How To Hide Followers On Instagram (100% Working)

Instagram has become a hub for all youngsters to upload their pictures, connect to old friends and make new ones. But when it comes to hiding your followers, you need to think of a solution for it.

But not anymore as you’ve already landed at the right place where we are going to talk about how to hide your followers on Instagram. Eager to know? Come, let’s roll into it.

Ways to hide your followers on Instagram

As you already know, there’s no official tested method yet available to specifically hide your Instagram followers. However, there are still plenty of ways via which you can surely hide your followers to some extent (if not completely). Here, we have curated a list of three proven methods by us. Let us read them all one by one. 

1- Make your account private from public

Okay, so as mentioned above, if your account is not yet private, everyone can have a sneak-peak of your following and follower list without needing to follow you. However, if your account is private, you can hide your following list from everyone who’s not following you. Private accounts have that privilege that nobody can see their content and people they follow and people from whom they’re being followed without following them and that surely is a great thing as everyone who wants to follow you will have to send you a request first and you can take a charge of accepting or rejecting their follow requests totally. To convert your account from public to private, the following are the given steps-

• First, tap on your profile icon.
• Now tap on those three horizontal lines located at the top-right corner of your screen.
• Select settings and choose privacy
• Now you can see an option to swipe in front of a private account. swipe right to it.
• Your account is changed to a private account now.

Note- Although for hiding your Instagram following and follower list, this method works well. But if you’re a creator, an influencer or a brand using a business account, you can not change your account to private until you switch it to a personal one. Also, please know that after making your account private, you will no longer be able to post content to every Instagram user. Your content will only be limited to your follower list and your reach may go down.

2. Remove them as your follower

Now that you have successfully changed your account from public to private ones, you still have that one annoying profile as a follower with whom you don’t want to share any of your info. Is it? If yes, all you need to do is to remove them as your follower so that they will no longer be associated with your profile in any manner. For doing the same, you need to follow the given steps-

• First, tap on your profile icon located at the bottom right of your screen.
• Now go to the follower’s list.
• Scroll down or search for the name of the person you wish to remove.
• Tap on remove and confirm it.
• Once done, the person will be removed as your follower and will not be able to see your account activities unless they follow you again.

3. Block that account

Yes, it is too harsh and that’s why we have kept it on last (just kidding). Blocking someone who’s getting on your nerves is going to be the lender of last resort for you. If you’re bothered by that one stalker or your relative’s account from whom you want to hide your following/follower list, blocking that account works the best as once you block that account, they will never be able to see you on Instagram again. And guess what? Insta is not going to tell them the same. It surely is a feature loved by many for their own reasons. To block someone on Instagram, follow the given steps-

• First, search for their name and go to the profile of the person you wish to block.
• Now tap on those three dots located at the top-right of your screen.
• Now tap on the block.
• Confirm by tapping on the block option again.
• It’s done. The account will be blocked until you unblock them.

Wrapping Up

That is all about how you can easily hide your followers and following list from someone. Now that there’s no such official way exists, these were some of the tips that you may find helpful. If in case you need any guidance over the same, please comment and let us know. 

FAQ

1. What is the main difference between blocking someone and restricting someone?

If you’re blocking someone, the user will not be able to see your account and account activities in any manner. However, if you are restricting someone’s account, the person will be able to see your account activities but not your online status and if you’ve read their messages or not. Also, only you will be able to see their comments on your posts.

2. Is there any official method to hide followers from everyone?

No, unfortunately, there’s no such official method via which you can hide your follower list from everyone. However, you can try out the given methods via which you can surely hide your followers from a few ones.