Does Unfollowgram still work? What happened, and free alternatives
Unfollowgram no longer works, and nothing today replaces it one-to-one. If you want to know who doesn't follow you back on Instagram, or who unfollowed you, you have four realistic options. This page explains what each one can and can't do, so you can choose knowingly.
Short answer: your options are (1) apps that need your Instagram login, (2) browser scripts that run inside your logged-in Instagram session, (3) your official Instagram data export, analyzed on your own device, or (4) checking by hand. Only options 1 and 3 can show who unfollowed you, and both only from the day you start.
A note up front: we make UnfollowTool, which belongs to option 3. We describe the other options as fairly as we can and link to their own pages so you can check for yourself.
What happened to Unfollowgram?
Unfollowgram was a web service that listed changes in your Instagram and Twitter follower lists: who unfollowed you, who doesn't follow you back, and whom you don't follow back. It was listed on Product Hunt in 2015. Like every tracker of its kind, it could only show unfollows that happened after you connected your account, because it built its history by checking your lists regularly.
Services like this depended on Instagram's developer API, and Instagram closed that door in steps:
- 2015–2016: permission review. In November 2015, Instagram announced an app review process for its platform. Existing apps had to comply by June 1, 2016.
- April 2018: follower lists cut off. On April 4, 2018, Instagram shut down the API endpoints for follower lists and relationships with immediate effect, earlier than scheduled. TechCrunch reported at the time that apps analyzing people's followers stopped working.
- June 2020: legacy API retired. Instagram switched off the rest of its old API. Its current developer APIs offer no way for outside apps to read a personal account's followers list.
We could not find an official shutdown notice from Unfollowgram with a date. Reviews such as MakeUseOf's list it among the unfollower tools that closed because of Instagram's rule changes. When we checked in September 2026, unfollowgram.com only showed the message "This service is currently unavailable."
Several apps in the App Store and Google Play have since used the name "Unfollowgram" or something similar. They are not the original service. Judge them like any other tracker app (see option 1 below).
The "Follower Tracker: UnfollowGram" iPhone app
If you search for Unfollowgram today, one of the first results is an iOS app called Follower Tracker: UnfollowGram, shown on app directory sites such as MWM. It is a different product from the original web service:
- Different developer, much newer. App directories list ATN Marketing SRL as the developer and December 2024 as the first release, nearly a decade after the original Unfollowgram launched.
- How it says it works. Its description, as quoted by those directories, says it doesn't need your Instagram password and finds unfollowers by comparing snapshots of your followers list from separate check-ins. Tracking begins when you start using the app.
- Free with paid features. The directories describe it as free to download with premium features behind a paywall.
- Not in the App Store when we checked. On September 27, 2026, Apple's App Store returned no listing for this app in the US, UK, German and eight other storefronts we tried. It may have been removed or renamed. If you already have it installed, you can check your subscriptions under Settings → your name → Subscriptions on your iPhone.
Whatever app you pick, the snapshot limit below applies to it too: no app can show who unfollowed you before its first check.
The limit every alternative shares
Instagram doesn't notify you when someone unfollows you, and it keeps no list of past unfollowers that you can see. That's true in the app, on the website and in the data export. So every alternative works by comparing snapshots:
- A tracker app takes its first snapshot when you log in and compares later ones against it.
- With data exports, you take the snapshots yourself: one export now, another one later.
From a single snapshot you can only see who doesn't follow you back: accounts you follow that aren't on your followers list. That list often contains the people you're looking for, but it also contains brands, artists and accounts that never followed you in the first place.
The alternatives compared
| Question | Login-based tracker apps | Browser scripts and extensions | Data export + local analyzer | Checking by hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your password in a third-party app | Yes | No (uses your open Instagram session) | No | No |
| Automated requests from your account | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Who doesn't follow you back | Yes | Yes | Yes, from one export | One account at a time |
| Who unfollowed you | From the day you connect | Usually not; only if it saves earlier scans | By comparing two exports | No |
| How current | As of the app's last check | At the moment of the scan | As of the export date | Live |
| Waiting time | None | Minutes, depending on list size | Usually minutes to hours for the export | None |
| Typical cost | Often a free tier plus a subscription | Usually free | UnfollowTool is free | Free |
1. Login-based tracker apps
How they work: you log in to Instagram inside the app. The app then reads your follower lists on a schedule and shows new followers, lost followers and more.
