How to See Who Unfollowed You on X (Twitter), and Who Doesn't Follow Back
X (Twitter) does not have a built-in feature to show who unfollowed you. There is no notification, no tab, and no setting for it. The only way to know is to compare your follower list over time, either by hand or with a tool that takes snapshots.
Read this part first: X's 2023 API repricing killed a large share of the unfollower-tracking tools that older articles still recommend. UnfollowerStats, widely cited as the free option, has shut down, stating plainly that "the new API plans introduced by Twitter will not work for our operations." Anything you read recommending it is out of date. This guide was re-checked against the live tools on 25 July 2026.
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How to see who unfollowed you on X (Twitter)
Does X show who unfollowed you?
No. X notifies you when someone follows you, and tells you nothing when someone unfollows. There is no native unfollower list in the app or on x.com, and there never has been.
So every method below is a workaround built on comparing snapshots of your follower list.
Method 1: check a specific person manually
If you suspect one particular account:
- Open their profile on X
- Look for the "Follows you" label next to the Follow button
- No label means they do not follow you
Free, instant, and completely reliable. What it will not tell you is when they unfollowed, or give you a list.
Method 2: use a tracking tool
A tracker records your follower list on a schedule and reports the difference. That is the only mechanism that works, which is why every one of these tools needs continuous API access, and why so many died in 2023.
Still operating as of July 2026:
- Circleboom: web dashboard with unfollower tracking, non-follower lists, inactive detection and bulk unfollow. Prices vary by account size rather than a single flat rate.
- Fedica (formerly Tweepsmap): multi-platform analytics that tracks follower changes over time, using the official X API. Also covers Bluesky and Mastodon. Has a free tier, though it is small enough to be a trial rather than a working plan.
- who.unfollowed.me: this now serves Fedica's follower tracking, so it is the same service under an older, more memorable address rather than a separate option.
Shut down, do not bother: UnfollowerStats. The site now carries a notice that services have stopped and subscriptions were refunded.
Before you connect anything: every tracker needs OAuth access to your X account. Review the permissions it requests, grant read access rather than write unless you specifically need bulk actions, and remember X can change API terms at any time and break the tool you are relying on. That is not hypothetical, it is what happened to the tool this article used to recommend.
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How to see who does not follow you back
This is a different question from unfollower tracking. Here you want the accounts you follow who do not follow you back, which is a single comparison rather than a history.
The manual method
- Open your X profile and tap Following
- Open each account
- Look for the "Follows you" badge
- No badge means they do not follow you back
Completely accurate and completely free. Practical up to a few hundred accounts, painful beyond that.
Using a tool
- Circleboom has a dedicated "Not Following Back" filter. Per Circleboom's own documentation this works for accounts up to 300,000 followers, a far higher ceiling than its unfollower tracking.
- Fedica surfaces non-mutual follows in its analytics.
Should you unfollow everyone who does not follow back?
No, and treating this as a score is how feeds get worse. Plenty of accounts worth following will never follow back: journalists, researchers, news outlets, creators you learn from.
Unfollow accounts that:
- No longer post anything you value
- Have been inactive for six months or more
- Are obvious spam or bot accounts
- You only followed hoping for a follow back
Keep the rest. A following list optimised for reciprocity is a following list optimised for nothing.
How to find inactive followers on X
Inactive followers are accounts that follow you but have stopped posting or engaging. They pad the count and drag the engagement rate.
Why it matters
A visible mismatch between follower count and engagement is a credibility problem. Ten thousand followers and five likes a post is legible to anyone who looks at your profile, and to any brand considering working with you.
How to find them
- Circleboom and Fedica can both flag accounts that have not posted within a set window, typically 30, 60 or 90 days
- By hand: scroll your followers list and spot-check profiles for the date of the last post
What you can do about them
X gives you no "remove follower" button. The workaround is to block, then immediately unblock the account, which silently drops the follow without notifying them. It works, but use it sparingly: if you do it to an active person who notices, it is awkward to explain.
For most accounts this is not worth the effort. Chase it only if your engagement rate is genuinely depressed and you have ruled out the more likely causes, such as posting times and content mix.
Tools for tracking X followers
On those prices: Circleboom does not publish a simple price list. It quotes by account size behind a selector, so the range above comes from third-party reporting and should be treated as approximate. Check the figure it quotes you before subscribing. Our Circleboom pricing breakdown and Fedica pricing guide go deeper on both.
A limit worth knowing before you pay: per Circleboom's own documentation, its "Who Unfollowed Me" feature only works for accounts up to 25,000 followers. If you are above that, the headline feature you are subscribing for will not run, even though the non-follower tools still will. No review mentions this, and it is the single most common reason larger accounts find the tool useless.
X's rules on following and unfollowing
Checking who unfollowed you or who does not follow back is entirely permitted. What X restricts is the behaviour around it:
- Aggressive follow and unfollow churn, rapidly following and unfollowing many accounts to farm follow-backs
- Automated bulk unfollowing via bots or scripts
- Repeatedly following and unfollowing the same accounts
Unfollowing manually at a human pace carries no risk. The exposure comes from bulk tools running at volume, which is worth remembering given that bulk unfollow is exactly what the paid tiers of these tools sell.
FAQ
How do I see who unfollowed me on X (Twitter)?
Is UnfollowerStats still working?
Is there a free way to check X unfollowers?
How do I see who doesn't follow me back on X?
Does X show unfollowers natively?
Why doesn't Circleboom show my unfollowers?
How do I find inactive followers on X?
Will I get banned for unfollowing people who don't follow back?
Can I merge followers from two X accounts?
Are X unfollower tools safe to use?
Related resources
- Twitter follower audit guide, clean up fake and inactive followers
- How to tell if someone blocked or deactivated on Twitter, when accounts disappear from your list
- How to grow on Twitter/X, build a following that stays
- Circleboom review and Fedica review, the two trackers still standing
- X (Twitter) marketing tools, free tools for your X strategy
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