Does unfollowing notify the other person?

No. There is no notification for unfollowing, and nothing on their profile or friends list changes. It is invisible to them.

Are we still friends after I unfollow?

Yes. Unfollowing only affects your own feed. You stay friends, can still message each other, and they can still see whatever your normal audience settings allow.

Can they tell I unfollowed them?

Not directly. The only indirect signal is that you stop reacting to or commenting on their posts, simply because you no longer see them.

How is this different from Snooze?

Snooze hides someone for 30 days and then automatically reverses. Unfollowing is permanent until you manually follow them again.

How to Unfollow Someone on Facebook (Without Unfriending)

Unfollow a friend on Facebook to stop seeing their posts while staying friends. The difference from unfriending, restricting, and snoozing, and how to undo it.

Updated 2026-08-24

Quick answer

Open the person's profile, or find them on your friends list, and select Unfollow. Their posts stop appearing in your feed; nothing else about the friendship changes, and they are not told.

Where to click

From their profile

Friends button
Unfollow

From your feed

three-dot menu on their post
Unfollow [name]

Facebook renames these menus periodically. If a label does not match, read the screen you are on rather than forcing this exact wording.

What actually changes

Their posts stop showing in your News Feed.
You are still friends — the friendship, messaging, and tagging all work normally.
Your posts still reach them under your normal audience settings; unfollowing is one-directional and does not affect what they see of you.
No notification is sent, and nothing changes on their side that would reveal it.

This makes it the right tool for a specific, common situation: someone you want to stay connected to — a relative, an old friend, a coworker — whose posts you would rather not see, without the social cost of unfriending.

How it compares to the similar options

| Action | Feed | Friendship | Reversible | They notified | |---|---|---|---|---| | Unfollow | Hidden, permanently | Kept | Yes, refollow anytime | No | | Snooze | Hidden for 30 days | Kept | Automatic after 30 days | No | | Mute | Hidden, plus notifications quieted | Kept | Yes | No | | Restrict | Unaffected | Kept, but they see only public posts | Yes | No | | Unfriend | Hidden | Ended | No — needs a new request | No | | Block | Hidden both ways | Ended | Yes, after 48 hours | No |

If the problem is what you see, unfollow or snooze. If the problem is what they see of you, restrict. If the problem is contact itself, block.

Undoing it

Go back to their profile — the Friends button now offers Follow again, and their posts resume appearing. There is no waiting period, unlike unblocking.

Unfollowing in bulk

There is no built-in "unfollow all" for individual friends, but two related tools cover the common reasons people want one:

Settings & privacy → Settings → Followers and public content — set the default for new friends to not auto-follow, so the problem does not keep recurring.
Unfollow everyone except close friends is not a Facebook feature; achieving it means working through the friends list manually, or using the Favorites feed view to see only people you have deliberately prioritized instead.

Official source

Meta's unfollow documentation covers current feed behaviour. Your own feed and friends list reflect the actual current state.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does unfollowing notify the other person?: No. There is no notification for unfollowing, and nothing on their profile or friends list changes. It is invisible to them.
Are we still friends after I unfollow?: Yes. Unfollowing only affects your own feed. You stay friends, can still message each other, and they can still see whatever your normal audience settings allow.
Can they tell I unfollowed them?: Not directly. The only indirect signal is that you stop reacting to or commenting on their posts, simply because you no longer see them.
How is this different from Snooze?: Snooze hides someone for 30 days and then automatically reverses. Unfollowing is permanent until you manually follow them again.