If you’ve played Mobile Legends for more than a few months, you’ve probably ended up with a cluttered followed list full of random players you added after a good ranked match, inactive accounts, and people you don’t even remember meeting. For a long time, I struggled to find the unfollow option myself, because Moonton tucked it away in a menu most players don’t check regularly. This guide breaks down exactly how to unfollow in Mobile Legends, plus what happens after you unfollow someone, and pro tips to keep your friends list organized long-term.
How to Unfollow in Mobile Legends: Exact Step-by-Step Walkthrough
The process only takes a few seconds per account, once you know where to look. These steps work for all latest versions of the game, whether you’re playing on Android or iOS, and don’t require any third-party tools or account changes. First, make sure you’re logged into the correct MLBB account if you have multiple smurfs.
Follow these simple steps: 1. Launch Mobile Legends and wait for the main lobby to load fully, so all menu icons appear correctly. 2. Tap the friends icon (the two-person silhouette) on the right-hand side of the screen, between the events icon and the mail icon. 3. On the friends menu, tap the “Followed” tab at the top of the screen, next to the “Friends” and “Add Friend” tabs. 4. Scroll through the list to find the player you want to unfollow, or use the search bar at the top to type their exact IGN if you have a long list. 5. Tap the three vertical dots next to their profile name, then select “Unfollow” from the dropdown menu that appears. 6. Confirm the action when the pop-up shows up, and the account will be removed from your followed list immediately.
Unfollowing a player will never send them a notification, so you don’t have to worry about awkward confrontations or toxic messages after you do it. I’ve unfollowed over 150 random players over the past two years, and none of them ever reached out to ask about it, because they had no idea it happened. If you accidentally unfollow someone you wanted to keep, you can just search their IGN and follow them back right away, no penalty applies.
Common Reasons Players Unfollow Accounts in MLBB
You don’t need a “good” reason to unfollow someone, of course, but most players clean up their followed list for a few common, practical reasons. If you’re on the fence about whether to purge your list, these might help you decide if it’s worth the 10 minutes of effort.
- Inactive players who haven’t logged in for 3+ months and take up valuable space on your list. The maximum number of accounts you can follow in MLBB is 500, so clearing inactive users frees up space for new active teammates you meet in matches. If you’ve ever gotten an error when trying to follow a new squad mate, a full followed list is almost always the cause.
- Players who spam toxic messages, unsolicited match invites at 3 a.m., or scam links promising free diamonds in your inbox. Unfollowing these accounts stops their invites from popping up on your screen every time you log on, without needing to block them entirely.
- Random accounts you followed by accident or after a single random match that you don’t plan to play with again. A lot of players have auto-follow turned on by default, so you might end up following dozens of people without even realizing it.
- Smurf accounts that you followed temporarily for rank pushes or event grinding, but no longer need to keep in your list once the event or rank season ends.
For me, the biggest motivation to clean my list every few months is how much faster it is to find my regular squad mates when I’m logging on to play ranked. Before I did my first purge, I had to scroll through 400+ names to find the friends I actually played with, which took 2 or 3 minutes every time I logged on. Now that my list only has 120 people, I can find them in 10 seconds flat.
What Happens After You Unfollow Someone in MLBB?
A lot of players worry that unfollowing will cause drama, or that they’ll lose access to something important, but the impact is very small, and entirely positive for most people. First, the player you unfollow will stay on your friends list if you are already mutual friends, they just won’t be in your followed tab anymore. If you were only following them, and not mutual friends, they will disappear from your list entirely.
Unfollowing does not block a player, so they can still send you friend requests or match invites if your privacy settings allow it. If you want to cut off all contact with someone, you can select the “Block” option from the same three-dot menu instead of unfollowing, which will stop all messages, invites, and friend requests from that account. You can unblock them later from your privacy settings if you change your mind.
You also won’t lose any existing chat history with the player after you unfollow them, as long as you don’t manually delete the chat thread. If you follow them again later, all your old messages will still be there, and you won’t have to re-add them as a friend if you were already mutuals. The only change you’ll notice is that their online status won’t show up on your home screen feed anymore, and they won’t appear in your suggested friends list.
Pro Tips to Manage Your MLBB Followed List Efficiently
Unfollowing accounts is only half the battle. If you want to avoid having to clean up your list every few months, these small tweaks will keep your followed list organized and full of only people you actually want to play with.
Sort your followed list by “Last Login” to find inactive accounts in seconds, instead of scrolling through hundreds of names manually. The sort option is at the top of the Followed tab, right next to the search bar. I use this every time I clean my list, and it cuts the process down from 20 minutes to 5 minutes tops. Just select all accounts that haven’t logged in for 2+ months and unfollow them all in a batch.
Turn off auto-follow after match in your privacy settings to prevent accidental follows of random players. This setting is turned on by default for most new accounts, so it’s worth checking even if you’ve never adjusted your settings before. You can still follow players manually after a good match, you just won’t follow people automatically if you forget to uncheck the box on the post-match screen.
You can pin up to 20 favorite friends to the top of your list for quick access before matches. This is a feature most players don’t know exists, and it’s perfect for your regular squad mates. Just tap the three dots next to their name and select “Pin to Top”, and they’ll always show up first on your friends list, no matter how many other people you follow. I have all 5 of my main ranked squad members pinned, and I never have to search for them anymore.
If you get a lot of random follow requests from bot accounts, you can also adjust your settings so that only players you’ve matched with in the last 7 days can send you follow requests. This cuts down on spam significantly, especially if you have a popular IGN that people search for regularly.
Knowing how to unfollow in Mobile Legends is a small but useful skill that makes your entire gaming experience way less stressful. No more scrolling through hundreds of inactive accounts to find your friends, no more random spam invites popping up in the middle of a ranked queue, and no more hitting the “follow limit” error when you try to add a new good teammate. If you’ve been putting off cleaning your followed list, set aside 5 minutes today to do it, you’ll be shocked at how much smoother your log-in process is after.