What happens when you unfollow someone on Instagram

The biggest disadvantage you might face is that you would stop seeing their pictures in your feed. If you wish to see their photos and stories, then you would have to follow them again. But, if their account is not private and is public, then you would still be able to see their pictures and other updates.

People you unfollow would always be able to check all your updates and pictures provided that they are still following you.

The best thing about Instagram is that if you unfollow someone, they will not get any notification about that. But, if you start following them again, then they would get a notification for that. See what happens when you unfollow someone on Facebook.

If you unfollow anyone on Instagram, one significant consequence is that their follower's count gets lessened. Many people keep a count on their followers; if they see that the followers got reduced, then they might conclude that someone might have unfollowed them.

If you unfollow someone on Instagram, then you automatically get removed from their follower's list.When they would check their list, they would not be able to find you. In that case, they would get to know that you unfollowed them.

The person that you unfollowed would still be able to message you. As the messaging process does not gets altered by the unfollow thing.

There can be a situation when you unfollow someone once and then choose to follow them back. In that case, you would have to wait for the person's approval if their account is private.

The good part is that your likes and comments would not get removed if you unfollow someone. All the like and comments would remain intact whether thou follow or unfollow anyone.