How to Unfollow in Facebook

March 31, 2015

By: Jacqui Lane

When you add a friend on Facebook, you automatically begin to follow his posts. If you prefer not to see those posts in your News Feed, you can unfollow him and still remain friends. The same action also applies to pages that you've liked; you can use the unfollow action to remove a page's posts from your News Feed without removing your "like" from the page.

Clean up your News Feed with a few quick clicks.

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From the Timeline or Page

Check the box below your email address if you wish to remain logged in.

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Step

Open Facebook and sign in to your account.

A Search box appears at the top of every Facebook page.

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Step

Navigate to the page or Timeline of the person you wish to unfollow.

The "Following" button appears in the lower right of the page's cover photo.

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Step

Click the "Following" button. It changes to a "Follow" button, indicating that you have successfully unfollowed the individual or page.

From Your News Feed

Any post can be unfollowed directly from the News Feed.

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Step

Locate a post in your News Feed from the person or page you want to unfollow.

If you only want to unfollow a specific post, choose "Don't Show This Post."

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Step

Click the arrow in the upper right corner of the post.

Unfollow an individual post.

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Step

Select "Unfollow" from the drop-down menu that appears.