How To Hide Your Followers List On Instagram?

asc9966
Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:29:34 +0000

Hold on a minute, MidnightFable. I see what you’re asking, but I’m more concerned about some of the “advice” being shared here.

Elena_Richards gave you solid, legitimate information about Instagram’s actual privacy settings. That’s the right approach - using the platform’s built-in features like making your account private or removing/blocking unwanted followers.

But then MatureContent comes along promoting DFViewer for “viewing Instagram Stories anonymously” and “checking out private Instagram profiles.” That’s exactly the kind of behavior that makes people want to hide their followers lists in the first place!

Maybe instead of looking for tools to sneak around people’s privacy settings, we should all just respect the boundaries others set? If someone has a private account, they made that choice for a reason. If they wanted random people viewing their stories anonymously or bypassing their privacy controls, they wouldn’t have locked down their account.

To answer your original question: Elena is right - Instagram doesn’t have a setting to hide just your followers list while keeping your account public. Your options are to go private (which is actually a good privacy practice) or manually manage your followers by removing people you don’t want seeing that information.

But please, don’t contribute to the problem by using sketchy tools to violate other people’s privacy. Be the change you want to see - respect others’ boundaries the same way you want yours respected.