Instagram Unfollow Tool

Automatically unfollow accounts that don't follow you back on Instagram with Selenium Python.

Motivation

I have an Instagram account for my goose and duck photos 🦆. When another birder follows me, I feel that I must follow them back (supporting other birdwatchers and homesteaders feels like the right thing to do). But some of these accounts are run by bots. They follow me, I follow them back, and then they unfollow me. It's not a huge problem, but I don't really like having a lengthy Instagram feed filled with content by users who don't interact with their followers. That's why I developed a tool to unfollow accounts that don't follow me back. As a result, I'm only following people who interact with my content and I interact with theirs. It makes me feel like I'm part of a little birdwatching community (yes, I know how dorky that sounds and my real-life friends tease me about it all the time).

Running the code

You must have Python 3 and Selenium installed on your computer. I used Firefox as my chosen browser, which also requires geckodriver.

1. Download ig_unfollow_tool.py
2. Update lines 179-180 with your account credentials
3. Run python3 ig_unfollow_tool.py in the terminal

Here's what you'll see on screen as the code runs:

What you'll see in the terminal: