don’t like my post I’m at 11.7k followers their all real followers & I average about 300-400+ likes sometimes more sometimes less. Should I unfollow or remove those ppl? Please get back with me bro 💯

[@Nonameatall.333]

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[@justmyopinion1098]

What if I have like 4000 ghost followers?

[@Highseasonco]

Instagram explicitly said they don't want us attaching third-party apps to our accounts. The only way to do it is slowly and manually. If you do attach a third-party app, you'd be putting your account at risk so it depends how much you're willing to test them. - C

[@brettida3936]

thanks! an I just checked my account and found some already after looking 2 minutes!!!!

[@Highseasonco]

Awesome! Glad this helped, thanks Brett! - C

[@avilorenfox]

Hi there! Since you posted this video, have you come across a way to do this in bulk? I have 9000 followers and I'm pretty sure there are a few thousand that are fake... Which is a lot of manual labor!

[@Highseasonco]

Hi Avi! Unfortunately we haven't, Instagram has said that they don't want us using third party apps so to use anything would put your account at risk. The manual process is annoying, but I doubt that there would even be a software available that could determine whether an account is real or fake/ghost - it feels like something a human has to do. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news! - C

[@Flaura2710]

Try to do it per letter, it’s much easier to follow tracks of your removal. I Have a list in my notes with all letters and I put a ✔️ when I’m done with the letter. It’s motivating haha

[@abbiestokes8403]

I have great reach currently but I havent had any followers

[@Highseasonco]

That would mean that the content is being shown to people but it's not converting, so I'd suggest that you keep switching up the content, always be testing, until you land on something that's converting viewers to followers. - C

[@CamperIV]

Bruh what is this, has Instagram become a full time job? I'm supposed to scroll through 2000 followers and decide which one is fake and which one is real? And manually still remove them? Thats gonna take me a while week. This is useless I'm sorry. I'm personally getting sick of Instagram, you're supposed to be active 24/7, post all the time, do reels otherwise it won't promote you, engage all the time. So basically social media 5 hours a day wow, epic.

[@Highseasonco]

Thanks for your feedback. Sounds like this method isn't for you. It was aimed at people with smaller followings that would be more manageable. The thing is, Instagram has constructed it this way in that if you connect a third party app to your account, you can get your account banned or worse, so this is technically the only way to do it. Thanks for watching. - C

[@CamperIV]

@@Highseasonco Oh yeah, I totally agree with that. It's the only "technically correct" way, I got my acc shadow banned because I connected it to a 3rd party, I just can't remove thousands of people manually sadly :D Oh well I mean who cares, it's just stupid IG honestly. Life is much more than that.

[@Vanessa-ot2lb]

I SEE POEPLE MENTIONING PEOPLE ON LIVE INSTAGRAM HOW DO YOU DO THAT ??

[@Highseasonco]

Hi, I'm not sure what you mean by this. You can just type their @ in the comments field but I don't think that results in a tag. - C

[@cosmeticsandpurseswithevelyn]

Going one by one to check their accounts is impossible. Instagram had their own way to unfollow INACTIVE accounts why not show us that?!

[@Highseasonco]

Hi Evelyn, I wouldn't say it's impossible, just an arduous task. We've never heard of any way to unfollow inactive accounts automatically, if we ever hear about that we'll certainly share it. Thanks for watching - C

[@hunterorion9446]

sir if im getting about 1200 reach and 300+ likes on my every art post on my account of 1600 people ....is it good enough or should i try something else .......because i usually get about 5-10 followers daily ........could you give me some tips

[@naderelchoubassi3561]

Hello, can we remove as many followers per day as we want or is there a limit ? Thanks

[@Highseasonco]

Hey Nader, usually it's between 60-100 actions per hour (they never confirmed the exact number but we've heard both). So if you keep it under those limits, you can do it once an hour and you won't get action blocked. - C

[@chanelshannin]

Hi I know this video is old but Im just seeing it! Great content btw I subscribed because im trying to transition my account to fitness and you guys have sooo much useful information so thank you! But my question is, after I’ve gotten rid of all the fake/bot followers in your opinion should I remove all the followers who haven’t engaged in forever? Or give them a chance maybe they never saw my post with the bots?

[@Highseasonco]

Hi Chanel! Thanks for the kind words :) You'd be safe to give the followers who haven't engaged a chance to come back and engage with you, it'd also be helpful to start posting consistently (stick to a schedule that works for you) and try some daily organic engagement (where you like/comment on approx. 60 posts an hour a few times a day to attract people to your account, preferably right after you post). Thanks so much for watching! - C

[@MaggieMumblesThings]

What do you recommend when someone follows you who is a private account? How can you know if they're real?

[@Highseasonco]

Great question! Tough to know for sure. You'd have to make your best guess based on the profile photo and bio. Fake accounts are almost always immediately obvious. - C

[@minimum2983]

Real or fake really doesn't matter. All that matters is those followers are not engaging with your post and they will never like any. They are stoping your outreach and harming your engagement if you are an influencer then it is a great headache.

