🖥️ This tool works best on a desktop browser. Downloading, unzipping, and uploading files is much easier on a computer than on mobile.
1
Go to Settings
- Open Instagram
- Go to your profile
- Tap More (☰) → Settings
- Tap See more in Accounts Center
2
Export Your Information
- Tap Your information and permissions
- Tap Export your information
- Tap Create export
- Select your account
- Choose Export to device
- Tap Customize information
3
Select Only Followers and Following
- Tap Clear all for each category to deselect everything
- Select only Followers and following
4
Set Your Export Settings
Make sure you select the following settings before continuing:
✓
Date range
Set to All time
✓
Format
Set to JSON
5
Submit Your Request
- Tap Start export
- Instagram will email you when your download is ready — this can take a few minutes to a few hours
6
Download and Open Your Files
- Open the email from Instagram and click the download link
- Download the ZIP file
- Extract the ZIP file (right-click → Extract All on Windows)
- Locate your JSON files inside the extracted folder
📁 The files you're looking for:
followers_1.json
Your followers files. If you have a large account, Instagram splits these into multiple numbered files like followers_1.json, followers_2.json, followers_3.json, etc. Upload all of them.
following.json
The accounts you follow. Usually just one file, but possibly more if you follow a large number of accounts.
You May Have Multiple Followers Files
If you have a large follower list, Instagram automatically splits your followers across multiple files. This is completely normal — just upload all of them.
followers_1.jsonfollowers_2.jsonfollowers_3.jsonFindTheSnakes supports uploading multiple files at once — just select them all when uploading.
Ready to find your snakes? 🐍
Now that you have your files, head back and upload them to see who unfollowed you.
Analyze My Followers →