How to find Unfollowers Safely with FollowBuddy

Jan 13, 2025

Finding unfollowers on Instagram safely was always difficult until now with FollowBuddy. It is by far the safest tool on the market that allows you to find people who don’t follow you back and who unfollowed you on Instagram without getting banned or restricted. This tutorial will give you a step by step guide to finding those snakes so you can deal with them however you want!

Summary of Instructions to Find Unfollowers on FollowBuddy

  1. Click this link with the account you want to find unfollowers in

  2. Click “Download or transfer information”

  3. Select the account

  4. Scroll down and select "Some of your information"

  5. Select only followers and following then click next

  6. Select download to device

  7. IMPORTANT: Change date range to all time

  8. IMPORTANT: Change format to JSON

  9. Click create files

  10. Instagram will email you when the download is ready

  11. Download your files

  12. Upload your files to FollowBuddy and click “Get Results”

1. Click this link with the account you want to find unfollowers

Pretty self explanatory just click the link

Note: If for whatever reason the link does not work you can also access it through your phone and website with Settings and activity → Your activity → Scroll to bottom → Download your information

2. Click “Download or transfer information”

3. Select Your Account

Note: Only choose one account at a time whenever you want to check unfollowers

4. Choose Some of Your Information:

We don’t need anything more than your follower information, so select ‘Some of your information’ then scroll down to “Connections” and under that click 'Followers and Following.'

5. Choose Download Destination:

Choose where you want your files downloaded to

6. Date Range:

Now you should be on a page called ‘Create files to download’. Look down and you should see ‘Date range’ and ‘Format’

Select ‘Date Range’ and change the date range from last year to 'All Time' and click 'Save.'

7. File Format

Select ‘Format’ and change the format from ‘HTML’ to ‘JSON’ then click the big blue button at the bottom called “Create Files”

8. Download the ZIP file

Go to your email and you should have gotten a confirmation with a download link to your files from Instagram.

Note: This may take a few minutes to an hour depending on the amount of followers and following you have

9. Upload ZIP files to FollowBuddy

IMPORTANT: Do NOT try to unzip the file and upload. This will mess things up and you will not be able to see your results properly. If you happened to mess up somewhere in the process and you don't think you are seeing the correct information, please keep reading.

10. Unfollow the people that don’t follow you back

Note: To find people that unfollowed you, you must check who doesn’t follow you back at least twice on a paid plan using FollowBuddy

Why Does My Results Look Incorrect?

There are many possible reasons why your results may look incorrect. Here are a few common mistakes people make:

  • You unzipped the file that Instagram gave you and FollowBuddy is unable to read it

  • You selected the wrong account when downloading your files from Instagram

  • You forgot to switch your file type from HTML to JSON

  • You did not set your date range to "All time"

  • You are trying to upload files belonging to another account when you only have one Instagram account setup in FollowBuddy (please upgrade to premium plus to manage 3 accounts)

How Do I Fix It?

The best way to fix this issue is by doing the following:

  1. Delete the audit you just uploaded in the analytics page that can be accessed on the side bar

  2. Go through the entire download process over again and this time thoroughly follow all instructions

  3. Upload your Instagram files to the right account you want to track

Why FollowBuddy is the best tool to find unfollowers

Prevents Getting Your Account Banned or Restricted: Other services that track unfollowers or people who don’t follow you back break Instagram’s Terms of Services. Using those apps and tools can put your account at risk of being banned, restricted or even deleted (Read the reviews of some of them).

Safe and Transparent: We don’t access your account in any way. All we do is use the information you give us. You are in complete control of everything and have knowledge of the full process. There are no surprises here!

Accurate Information: All follower data reflects the information that Instagram gave you at the time the files were requested, so you can be sure that the data is accurate compared to other apps that scrape data.

Easy-to-use: All you have to do is upload a zip file and you can see all the snakes that don’t follow you back! The dashboard also makes it easy to keep track of all the accounts you’ve visited.

© 2025 FollowBuddy, Inc. All rights reserved.

Disclaimer: FollowBuddy is not affiliated with Instagram™ or Meta Platforms Inc.

© 2025 FollowBuddy, Inc. All rights reserved.

Disclaimer: FollowBuddy is not affiliated with Instagram™ or Meta Platforms Inc.

© 2025 FollowBuddy, Inc. All rights reserved.

Disclaimer: FollowBuddy is not affiliated with Instagram™ or Meta Platforms Inc.