[@tbrogna]

Good tips for removing them - but how do we prevent the spam followers in the first place? The bots need to key in on an aspect of your account that triggers the follow, but my account has been scrubbed for anything I can imagine that would attract bot follows from around the world, and they still come in. Any idea what might be causing this??? (note: this is only one account out of the 30+ legit accounts I've even managed. I've never had this problem until last month!)

[@Highseasonco]

Hey Anthony, thanks for the kind words. Great question - typically they used to come from spammy hashtags (#followforfollow, #shareforshare etc), but sometimes they seem to randomly attack accounts. I've never heard of any particular reason why, it literally could just be random, we've had comments from folks before in similar situations and there didn't seem to be any correlation. If we hear anything, I'll circle back. - C

[@tbrogna]

@@Highseasonco Thanks - I agree, I think I'm a random account target at this point. Going to try turning to a private account again for a week and see if the requests stop thereafter. Please LMK if you have a fresh idea on something I can try!

[@MuslimahScribblerNJ]

As I only have 1650 followers ...I'll wait until I grow a little more. It was a dead 2 year old account that I recently returned too. Grew it from 700... sooo have 700 dead weights 😩😅 likes hit around 140 a post on average. Could be worse... but my reach is becoming low. It makes me want to start from scratch. But I'm learning to have patience and keep engaging. Can clean it up when it's a lil more substantial. Thanks for sharing your tips and advise .

[@Highseasonco]

I'd suggest to clean it up now before it gets too much of a weight for you to want to bother. 700 potential ghost/dormant followers isn't bad at all, but the longer you leave it, the more work it'll be. Pleasure, and thank you for watching! - C

[@watercolorsofmidnight6373]

Ohh I can relate!! I have a 1560 followers art acc. It is about 1 year old. I grew using the follow - unfollow method for a bit. But then I stopped since it didn't make sense too me. I get around 170 likes or 200 in a good post. Which is only 10% of my followers. I want to clean up but I am afraid I ended up with no followers and deleting people is not easy. Also I would love to know if it actually helps?

[@kellyh9250]

I’ve removed them from My business account but I leave it 30 Mins then still they come back how do I get them to stop

[@Highseasonco]

That could mean that there's a company forcing fake accounts on you, which I've seen happen before. Have you ever dealt with a company who does this sort of thing? - C

[@kellyh9250]

@@Highseasonco no I haven’t like I’m just starting my business and I’m getting over 500 follows and I delete and new ones come back I believe

[@Highseasonco]

@@kellyh9250 Wow, that's super strange. I'd suggest to reach out to Facebook Help: facebook.com/business/help/support

[@LDenise27]

Love these tips about to do this right now!

[@Highseasonco]

Thank you, Sherri! :) - C

[@baileyjames98]

I had 300 followers, did this and now I have 125 😂 over half of my followers were either fake or inactive accounts.

[@Highseasonco]

Better to start from a position of strength with 125 followers who actually care vs another 175 fake accounts who just ruin your engagement! Great work - C

[@Dan-ol7ed]

Good riddance

[@jelly.1899]

And what happens to your likes? Did you see a difference after deleting more than half?

[@baileyjames98]

@@jelly.1899 no difference to my likes as my profile is public so likes stay the same. If your profile is private then you may see a difference :)

[@jelly.1899]

@@Highseasonco Would love your comment on this

[@Universal035]

Can someone explain why instagram removes all my followers?

[@Highseasonco]

Hey there, could you expand on that? The only explanation for Instagram removing followers is that those followers are bots/fake accounts. - C

[@Universal035]

@@Highseasonco I try to follow a minimum of 30 legit people daily but no luck in having followers.

[@Highseasonco]

@@Universal035 Are you doing the follow/unfollow method? It sounds like that's what you may be doing, that's everything we preach not to do.

[@Universal035]

@@Highseasonco Yeah 😔😞 I'm struggling.

[@Highseasonco]

@@Universal035 Definitely not optimal. We have a video on why you shouldn't be using that strategy - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3mrfIqhrMymh68

[@AkinBelieve]

So delete them manually...? That’s just insane when you have a fairly large account, say, 50k+

[@Highseasonco]

Correct. This tactic isn't aimed at folks with large followings, but there currently is no other way Instagram allows to do it based on their rules for third party apps, unfortunately. - C

[@MauratenHoopen]

Thanks again! Another great video with very clear steps 👌🏻🤓

[@Highseasonco]

Thank you Maura, so much appreciated! - C

[@CamillePaigeMusic]

He never said how to unfollow on bulk🙄

[@Highseasonco]

There's no way to do it in bulk, unfortunately. This is a super manual method. Instagram has explicitly said they don't want third party apps to be connected to do this, you'd be putting your account at risk. - C

[@dan.c_latte]

The new update for ig really sux so don't update....but first we need to accumulate enough followers to then get rid off those ghost followers...if not our numbers gonna look thin...

