unfollow

verb

un·​fol·​low ˌən-ˈfä-lō How to pronounce unfollow (audio)
unfollowed; unfollowing; unfollows

transitive verb

: 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.Emma Barnett
In three simple steps, here's how to make someone unfollow you on Instagram without blocking them or risking them noticing.Kaitlyn Wylde

Examples of unfollow in a Sentence

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The breakup rumors get real when Fox abruptly unfollows Kelly on Instagram and deletes all her pictures with him. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2024 Did Blake Lively and Colleen Hoover unfollow Justin Baldoni on Instagram? Pamela Avila, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2024 May saw the City Girl unfollow Sean Combs while seemingly having a fallout with her best friend and bandmate, JT. Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019 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 See all Example Sentences for unfollow 

Word History

First Known Use

2008, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unfollow was in 2008

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“Unfollow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfollow. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

unfollow

verb
un·​fol·​low ˌən-ˈfä-lō How to pronounce unfollow (audio)
: to stop subscribing to the feed of (someone or something) on social media : to stop following
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