What Happens When You Unfollow Someone On Facebook

Quick Tips

• When you unfollow someone, you’ll stop seeing their posts and stories on your newsfeed.
• Different from blocking, you can see their posts and stories from their profile.
• You can still message and call them on Messenger, see their comments and likes, and tag each other.

What Does Unfollow Mean on Facebook

Unfollow in simple terms means to stop seeing someone’s posts on your newsfeed. Similar to the following, it’s a one-way thing. When you unfollow someone, it’s done from your end only. Nothing changes from their side.

They can continue to follow you if you are friends. So all the conditions to follow will remain true from their end until they unfollow or unfriend you (if you are friends). When you unfollow a friend, you continue to be on each other’s friends list.

Now let’s see what happens for various things when you unfollow someone on Facebook.

Whom Can You Unfollow

You can unfollow your friends, non-friends (if you followed them), pages, and groups on Facebook.

What Happens When You Unfollow Someone

Can You See Their Posts and Stories

The main use of unfollowing someone is to stop their posts from appearing on your newsfeed. So when you unfollow someone, you will not see their new posts and stories on your feed.

However, if you open their profile, you will be able to see both past and new posts and stories depending on the privacy settings of posts. Basically, instead of appearing automatically on your feed, you have to check the posts and stories if you want to manually.

When You Unfollow Someone on Facebook Will They Still See Your Posts

Yes. As explained above, unfollowing is a one-way journey. It doesn’t change anything from their end. Your posts and stories will still appear in their newsfeed if you are friends. In case you want to stop your posts from appearing in their feed, you should restrict them.

If I Unfollow Someone On Facebook, Are They Notified

No. Whether you unfollow a friend, non-friend, group, or a page, the other person isn’t notified about the same.

If You Unfollow Someone on Facebook Then Follow Them Again, Will They Know

Not in the case for pages and groups. But it depends on whether you are friends or not when it comes to normal profiles.

If you are friends and you follow them back after unfollowing them, they will not be notified about it. However, if you follow a non-friend again after unfollowing them, they will be notified about it. Want to know who unfriended you on Facebook? Check out our guide.

What Happens to Likes and Comments

Nothing changes for likes and comments. The other person can still like and comment on your posts. And so can you, if you check the posts directly from their profile.

If I Unfollow Someone on Facebook Can They Still Message Me

Yes. Both of you can message each other.

Can You Still Post On Timeline

Yes, similar to comments and likes, you can still post on each other’s timelines if you are friends. Again, it depends on your individual privacy settings for posting on the wall.

If You Unfollow Someone on Facebook Can They Still Tag You

Yes. Both of you can still tag each other.

What Happens in Pages and Groups

Similar to profiles, when you unfollow a page or group, their posts will stop showing up on your feed. However, you aren’t removed from the group. You will still be a group member and able to view the posts by opening the group or page.

How Long Does Unfollow Last

Unfollow stays until you manually revoke it, i.e., you follow the person again. If you want to unfollow someone for a short duration only, you should check out Facebook’s Snooze feature, which lasts for 30 days.

How to Unfollow on Facebook Web and Apps

Here are the steps for pages, groups, and profiles.

How to Unfollow on the Web

Open the user profile or page and click on the Following button. Select Unfollow.

Open the group and click on the Joined button. Select Unfollow.

How to Unfollow on Mobile Apps (iOS and Android)

For profiles, open their profile and tap on Following. Tap Unfollow. If you can’t see Following tap the three-dot icon and then tap Following.

For liked pages, open the page and tap on the three-dot icon. Select Following → tap Unfollow.

To unfollow a group, open the group and tap on the three-dot icon at the top. Tap Following. That will make you unfollow the group.

When to Unfollow Someone

You should unfollow someone when you don’t like what they post on Facebook. For instance, if someone only posts good morning and similar photos, unfollowing such people would be a fair choice.

Similarly, if you are going through a breakup and you don’t want to see their posts on your feed, you can unfollow them. However, a great alternative would be to use the Take a break feature.

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