To unfollow is to stop following a person or page on social media, so their posts no longer appear in your feed. You can still stay friends. The reasons are usually everyday ones: the account changed topic, there were too many ads, you lost interest. It's informal; neutrally, stop following an account.
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unfollow someone / an account; decide to unfollow; unfollowed
- I unfollowed the travel account when it stopped posting about the places I liked.
- You can unfollow a page without writing a farewell message.
- She still likes the artist's work but unfollowed her to see fewer daily updates.
What changed
First versionI unfollowed from the account because it kept posting ads.
RevisionI unfollowed the account because it kept posting ads.
You unsubscribe from a newsletter, so unfollow from sounds logical. But unfollow, like follow, takes its object directly: follow the account → unfollow the account. Without from, the sentence sounds natural.
Unfriend removes someone from your friends; unfollow only takes their posts out of your feed. Mute hides posts while you stay subscribed. Unsubscribe is for mailing lists and channels: unsubscribe from the newsletter, and here from is needed.
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I ___ the page because it only posted ads.
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unfollowed — Unfollow takes its object without a preposition: unfollowed the page. From goes after unsubscribe, not after unfollow.
Explain why you stopped following a page. Use unfollowed and give the reason.
I unfollowed the gardening page after it switched entirely to car reviews.
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