How Can I Unfollow Anybody Who Unfollows Me on Twitter?

When you unfollow someone, his tweets will no longer appear in your timeline.

On Twitter, following relationships are not mutual by default. If you start following another user, you start receiving her updates in your timeline and grant her the ability to send you a direct message --- but she has to follow you back in order for her to see your tweets in her timeline or for you to be able to send her a direct message. If you prefer to keep your relationships as mutual as possible, you can use a third-party service to unfollow anybody who is not following you.

Instructions

1. Visit ManageFlitter at manageflitter.com. Log in with your Twitter account and click "Allow" when Twitter asks if you want to grant ManageFlitter access to your Twitter account. ManageFlitter will then show you a full list of users you are following who are not following you back. Check the box next to each user you want to unfollow. You can sort this list by follow date, number of followers, date of last tweet, alphabetically by username, whether a user has a profile picture and by other criteria. Click "Unfollow" to unfollow all checked accounts.

2. Visit Tweeter Karma at dossy.org/twitter/karma. Click "Sign in with Twitter" and log in with your Twitter credentials. Click "Allow." Click "Whack!" to start processing your account. Choose "Only Following" from the "Show" drop-down selector. This narrows the list of accounts shown to those that you are following, but that are not following you in return. Click "unfollow" next to each user whom you want to unfollow.

3. Visit Tweeting Machine at tweetingmachine.com. Log in using your Twitter account. Click the "Unfollow" icon. Click the "Find non-followers" button. Click the "Unfollow" button next to each user you want to stop following. His account will disappear from this list within a few seconds.

Tips & Warnings

• If you have thousands of following relationships, you may need to click "Whack!" two to three times on Tweeter Karma.

• Twitter does not allow third-party tools to provide "bulk unfollow" options or to automatically unfollow accounts as they unfollow you. You must complete all unfollow actions manually.

References

• Twitter Help Center: How to Unfollow Users
• Twitter Help Center: Twitter Help Center: Automation Rules and Best Practices

Resources

• ManageFlitter: Fast & Easy Unfollowing for Twitter
• Tweeter Karma: Your Tweeter Karma
• TweetingMachine: Twitter Tool, Schedule Tweets in Bulk, Unfollow Non-Followers