Clean dead followers off your X account
Sweep finds the bots and ghosts among your followers and marks them on your Followers page, without breaking X's rules.
Works in Chrome, Edge, Brave and Arc · about $1 per 1,000 followers, paid to X directly
What it does
Scan once, review in seconds, then remove with X's own menu.
Scans every followerThrough the official API, 1,000 per request. Resumable if you close the tab.
Keeps who mattersCheckmarks, big accounts, people you follow and subscribers stay. Every rule is a toggle.
Deadest firstNo posts, default avatar, silent for a year, follows thousands with no followers.
Marks them on x.comRed "Remove" and green "Keep" labels on your Followers page, with the reason.
One by oneWalks you through profiles and notices when "Follows you" disappears.
Who doesn't follow backScans who you follow too, and marks your Following page: red when they don't follow you back.
PrivateNo server, no account, no analytics. Everything stays in your browser.
Within X's rules, on purpose
Tools that click on x.com for you risk permanent suspension. Sweep never does.
| X's rules | Sweep | |
|---|---|---|
| Reading your followers | Allowed through the API | Official endpoint |
| Bots clicking on x.com | Banned, permanent suspension | Never |
| The "Remove follower" click | No API for it | Yours, in X's own menu |
Install in two minutes
- Download
sweep-extension.zipfrom the latest release and unzip it. - Open
chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode, click Load unpacked and pick the folder. - Create an app at console.x.com (OAuth 2.0, Native App, Read) with the callback
https://ojfmjajpdhdpjekhnlmjpphmmmngochn.chromiumapp.org/x. - Paste the Client ID into Sweep and scan. Or click Try it with sample followers first.
Full guide and troubleshooting in the README.
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