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How to Remove Contact Followers Automatically in GHL Workflows

Updated March 13, 2025

Managing contact followers manually across active pipelines creates inconsistencies and leaves outdated assignments in your CRM. This tutorial shows you how to configure the Remove Contact Follower workflow action in GoHighLevel to automatically clean up followers when opportunity statuses change.

Overview

Use the “Remove Contact Followers” workflow action to automatically remove followers from a contact. Integrating this action into your existing workflows simplifies follower management for your business.



Action Name

Remove Contact Follower



Action Description

The “Remove Contact Follower” feature allows users to delete one or multiple followers from a contact’s profile.



How to Configure

Step 1: 

  • Select workflow action – “Remove Contact Follower” in the “Contact” Category



Step 2: 

  • Use the “Remove Contact Follower” action to remove chosen or all followers of a contact
  • Switch on the toggle to remove all followers from a contact or select from the list of followers.


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Example

Configuration Example:

In a workflow where contacts are frequently assigned and reassigned based on the stage of engagement:

  • Action Name: “Remove Contact Follower”



Workflow Steps:

  1. Trigger: Opportunity Status Changed – This trigger activates when an opportunity associated with the contact is marked as “Closed.”
  2. Action: Remove Contact Follower- This action removes the follower that was assigned to the contact.

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