How to remove followers without blocking them

[Kia_Faraji]

If there are Maps followers you want to remove for any reason, here are the steps to take, notice that Maps doesn’t natively have an option to remove a follower and this is a workaround in which you need to “temporarily” block an account and unblock it again, this way it’s removed from your followers list:

1. Go to your followers list on Google Maps;

2.Block the account(s) you want (this will be temporary);

3.Go to “Explore” tab on Maps;

4.Tap your profile photo and then tap “Manage your Google Account” or on your browser, go to https://myaccount.google.com;

5.Go to “people & sharing” tab;

6.Under “Contacts” section, go to “Blocked”;

7.Here are the blocked Google Accounts (except for YouTube accounts) you can unblock and this way they are removed from your followers without being blocked.

Regards.

[MortenCopenhagen]

Hi @Kia_Faraji

Thanks. Interesting.

But I don’t see a “Block” option in my list of followers. The only option is “Remove”.

Maybe this is just a translation issue.

What platform are you on? I use Android.

Cheers

Morten

[Kia_Faraji]

@MortenCopenhagen

I’m on iOS but I just noticed that I’ve got the “remove” option as well!! But I’m very certain that just a few days back when I temporarily put my profile on public mode after a long time and follow requests were automatically accepted, I didn’t see this option!

Anyway, since there is actually an option to “remove” a follower, my post is ridiculous and I should ask someone to remove it .

[MortenCopenhagen]

The differences could be the platform AND the settings. So there is no need to remove your post. We are all learning. Which is great.

Cheers

Morten