Ability to remove follower

[anykate]

Github should allow the account holder the ability to remove follower(s) from their followers list.
I don’t want to see spam Github accounts following my Github profile.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Login to github
2. Click on “Your profile”
3. On this page, click on followers - you will see people who are following you - Github should provide the ability to remove follower(s) if the account holder wishes to do so.

Github - please action this - Instagram follows the same policy - the instagram user can remove follower(s) from their profile - similar kind of feature is needed here

[melvincwng]

@anykate, to remove a follower, I think the current workaround solution is to block that particular user.

This should remove the follower from your followers list.

Hope this helps

[anykate]

That's precisely why I mentioned Instagram's way of handling it - Some users like me would like to remove the follower without blocking them.

Instagram has both options - either block them OR remove them from your followers list - it should be upto you to decide what approach you want to take.

Hence requesting that in github too, both options should be available - out of which "blocking" a user is already available - however, ability to remove the user without blocking them should also be available is what I want to say.

[anykate]

Also, if I block a user, they will be added to the blocked user list -> accessible via Settings -> Access -> Moderation -> Blocked users and the list will continue to grow....I dont want to keep any trace of this account that I am removing in my settings

Secondly, I have to go to each user's profile and then block them....Instead if the "Remove follower" button appears on the listing page itself where I see all my followers, it becomes much easier to remove the ones that I dont want....

Hope this explanation helps!

[jok1n9]

yeah i think block is the only option ...

[ZaidKhan144]

Curious, why would you want to remove a follower?

[An0n-00]

This is a good question. If you want to be a proffesional looking guy, you won't want to have bots or follow-me-back-accounts following you. This simply looks bad (in my opinion oc).

For example:

Hell, I dont want some random russian dude following me on github (no offence against russian dudes oc 🙃 )

[rilysh]

For now GitHub don't have any features releated to this and I don't think they'd ever going to do anything for this, as it's even considered not a feature to remove a follower.

But if you want to do that, block a user (they'll be removed from your follower list), and unblock the user after blocking, therefore it will provide the same thing that you've asked.

If you don't want that a specific user follows you, block or making profile private are only ways to go.

[p14]

I know a few people have mentioned not wanting to acquire a blocked list, but I believe the best option would be to block the user, then immediately unblock them. This will remove the follow, no notifications will be sent, and will effectively solve your issue. I know it would be nice to have something more straightforward (such as an unfollow button), but this is probably the best way to handle it on almost any social platform.

I hope this helps!

[ghost]

Hi all! @anykate @p14 @jok1n9 @Ruzie @ZaidKhan144

1. source-code

// @ domain: https://github.com/username?tab=following
var buttons = document.getElementsByClassName('btn btn-sm');

 for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++)  
     buttons[i].click()

2. notes

remover all follower in github

3. proof

img 1

img 2

4. references

• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/custom-javascript-for-web/ddbjnfjiigjmcpcpkmhogomapikjbjdk - Custom JavaScript for Websites 2
• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/page-refresh/hmooaemjmediafeacjplpbpenjnpcneg - Page Refresh - add 5 seconds

5. concept "no-code"

Page Refresh+Custom JavaScript for Websites 2+code = remover follower

[rilysh]

They mean "a correct way, and a specific person", this will literally going to remove all followers.

[Raymond-Ly]

The trick is to block the person and unblock.

[adriano66]

Welp, at least we can do this, thanks for the hint. There should be a button in the UI that does exactly that if the result is the same

[jdevfullstack]

yup, just wondering too, if that is just a spam user, then blocking that user makes more sense, that's the workaround by now

we don't know whether the requested feature here is included in their roadmap

[vsg24]

+1 for this. I received a wave of (what I suspect to be) fake/spam users following me, of course I can block them but it would still be easier to simply see your followers list and remove them on the spot

[ChidiChuks]

That will be a great feature to have