In plain English
A follower is another account that is connected to yours as part of a following relationship. Removing a follower ends that specific account's following relationship with your account.
In context
Here, it names the action that makes a chosen account stop following your account.
- Situation
- Managing profiles, usernames, privacy, audience, discoverability, and account visibility
- What it communicates
- offers the action to take someone off your follower list
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say anything about any other connection between the two accounts beyond that following relationship.
Examples
“After the argument, she removed his account as a follower, but they still exchanged direct messages.”
“When a spam account appeared overnight, Nina removed it as a follower during lunch.”