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- Welcome to "Quick Fix,"

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the show where I answer

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your most commonly asked tech questions

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in 90 seconds or less.

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Today, we're saying goodbye
to unwanted Twitter followers.

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(gentle upbeat music)

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Twitter can be a pretty fun place

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for discussions,

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keep track of the news,

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or even tell a joke or two.

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But Twitter can quickly turn toxic.

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If you have people following you

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that you'd rather not,

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Twitter now offers a way to remove them.

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Here's how.

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Start by logging onto your Twitter account

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on your web browser,

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open your profile,

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choose Followers,

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then tap the three dots to
the right of the follower

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you want to give the boot,

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then click Remove this follower.

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Unfortunately, there isn't
a way to remove followers

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on the Twitter app for iOS or Android,

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but there is a way to sort of remove them.

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It's called soft blocking.

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Here's how to do it.

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First, find the follower
you want to remove

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in the Twitter app.

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Tap on the three dots on the top-right.

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Tap to block the follower.

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Then, quickly unblock.

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That will boot that user
from your follower list.

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Although it's not exactly as intuitive

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as the option on the web
browser, it does the trick.

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And there you have it.

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I hope your life is a little less toxic

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with fewer Twitter followers...

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hopefully.

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(gentle upbeat music)