The risks, plainly

Unfollow automates actions on Instagram using a session cookie you provide. Before you sign up, you should understand what that means.

1. Instagram's Terms of Use prohibit automation.

Anything we do on your behalf — including unfollowing accounts — is technically a violation of Instagram's Terms. Instagram may suspend or permanently ban your account for using automation. We cannot prevent that.

2. Your session cookie is a bearer token.

Anyone with your sessionid cookie is effectively logged in as you. We encrypt the cookie at rest with AES-256-GCM, decrypt it only inside the worker process during a job run, and never log it. You can wipe it from Settings at any time.

3. We throttle conservatively.

Our default Conservative preset matches the pace that power-users have run for years without bans: 5 unfollows per launch, 4 launches per hour, with random jitter, capped at ~150 actions per day. Aggressive mode is faster but riskier; we warn you before enabling it.

4. We stop immediately on suspicion.

If Instagram responds with a checkpoint_required challenge, we pause the job, mark the connection inactive, and notify you so you can complete the in-app checkpoint and reconnect.

5. We are not affiliated with Meta or Instagram.

Unfollow is an independent service. The names Instagram and Meta are trademarks of their respective owners.

6. You can leave at any time.

Disconnect your Instagram from Settings to remove the cookie. Delete your account from Settings to wipe everything we hold.