Having followers on your Facebook profile is an excellent feature for connecting with people, but it gets worse when you have followers you don’t know on your profile. More often than none, it opens the door for scammers, hackers, or Facebook junkies to gain access to your personal information and use it for harmful purposes for their benefit. Do you want to cut down the list of followers you have? This article was written to help show you steps to remove followers on Facebook.
Who Are Your Followers on Facebook?
People or users who have chosen to “follow” your profile or page to receive your updates are called Facebook followers. A user can choose to follow your page intentionally, and Facebook’s algorithm also makes it possible when a user merely likes your page. You can find out who follows you through these steps: This gives you an overview of who you have as a follower on your Facebook profile.
How To Remove Facebook Followers
There are several ways you can remove followers from your list, and we’d take a look at three methods that can be achieved from your mobile phone and your PC. Let’s jump right in.
Method #1: Change Your Privacy Settings
The first line of action is to have total control over who can follow you on your profile page through your privacy settings. Here are the steps on your mobile phone: Here are the steps on your PC: This action would restrict your followers to only those you know and are on your friend’s list.
Method #2: Block the User
Since forcing the user to unfollow you is not an option, you can block them. Blocking a user will automatically take them out of your follower’s list and restrict them from accessing your posts and updates. These are the steps to block a user on your mobile phone: These are the steps to block a user on your PC:
Method #3: Add the User to Your Restricted List
Another way to remove a follower on Facebook is to add them to your restricted list. Here are the steps to add a user to your restricted list: Restricting a follower would make them see only what you want to see.
Summary
This article shows three steps you can take to remove those particularly frustrating followers you have on your Facebook profile and have total control over who sees your updates.
