Instagram unfollowers ZIP checker

Not on its own. One ZIP is a snapshot: it shows who doesn’t follow you back right now, with the date you followed each account. To see who left, add an older and a newer export under “Compare two exports”, or let tracking compare your account over time. The “recently unfollowed” file in your export lists accounts you unfollowed, not people who unfollowed you.

Open “Compare two exports” below the checker, then add an older export and a newer one from the same account, as ZIPs or as the JSON files inside them. Both are read on your device. You see who is gone from your followers, who started following you, who you stopped following and who you started following between the two. Request both the same way (All time, JSON) so missing data doesn’t look like a change.

No. The ZIP is opened in your browser, and only your follower lists are read: followers, following, pending follow requests and accounts you recently unfollowed. To confirm the file is yours, we look up the public follower counts for the username you type. If you unlock the full lists, the lists (never the ZIP) are kept in this browser for up to 7 days, for your account only, so they survive sign-in and checkout. Signing out or tapping clear removes them.

You need the ZIP from “Download your information”, requested with only “Followers and following” ticked, the date range set to All time, and the format set to JSON. Inside it are followers_1.json (more numbered parts for large accounts), following.json and a few related lists.

Instagram offers two formats, and the checker reads JSON. Request the export again and choose JSON as the format. HTML files are meant for reading in a browser, so they’re skipped.

The file doesn’t say which account it belongs to. We compare its follower and following totals with the live counts on your profile, which should be within about 10%. If they don’t match, perhaps because it’s an old export or someone else’s, we tell you before showing any results.

No. It means you follow the account and it isn’t in the followers list of this file. Some of those accounts never followed you. Known pending follow requests are left out of that list.

Your totals are free: followers, following, mutuals, accounts that don’t follow you back, and fans, plus how many accounts came and went when you compare two exports. So is one real name. Premium unlocks every name with its date, search, and CSV download, plus automatic tracking of your account.

An export shows your lists on the day Instagram prepared it. Changes after that day, a limited date range, or a missing followers part make the totals differ. Request an All time export and include every followers file for the closest match.

Yes. Tap the drop area to choose the ZIP. On iPhone it’s usually in Files → Downloads; on Android, in your Downloads folder. If your phone or computer already unzipped it, choose the JSON files from connections/followers_and_following instead, or drop the whole folder.