# Any way to prevent an Instagram from seeing my Instagram followers and following?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-prevent-an-instagram-from-seeing-my-instagram-followers-and-following/961505>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 22, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-prevent-an-instagram-from-seeing-my-instagram-followers-and-following/961505 "2022-03-22T14:24:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-prevent-an-instagram-from-seeing-my-instagram-followers-and-following/961505/1 "2022-03-22T14:24:10Z")

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I’m in a weird situation where I want to remain connected with someone on IG yet at the same time there seems to be no way to prevent them from viewing **my** own followers and following. Anyone know of a way to make this work?

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**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-prevent-an-instagram-from-seeing-my-instagram-followers-and-following/961505/2 "2022-03-22T16:38:54Z")

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No, as far as I can tell. The closest thing to what you’re suggesting would be to set your account to private, remove that person as a follower, and remain following that person. That way, you’d still see their posts, but they couldn’t see your posts, followers, or following. But I think anyone who has the ability to view your posts also has the ability to see who you’re following/are followed by.