There are a few things you can do to stop people from following you on Instagram. First, make sure that your account is set up properly and that your followers are high-quality people. Second, be sure to follow other people who share your interests and who you think will be a good influence on your followers. Finally, make sure to post interesting and engaging content on your account, which will keep your followers engaged.
Instagram continues to add deeper account management tools, and you’re now able to manually remove followers. This feature was available for users with private accounts for a while, but now it’s available for everyone.
Historically, the only way for users with public profiles to disallow followers was to block them. This is a harsh approach—just because you don’t want someone following you doesn’t mean they have to be blocked.
To remove one of your followers, fire up the Instagram app and head to your own profile. Tap on Followers to see everyone who is following you.
Beside the Follow button there should be a Remove button. Tap on that to disallow that user from following you.
Instagram will have you tap “Remove” again to confirm. Instagram won’t even tell them they were removed. Thanks, IG.
This feature should not be available for everyone across all accounts soon.
