Who unfollowed me
on Instagram?
Instagram never tells you. Here's how to find out for free, without logging in — using the data export Instagram already gives you, read in your browser.
You can find out who unfollowed you on Instagram privately, without an app that asks for your login. Instagram lets you download your own data (“Followers and following”, in JSON), and a tool like Follow Crab compares two of those exports on your device to name exactly who unfollowed you between them. The catch every honest tool shares: one export is a snapshot, not a history, so your first upload can only show who doesn’t follow you back, not who unfollowed you. Take a second export a couple of weeks later and the difference is your answer. Login-based trackers skip this step, but they can get your account banned and put your data on their servers. Follow Crab never logs in and never uploads: a browser Content-Security-Policy blocks the page from sending anything out.
Short version: Instagram doesn't tell you who unfollowed you. There's no notification, no list, and no “recently unfollowed” screen inside the app. That's why so many apps promise to reveal it — and why so many of them cut corners.
The only accurate method
Your follower list at any moment is a fact Instagram will hand you: it's in the data export you can request from your own account. Compare the list from two different dates and the people who disappeared are, precisely, the ones who unfollowed you. No guessing, no account access, no scraping.
Follow Crab does exactly that comparison — in your browser. On your first upload it saves a private snapshot of your followers on your device. When you upload a fresh export later, it diffs the two and shows you the exact names.
Why you can't get it from one upload
An export is a snapshot of right now, not a timeline of events. “Who unfollowed you” is a change between two moments, so it fundamentally needs two exports. Any tool claiming to reveal your unfollowers from a single first upload is either fabricating names or counting people who don't follow you back (a different thing). We won't do that — see the safety guide.
What you can see immediately
- Who doesn't follow you back — people you follow who don't follow you.
- Your fans — people who follow you that you don't follow back.
- Mutuals and your follow ratio.
Those are available on your very first upload, because they only need one export. Unfollowers arrive on your second.
- On Instagram: Accounts Center → Your information and permissions → Export your information → Create export.
- Pick your profile → Export to device → Customize information, then tick only “Followers and following”.
- Set Date range: “All time” (the Last year default gives an incomplete, wrong result) and Format: JSON — tap Save on each screen, or the pick silently reverts.
- Start export, wait for Instagram's notification, then upload the whole ZIP into the tool above — within four days, before the file expires.
Can you see who unfollowed you on Instagram?
Not from inside the app — there's no notification or list. But your data export contains your current followers, so comparing two exports over time reveals exactly who unfollowed you. Follow Crab runs that comparison locally in your browser.
Does Instagram tell you when someone unfollows you?
No. Instagram sends no unfollow notification and keeps no visible history. Comparing your own exported follower list over time is the only accurate approach.
Is there a safe app to see who unfollowed me?
The safe ones never ask for your Instagram password. Login-based trackers can get your account flagged. Follow Crab never connects to your account at all — it only reads the export you downloaded, and the page can't upload anything. More on safety →
Do unfollower apps show fake numbers?
Some do — inflated “unfollows” drive re-opens and ad views. Because Follow Crab diffs your own real export, every name is verifiable against your Instagram data. We can't inflate it.
Your data lives on your phone and never leaves it.