unfollow
verb
un·fol·low
ˌən-ˈfä-lō 
unfollowed; unfollowing; unfollows
: to stop subscribing to the feed of (someone or something) on social media : to stop following see follow entry 1 sense 8e
I had to recently defriend on Facebook and unfollow on Twitter several men and women for this very reason.—
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The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Meta Platforms on behalf of an Amherst professor who wants to release a tool that enables users to unfollow all the content fed to them by Facebook’s algorithm.
—Barbara Ortutay, Fortune, 2 May 2024
If someone tries to unfollow you while your account is deactivated, the action will not be possible because your account is essentially frozen.
—The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024
Pippen also added a poll to her Instagram Story on Sunday asking whether friends should automatically unfollow their friends’ exes on social media.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
Commenters on social media have responded to posts that include the symbol with Israeli flag emojis, calls to unfollow the posters’ accounts and accusations of antisemitism.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023
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Barbara Ortutay, Fortune, 2 May 2024
If someone tries to unfollow you while your account is deactivated, the action will not be possible because your account is essentially frozen.
—The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024
Pippen also added a poll to her Instagram Story on Sunday asking whether friends should automatically unfollow their friends’ exes on social media.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
Commenters on social media have responded to posts that include the symbol with Israeli flag emojis, calls to unfollow the posters’ accounts and accusations of antisemitism.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023
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“Unfollow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfollow. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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unfollow
verb
un·fol·low
ˌən-ˈfä-lō
: to stop subscribing to the feed of (someone or something) on social media : to stop following
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