Example: FollowMeter for iOS and Android. According to its App Store listing, it requires your Instagram login, keeps your account connected in the background, and sells subscriptions for extra features.
Upside: this is the closest thing to what Unfollowgram offered, including dated unfollows from the day you connect.
What to weigh:
- Instagram's Terms of Use prohibit accessing or collecting information in an automated way without Instagram's express permission. If Instagram treats an app's activity as unauthorized, restrictions land on your account, not on the app.
- The app holds an active login to your account. Read its privacy label and privacy policy before you sign in.
- These apps depend on how Instagram works today. When Instagram changes something, features can stop working overnight, as they did for a whole category of apps in April 2018.
2. Browser scripts and extensions
How they work: you log in to instagram.com in your browser as usual. A script or extension then requests your followers and following lists through that session and compares them. Your password isn't typed into anything new.
Example: the open-source project InstagramUnfollowers on GitHub. You paste its code into your browser's developer console while on instagram.com. Its README says data is stored locally, offers timing settings to avoid rate limits, and tells you to use it at your own risk. It can also unfollow accounts for you. It doesn't keep earlier scans, so it shows who doesn't follow you back, not who unfollowed you.
Upside: current results in minutes, no waiting for an export, and with open-source code you (or someone you trust) can read what it does.
What to weigh:
- It still sends many automated requests from your account, which is what Instagram's Terms address. Large accounts need more requests, and bulk unfollowing adds more.
- Never paste code into the developer console unless you trust its source. Browsers warn about this for a reason: console code runs with full access to your logged-in account.
- Extensions can be updated or sold to a new owner at any time. Check who publishes one and which permissions it asks for.
3. Your data export plus a local analyzer
How it works: Instagram lets you export your own information, including your followers and following lists, as a ZIP file. An analyzer reads that ZIP and compares the lists. The analysis itself doesn't contact Instagram.
UnfollowTool is one such analyzer. Our Instagram tool opens the ZIP in your browser tab and shows the accounts you follow that don't follow you back, along with people you don't follow back, mutual follows and your full lists. You can search each list, sort it by follow date or A–Z, download it as a CSV file, and open each profile on Instagram. The tool has no access to your account, so you unfollow people yourself in Instagram. Other websites offer similar export analyzers; we look at one of them in our review of UnfollowChecker by Oddete. The test further down shows how to check whether any of them, including ours, keeps your file on your device.
Upside: no password, no third-party login, no automated activity on your account. Requesting the export is an official Instagram feature.
What to weigh:
- The export isn't instant. Instagram prepares it in the background. A followers-only export is often ready within minutes or a few hours, but Instagram's Help Center says the email with the link can take up to 30 days.
- Results are as of the export date, not live.
- One export shows who doesn't follow you back, not who unfollowed you. For that you need a second export later (see below).
4. Checking by hand
If you only care about a few accounts, open your profile, tap Followers and type the name into the search field. If the account doesn't appear, it doesn't follow you, or it has been deactivated or has blocked you. This gets slow beyond a handful of names, but it needs no tools at all.
Step by step: check with your data export
Requesting the export takes a few minutes of setup:
- Open Accounts Center → Your information and permissions and log in if asked. Instagram's Help Center now calls this area Meta Account, so you may see that name instead of Accounts Center.
- Tap Export your information, then Create export.
- Choose your Instagram profile, then Export to device.
- Under Customize information, clear everything and select only Followers and following. A smaller export is ready sooner.
- Set Date range to All time and Format to JSON.
- Tap Start export. Instagram notifies you when the file is ready. According to Instagram's Help Center, you then have 4 days to download it from Available downloads in the same tool.
- Download the ZIP. You don't need to unzip it.
Then analyze it:
- Open the Instagram tool on the device where the ZIP is saved.
- Tap the upload area and choose the ZIP, or drag it onto the upload area on a computer. After a moment, the results appear below.
- The first tab, Don't follow you back, lists every account you follow that isn't on your followers list. Each row shows the date you followed that account, so Oldest first quickly surfaces old follows that never followed back. The Instagram "not following back" checker opens directly on this list.
