Okay, let’s talk about how to remove followers from a private Instagram account.
Summary: Analyze the “Recommended for You” accounts related to the PoI account.
This section consists of accounts in various categories:
- Followers of the PoI account
- Accounts connected to the followers of the PoI account
- Accounts related to your followers/followers
- Accounts that have your phone number in their contact list (😳 )
- Others, maybe this group is even more interesting
I did a little research and found that this list can include up to 20 followers of the PoI account. The total amount of recommended accounts is usually around 70-80.
This is especially useful when you have no information about the PoI connections: thanks to this feature, you can start investigating their networks, which should be hidden.🤷♂️
The difficulty is mixing different categories of accounts. However, by collecting multiple “Recommended for You” lists for random accounts, you can create a blacklist that will help you filter out useless suggestions.
Yes, how can you verify if an account is a follower of a PoI? You just need to check if they are following the PoI account or being followed by the PoI account. This is time-consuming and may not work for every account, but it works.👍
PRIVACY TIP : Disable the “Show account suggestions on profiles” option.
BONUS : How to get a list of IG URLs after clicking “See all” in Developer Tools (see image):
$$(“._ap3a._aaco._aacw._aacx._aad7._aade”).map(el => “https://www.instagram.com/”+el.innerText);
Let me know if you are interested in further research on this feature or an open source tool to automate it (I even created a simple one for personal use).
