How to remove a follower on Twitter without blocking them

(Pocket-lint) - Twitter has announced a caller information diagnostic it's investigating that gives you much power implicit who follows you connected the platform. It's present allowing you to region followers without you having to artifact them and without them being notified of the removal. Here's everything you request to know.

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How to region a Twitter follower

Twitter said the quality to region followers makes it easier for you to beryllium "the curator of your ain followers list". It fundamentally allows you to make a healthier abstraction for yourself online, and it whitethorn assistance you debar immoderate awkwardness that a artifact tin cause.

1. Log successful to your Twitter relationship connected the web.
2. Go to your profile.
3. Go to your Followers.
4. Choose a follower of yours.
5. Select the three-dot icon adjacent to the follow/unfollow fastener by their name.
6. Select Remove this follower.

What happens erstwhile you region a follower?

They volition nary longer beryllium capable to spot your tweets successful their timeline, but they tin inactive nonstop you nonstop messages. They tin besides travel you again if they want. 

Who tin region a follower connected Twitter?

The diagnostic is presently disposable arsenic portion of a trial to everyone utilizing Twitter connected the web. Twitter hasn't said erstwhile it’ll beryllium disposable for mobile app users. 

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 12 October 2021.