unfollow

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verb

To cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity).

Opposite
follow
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

verbunfollow (third-person singular simple present unfollows, present participle unfollowing, simple past and past participle unfollowed)

present singular third person unfollows · participle present unfollowing · participle past unfollowed · past unfollowed

  1. intransitivetransitivesocial mediaTo cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity).

    With Twitter, it’s as easy to unfollow as it is to follow.

    2009 April 22, Maureen Dowd, “To Tweet or Not to Tweet”, in New York Times
    1 more example

    The calls came from Iranian intelligence as soon as the protests began. Agents threatened the family and friends of a DW editor, telling them to cut off contact with him and to unfollow him on Instagram. The journalist was said to be a "muharebbe" (Engl. warrior against God) – which is punishable by death in Iran.

    2022 December 8, “Farsi editorial team: Mixed feelings on 60th anniversary”, in DW News, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2022, Press

Synonyms & antonyms

verbto stop following a user on social media

Opposite
follow
Broader
discontinuestopcease

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From un- + follow.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 取關 /取关
  • 取關 /取关 (qǔguān)to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)
Dutch ontvolgen
  • ontvolgento cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)
Finnish lopettaa seuraaminen
  • lopettaa seuraaminento cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)
French se désabonner, arrêter de suivre
  • se désabonnerto cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)
  • arrêter de suivreto cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)
German entfolgen
  • entfolgento cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)
Hungarian kikövet
  • kikövetto cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)
Japanese リムる
  • リムる (rimuru)to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)
Korean 언팔로우하다
  • 언팔로우하다 (eonpallouhada)to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)
Polish przestać obserwować
  • przestać obserwowaćto cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)
Portuguese desseguir
  • desseguirto cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)
Spanish dejar de seguir
  • dejar de seguirto cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)
Turkish takipten çıkmak
  • takipten çıkmakto cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)
Cite this entry
APA

unfollow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfollow

MLA

“unfollow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfollow. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfollow,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfollow.

Source: unfollow on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.