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Unfollow Checker
See who unfollowed you on Instagram and Threads. No login
11 followers
See who unfollowed you on Instagram and Threads. No login
11 followers
Find who unfollowed you and who doesn't follow you back on Instagram and Threads. No password — your data export is processed locally in your browser.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Andrii, a solo dev from Ukraine.
I got curious about who'd unfollowed me and went looking for a tool. Every single one wanted my Instagram password, or an OAuth scope that could post on my behalf.
Unfollow Checker runs on the official data export Meta is legally required to give you.
How it works:
Request your archive: Instagram → Accounts Center → Your information and permissions → Download your information. Choose either JSON or HTML.
Meta emails you a .zip. Usually fast, but it can take a while for bigger accounts.
Drop that .zip on the page. Done.
You get:
→ who unfollowed you
→ who never followed back
→ who's new
→ Instagram and Threads, from the same archive
No password. No OAuth. No account. No upload. Everything is parsed in your browser.
One honest catch: Instagram doesn't include unfollow history in the export, so your first run is just a baseline. Export again in a few weeks and you'll see exactly who left.
There's a demo on made-up data: https://unfollowchecker.com/demo. It won't tell you anything about your own account, it just shows the interface and what the result looks like.
Free, no signup.
Drop your requests in the comments — I'll be around.
Love that everything runs locally — actually trust tools like this way more. One thing I'd kill for: a way to see when someone unfollowed me over time, not just a current snapshot, so I can spot patterns like who ghosts after big posts.
@lkercmt2 Appreciate that — not wanting your password was the whole idea from the start.
The nice thing is, it already supports tracking changes over time: save your current export as a baseline, then upload a newer one later, and it'll show you who unfollowed you since then, along with a trend chart. Each snapshot is tied to its export date, so the more regularly you export your data, the more accurately you can narrow down when someone unfollowed.
The only thing I can't provide is the exact moment someone unfollowed you. Instagram simply doesn't expose that information.
So it all comes down to comparing snapshots: if someone appears in an older export but is missing from a newer one, they unfollowed you sometime between those two exports. If you export your data right after a big post, that time window becomes small enough to get a pretty good idea of who disappeared.
Love that this runs locally and doesn't ask for your password, that's a huge plus. One thing I'd love to see is a small history view so I can see when someone unfollowed me over time instead of just the current snapshot. Would make spotting patterns way easier.
@oktaydpmi Thanks Oktay, good point. This is actually supported now.
You can track the dynamics for unfollows, new follows, and non-mutual follows over time. The only thing is that you need to upload archives regularly, and to show the changes on a chart, the app needs at least 2 uploaded archives to compare.
the local processing thing is genuinely nice, no sketchy password stuff. found like 40 people who unfollowed me, ouch but at least now i know.
@zkanuslubazjmq Ha, the first check is always a bit rough. But 40 is basically a clean-up — better to know who's really there. Glad you liked the no-password part, that was the whole point.
love that it runs everything locally without needing your password, feels like the right call for something this personal. clean execution honestly.
@buket118640 Thanks Buket, really appreciate it.
Keeping everything local was the main decision behind the product — for something as personal as follower data, I didn’t want people to trade privacy for a simple answer.
Processing everything locally in the browser is a smart call, especially since asking for an Instagram password these days feels like a scam waiting to happen. Nice work on making something useful without the sketchy trade-offs.
@dceteli47457 Appreciate that, Dilan. That was exactly the balance I was trying to hit: useful enough to answer the question, without asking for a password, OAuth access, or storing anyone’s data.
The export flow is a little less “instant”, but I think it’s the safer trade-off for this kind of tool.