- Use the search field to find a specific username, and Open to view a profile on Instagram in a new tab.
- Click Download this list (CSV) to save the list with usernames, profile links and follow dates for a spreadsheet.
Want to see what the results look like before you request anything? Try with sample data on the tool page shows made-up accounts.
HTML exports work too, but their dates are printed as text in your account's language. When the tool can't recognize that text, the lists still work, just without dates. JSON avoids this. Our guide on downloading your Instagram data as JSON covers every setting and common problems, and the export tutorial covers Instagram, TikTok, X and Facebook.
How to see who unfollowed you
This is the part Unfollowgram did automatically. With exports, it takes two exports from different dates, and the Instagram tool does the comparison for you. Our guide on how to see who unfollowed you on Instagram covers all four ways, including checking by hand.
- Today: analyze your first export with Remember this result on this device checked. It is checked by default.
- Some weeks later: request a new export and analyze it in the same browser.
- The tool adds two tabs: Unfollowed you and New followers, each covering the time since your last analysis.
Because it compares your full followers lists, this also catches people you don't follow yourself. A few things to know:
- What's stored: only the usernames from your followers and following lists and the date of the analysis, in this browser's own storage. The tool keeps the last five analyses per account. Nothing is uploaded. Delete saved history removes it.
- Same browser only: a private window, cleared site data, or a different browser or device starts from zero.
- Not every loss is an unfollow: an account that was deactivated also disappears from your followers. Someone who changed their username shows up as one account gone and one new. Open the profile to check.
- Same account only: if the new export seems to belong to a different Instagram account, the tool shows no comparison.
If you kept older ZIP files
Analyze the older ZIP first and the newer one second, in the same browser. You'll get the same two tabs. The date shown is when you analyzed the older file, not when Instagram created it.
The file that looks like a list of unfollowers, but isn't
Your ZIP may contain recently_unfollowed_profiles.json (in some exports recently_unfollowed_accounts.json). Despite the name, it lists accounts you unfollowed. The tool shows it as a separate tab called You unfollowed, and it's not a list of people who unfollowed you.
Unfollowgram also covered Twitter
The same export approach works for X with our X tool. One difference: X's archive contains only account IDs, not usernames, so results link to each profile instead of showing a name.
How to check that an analyzer really works locally
Any website can claim to process files in your browser. You can test that in two minutes:
- Open the analyzer page and wait until it has fully loaded.
- Turn off your internet connection (Wi-Fi off or airplane mode).
- Choose your ZIP. If results appear, the analysis ran on your device.
For a closer look on a computer, open the browser's developer tools (F12), switch to the Network tab and then choose the file. A local tool sends no request that carries your file. Our Instagram tool is built to pass both tests in current browsers.
If you used a login-based tracker before
If you logged in to a tracker app in the past and no longer use it:
- Change your Instagram password.
- In Accounts Center (or Meta Account) → Password and security → Where you're logged in, log out of sessions you don't recognize.
- Turn on two-factor authentication in the same section if it isn't on yet.
- Delete the app and, if the provider offers it, your account with them.
More background on what a third-party login can access is in Are unfollower apps safe?
Common questions
Is Unfollowgram still working?
No. When we checked in September 2026, unfollowgram.com only showed "This service is currently unavailable." Apps in the app stores that use the name, such as the iPhone app Follower Tracker: UnfollowGram, are not the original web service.
Can I see who unfollowed me before I started tracking?
No tool can do that reliably. Instagram keeps no list of who unfollowed you, and the data export doesn't contain one. Every method, including Unfollowgram back then, can only show changes after the first snapshot. If you still have an older export, that can serve as your first snapshot.
Does anyone get notified when I check with a data export?
No. Requesting your own data export is a private action on your account, and the analysis happens on your device. Nobody on your lists is notified.
Are login-based unfollower apps against Instagram's rules?
Instagram's Terms of Use prohibit accessing or collecting information in an automated way without Instagram's permission. Whether a specific app has that permission is something only the app and Instagram can answer, and the risk sits with your account.
Why do some entries have no date?
Most likely you exported in HTML format and the tool couldn't recognize the date text. The lists are still complete. Request a JSON export if you want dates and date sorting.