Q&A for How to Hide Followers on Instagram

Click the down arrow ⬇ on their profile, which is a drop-down menu, click report and say the reason you are reporting. Do this only for content that breaks the rules. If you just dislike them, block them instead, which can be done with the same menu.

To change your profile's content to private, click "Edit Your Profile" on your profile page, and check the option that says "Private Account."

Possibly, or it's a glitch within the system or those were fake followers or spambots, as mentioned above. Ask your friend if they can see any followers you can't see.

You can't hide only one follower. You're only able to hide or show all your followers at once. (If you decide to hide them by changing your profile to private, your other followers will still be able to see who else is following you.)

That's either a glitch or they restricted you, or they blocked you when you were still viewing the profile. Try refreshing the page and see what happens.

You can do this by blocking them. To block a user, go to their profile, click the 3 dots icon, and click "Block."

You cannot hide your followers list if you have a public profile. Only private profiles have their followers hidden.

People do this because they're embarrassed or uncomfortable about what the followers' subjects are exactly. They may follow sensitive or inappropriate profiles that they don't want their family members or teachers finding out. However, if the secretive person follows a public profile, anyone who finds that profile will be able to see the fact, so the secretive person should create a second anonymous account, to follow that embarrassing profile.

Your account is private and that person is the only follower you have. If you have more followers, they'll be able to see your follower list, too.

No. You cannot hide your number of followers at all, even if you make your profile private. If you have a private profile, the number will be visible. It just can't be clicked by an outsider.

You can't. Even if your profile is private, all the followers you approved will be able to see it.

If you have a private account and no followers, that is true, but you won't have any followers to begin with. Any followers you have will be able to see your other followers, no matter the visibility setting of your profile.

You cannot do that unless your entire profile is private, and even then, your followers who you approved are able to see your other followers.

The only thing you can do is just not view those pages. Find some pages and profiles that you enjoy.

No. They're only able to be hidden both together, when you change your profile to private. Unlike Facebook, you cannot choose privacy settings separately on Instagram. It's either all private or all public.

They will automatically be hidden from anyone who's not following you. Anyone who follows you can see them.

Make your account private, and do not accept any follow requests. This would mean your profile is only visible to yourself.

That's probably because their account is private and you are not invited in. The only way you can see it is if they approve you.

There is no way to do that. It's best to make your profile private if you don't want everyone to see it.

Because your account is private. You cannot view a private user's following list unless you are following the private user (and it sounds like you have just one follower).

In your profile settings, you would check the private account option, and only people you approve to follow will be able to see your content.

Yes, unless they blocked them, too. They're separate from each other since they're completely different accounts.

The most likely reason is that it's either a glitch, or those were fake followers or bot accounts.