[@Highseasonco]

Fair point - though at the same time, it's always better for your performance to just not have any ghost followers on the account, whether you have 50 or 50,000 followers. - C

[@BeautyQueen-cf5pg]

How do you remove without getting blocked

[@Highseasonco]

If you stick to about 60 actions per hour, you won't set off the action block. It's a slow grind of a process but it's guaranteed to work with no issues for your account. Thanks for watching! - C

[@mayitogonzales748]

Great video, one question, do they get notified if u remove them?

[@Highseasonco]

Thanks Mayito. No, they don't get notified at all so you're safe :) - C

[@blacksoulgamingyt1411]

I hope Instagram does not ban me for using Quickfollowz. I received so many Instagram followers, and I'm starting to worry that they might ban me.

[@mohthenics]

i graduated from collage before the guy started the video

[@Highseasonco]

Sorry I wasn't fast enough for you! Context is important to us. You can always skip forward :) Thanks for watching! - C

[@Yikkoofficial]

I found out a way to do this . I’m watching this video to see if he does it the same way. I’m hoping to help everyone reach out their followers too.

[@Highseasonco]

I hope our method is helpful! - C

[@christianmartinez7558]

Bro you ain’t show me how to remove in bulk

[@Highseasonco]

Hi Christian, there's no way to remove them in bulk, unfortunately, at least a way that won't ruin your account. - C

[@AlexMaureira]

Guys you are so easy to follow.....and even english ins not my mother language

[@Highseasonco]

Thank you so much, Alex! Genuinely appreciated. Thanks for watching. - C

[@ElisePink]

Thank You

[@Highseasonco]

You're so welcome! - C

[@lupe77]

Yea that’s me

[@illeitog1453]

What did I just watch ?

[@Highseasonco]

A video about how to remove ghost followers. Thanks for watching! - C

[@tikiortaka]

Missed the part where you showed how to bulk remove ghost followers.

[@Highseasonco]

There's no way that we're aware of that you can bulk remove Instagram ghost followers without putting your account at risk, hence this video being focused on manually removing followers. You can risk connecting a third-party app to your account to mass remove followers, but Instagram may strike your account for doing that, so that's up to you. Thanks for watching. - C

[@carliferdian2761]

Okay

[@Highseasonco]

Okay indeed - C

[@itsKosherLife]

I used to use an app. But it sucks now. So I KZbind how to remove ghost followers & after watchin long non helpful videos I found your video!!! Thank you brooo! Lol simple quick & easy tutorial! Keep it going. I’m finna subscribe rn! 🤣🤣🤣🙏🏽 GOD BLESS

[@Highseasonco]

Awesome! So welcome, really glad it helped, keen to see that engagement go right back up. Appreciate you my guy! - C

[@usamaloqman8404]

Not helpful

[@Highseasonco]

Sorry to disappoint you, Usama. Thanks for watching! :) - C

[@glorysempire531]

shortly before commenting here i was looking at the text of my sister’s IG account..thanks to *Rowland_crack* on IG

[@706bxby4]

Remove my followers ???? Immm good . Need all mine 😭

[@Highseasonco]

No problem, if you ever have fake/bot followers, you can always refer back :) Thanks for watching! - C

[@TheSoundYouDontNeed]

thanks for nothing

[@Highseasonco]

Sorry to hear that this video didn't help. Thanks for watching! - C

[@tlotlomangope7778]

I do follow unfollow and it has help me gain 1000 followers

[@Highseasonco]

It allows you to gain followers in the short term but you lose serious engagement, and those followers don't stick around over time. - C

[@tlotlomangope7778]

@@Highseasonco how do I gain followers legitimately every day then? I took your advice and I’m unfollowing everyone who’s not active

[@Highseasonco]

@@tlotlomangope7778 We call it "proactive daily engagement", where you spend time every hour going through followers of influencesr/brands/competitors or hashtags and engage with people (like, comment but don't follow) who are likely to follow you. We've done a few videos about this in our growth playlist! - C

[@tlotlomangope7778]

@@Highseasonco okay thanks I’ll try it out

[@Nonameatall.333]

??

[@Highseasonco]

Happy to take questions! - C

[@Nonameatall.333]

@@Highseasonco I’m following 1.9k ppl that are real but a lot of them don’t like my post at all I think it’s silent haters lol…. So should I unfollow the ones who never like my post? Or remove them? Because I could be getting wayyy more likes if they’ve liked it and was active

[@Highseasonco]

@@Nonameatall.333 That's definitely something you could do, if they're never engaging then having them as your followers provides no value to you, and clearly your content isn't valuable to them or they'd engage. It's a call you'd have to make but it sounds smart to me! - C

[@Beyond_trade]

So much talk no practical way!

[@Highseasonco]

Did you try what I said in the video? It works, to this day. Literally tap the dots next to the name under Followers then select Remove Follower - C

[@Beyond_trade]

@Highseasonco yes the first method is in the app i think all of us know. But the other method isn't time worthy especially on big accounts. And neither of these methods are good for old accounts with lots of other ghost followers.

[@glenraymond379]

wtf?...

[@Highseasonco]

Happy to answer any questions. - C