Mass Unfollow for X: A Conservative Cleanup Plan for a Long Following List
A first pass for your desktop following list, with the tier facts as displayed on September 12, 2026, and the safety claims marked as maker-reported
Image: Social Media Analytics ( Retweets and Followers) for January to September 2023 by Olaniyan Olushola, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cleaning up a long X following list by hand means clicking through it one account at a time. Mass Unfollow for X automates that work with a browser extension: it unfollows accounts in bulk from your X following list, working from the X session already open in your desktop browser, and keeps a floating progress widget with pause and stop controls on screen.
The extension runs on desktop Chrome, Edge, and Brave. The vendor's compatibility note states that mobile browsers on Android and iOS do not support extensions, so a phone alone cannot run it. The product facts below come from its homepage, its about page, and its Chrome Web Store listing, captured on September 12, 2026.
How the extension runs, and what setup requires
The store description says no login is required and that the extension works with your existing X session. Separately, every plan requires an account on the vendor's own site for license management and security, and the extension activates when you enter a license key from the dashboard.
The homepage lays out four setup steps:
- Create an account on the vendor site.
- Get a license in the dashboard, free tier or paid.
- Install the extension from the Chrome Web Store and enter the license key.
- Open X and start the cleanup from the extension.
The store listing, as captured on September 12, 2026, shows version 1.1.1, updated March 19, 2026, 106 users, 4.6 out of 5 from 13 ratings, an "Offers in-app purchases" flag, and a non-trader disclosure stating that the developer has not identified itself as a trader and that EU consumer rights do not apply to contracts with it. Store figures like these are a one-day snapshot and change over time. The about page identifies the builder as Max Petrusenko.
Deciding which accounts get removed
The extension offers two removal scopes, both on the free tier. Safe mode, tagged as recommended on the homepage, unfollows only the accounts that do not follow you back. The unfollow-everyone option works through the entire list. The FAQ advises most users to start by removing non-followers, which it calls the simplest first pass and usually the easiest to review. The recommendation is the vendor's.
Filters and the whitelist are paid features. The homepage lists the paid set as a whitelist plus filters for inactivity, followers, ratio, account age, tweet frequency, verified status, avatars, and bio keywords; the free tier's captured feature list does not include them. Paid plans also unlock advanced settings such as batch size, delays, and breaks, along with start position and pre-scroll controls. The store describes the whitelist as Whitelist Protection, which protects important accounts from being unfollowed. A floating widget carries progress, an activity log, and pause, resume, and stop controls.
Safety, as described by the maker
The about page describes the extension as safe, rate-limited automation with clear controls and optional advanced filters. The claimed safeguards are built-in limits and breaks, randomized delays between unfollows described as protection against rate limits, whitelist protection, and local processing, stated in the store as all data staying on the device and nothing sent to external servers. None of those statements has an independent evaluation in the material captured for this article; they are the maker's descriptions of how the tool behaves.
The FAQ gives no daily figure, stating there is no universal public safe number of unfollows per day for every account and advising conservative starts and pauses.
The store listing's data-use section shows the extension handling a single category, website content, and carries the developer's declaration that the data is not sold to third parties, not used for purposes unrelated to the tool's core functionality, and not used to determine creditworthiness or for lending. The declaration is the developer's own text displayed by the store; the privacy policy it links was not among the pages reviewed for this article.
Running a conservative first pass
- Confirm the current terms. Vendor pages change, and the figures in this article are a snapshot from September 12, 2026; check the live terms before you rely on them.
- Start in safe mode. The recommended pass removes only accounts that do not follow you back. On a paid plan, build the whitelist before the first run; the free tier's captured feature list does not include the whitelist.
- Keep the pace slow. Use the built-in breaks and delays, keep the widget's pause and stop controls within reach, and follow the maker's conservative-start advice.
- Stop where you planned and review. Read the run's activity log before deciding what comes next; the unfollow-everyone mode and filter-driven passes are separate decisions.
Plans and prices, as displayed on September 12, 2026
The homepage prices three tiers.
- Free ($0). The homepage card lists 100 unfollows per day and one device activation. The Chrome Web Store description for the same tier says 10 unfollows per day. Both were shown on the same day, and this article cannot reconcile them; confirm the current allowance before you rely on either figure.
- Monthly ($4.99 per month). Unlimited unfollows, the advanced settings and filters described earlier, and up to three device activations.
- Yearly ($36 per year). Everything in the monthly tier and up to five device activations; the card labels it best value and states a 40 percent saving.
The homepage's upgrade advice is to start free and pay only if you need the advanced filters, longer sessions, or more device slots. The free tier covers a first cleanup on one machine, within its daily allowance; the monthly tier removes the cap and opens the filters for a focused cleanup period; the yearly tier suits cleanups you expect to repeat across the year.
A third-party console script
The captured material also includes a console script: a public GitHub repository under the MIT license that automates unfollowing non-followers from your following page. It needs no extension, no vendor account, and no license key; you open your following page, load profiles by scrolling, and paste the script into the browser's developer console, where it runs the removal loop and stops at its own limit.
Setup and browsers
- Extension: install from the Chrome Web Store with a license key; desktop Chrome, Edge, and Brave.
- Script: open
x.com/yourusername/following, scroll until 300 to 500 profiles have loaded, then paste the repository's code into the developer console; the README lists desktop Chrome, Firefox, and Edge.
Run controls and caps
- Extension: the safe-mode choice and paid filters from earlier, the widget's pause, resume, and stop, and the free daily allowance or unlimited unfollowing on paid tiers.
- Script: random delays, auto-scroll support, follow-back detection, a log of each username processed, and a stop at a self-imposed maximum of 190 unfollows per run, after which the README says to re-scroll and run it again.
Stated timing between unfollows
- Extension: randomized delays, with no numeric range given in the captured text.
- Script: 25 to 40 seconds in the README and 15 to 40 seconds in the repository description;
unfollow.jswas not inspected, so neither range is confirmed.
Licensing and project size
- Script: MIT license; a display of 15 stars, 4 forks, and 15 commits on GitHub, plus a use-at-your-own-risk note in the README.
Safety assertions and their evidence
- Extension: the maker-described safeguards covered earlier, offered as descriptions with no outside evaluation in the captured material.
- Script: asserts "Zero bans" and describes its cap as staying under X rate limits, citing no platform documentation or tests; the repository notes that X can change its interface at any time.
The extension suits a reader who wants an installed tool with a panel, filters, and stop controls, and who accepts a vendor account and possibly a subscription. The script suits a reader who is at home in the developer console, wants public code and no account, and can live with a capped run.
What remains unresolved, and the next decision
The free-tier allowance still needs confirming, since the two captured surfaces disagree. Independent evidence on safety or pacing for either vehicle was not found in the captured material. The captured material also contains nothing from X itself, so the article cannot say what the platform's rules permit for automated unfollowing.
That leaves a small next decision: run one conservative safe-mode pass and read its log before choosing among filters, a wider pass, and the other vehicle.
Sources
The facts in this article come from these pages, all captured on September 12, 2026.