Methods How to know who unfriend you on Facebook

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Methods How to know who unfriend you on Facebook.

No malware methods, clean techniques

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Imagine caring this much about getting unfriended.

They don’t want anything to do with you, go touch grass.

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Here are the clean, safe techniques to confirm if someone has unfriended you.

​Method 1: The Manual Profile Check (Most Reliable)

​If you suspect a specific person has unfriended you, this is the quickest way to confirm it.

  1. ​Search for their name in the Facebook search bar.

  2. ​Visit their profile.

  3. ​Look at the button status:

    • ​“Friends”: You are still friends (perhaps you just aren’t seeing their posts due to the algorithm).

    • ​“Following”: You are following them, but you are no longer friends (they likely unfriended you, but you are still subscribed to their public posts).

    • ​Profile Unreachable/Invisible: If you cannot find them at all, or the profile loads as blank/error, they have either Blocked you or Deactivated their account.

  4. “Add Friend”: They have unfriended you.

​Method 2: The Messenger Status Check

​If you have a previous conversation with them in Messenger, this can distinguish between being blocked, deactivated, or simply unfriended.

  1. ​Open Messenger and find your old chat with them.

  2. ​Check their Name/Photo:

    • ​If their profile photo is still visible and you can click their name to visit their profile (and see “Add Friend”), they unfriended you.

    • ​If their photo is grey/blank (standard silhouette) and you cannot click their profile, they likely deactivated their account or blocked you.

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  1. ​Try to send a message:

    • ​If it says “This person is unavailable on Messenger,” you are likely blocked (or they deleted their account).

    • ​If the message sends normally but you see the “Add Friend” button on their profile, they just unfriended you.

​Method 3: The Data Archive Strategy (For Future Tracking)

​This method is proactive. It won’t tell you who unfriended you yesterday unless you already had a list, but it is the only way to keep a reliable log moving forward without apps.

  1. ​Go to Settings & Privacy > Settings.

  2. ​Scroll to Your Information > Download Your Information.

  3. ​Select only “Friends and Followers” (deselect everything else to keep the file small and the download fast).

  4. ​Download the file (JSON or HTML format) and save it.

  5. ​In the future: If your friend count drops, download a new list. You can then copy both lists into Excel or Google Sheets to compare them. The names missing from the new list are the people who unfriended (or blocked) you.

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