The direct answer is no: BskyDelete does not currently export the people who follow you. It exports selected records from your following list—the accounts you chose to follow. These are different datasets, so using the right term matters when you create a backup, audit relationships, or prepare for an account move.
Followers and following use different AT Protocol queries
- Followers are accounts that follow you.
- Following are accounts you follow.
The official AT Protocol getFollowers Lexicon enumerates accounts that follow a specified actor. The separate getFollows Lexicon enumerates accounts that the actor follows. Both use cursor pagination, so a complete export may require multiple requests.
BskyDelete’s Following workspace works with the second dataset. It does not currently provide a Followers tab, follower-audience export, automatic cross-platform migration, follower analytics, or historical unfollower tracking.
What the BskyDelete CSV contains
On a paid plan, you can export selected following records. The generated CSV contains:
- display name;
- handle;
- DID;
- profile description;
- avatar URL; and
- whether the current relationship is mutual.
The DID is especially useful because a handle can change while the DID remains the stable account identifier. The “mutual follow” value describes the relationship at export time; it is not a history of earlier follows or unfollows.
The file contains only the records you selected. It is not a full followers backup, does not prove that every listed account follows you, and cannot transfer followers to another social network.
How to export the accounts you follow
- Sign in to BskyDelete and connect Bluesky through the official AT Protocol OAuth flow.
- Open the Following workspace and load the accounts you currently follow.
- Search or filter the list. Paid plans can also prioritize accounts using suspicious-bot scores, inactivity estimates, current reciprocity, and numeric profile signals.
- Review the profiles and select the accounts you want in the file.
- Choose Export to download the selected following records as CSV.
The bot and inactivity filters are heuristics based on public profile information. A bot score is not proof that an account is fake, and the inactivity estimate is based on visible post frequency relative to account age—not a private last-login timestamp. These filters help organize a review; they should not replace your judgment.
How to obtain an actual follower export
If you need the people who follow you, use a tool or script that explicitly reads the getFollowers query rather than getFollows. A reliable workflow should:
- request the follower list for the correct handle or DID;
- continue through every cursor until no next page remains;
- retain stable DIDs alongside display names and handles;
- record the export date so you know when the snapshot was taken; and
- explain whether unavailable or moderated profiles are included.
The Bluesky API endpoint returns a current list, not a historical one. Repeating the export at different times can create snapshots for your own comparison, but BskyDelete does not currently perform or store that follower-snapshot workflow.
What a follower export can and cannot prove
A current follower export can answer “which accounts appear to follow this actor now?” It cannot, by itself, tell you:
- when each account first followed;
- whether a missing account unfollowed, was deleted, or became unavailable;
- who followed during a period when no snapshot was collected; or
- whether an account will continue following in the future.
For comparisons, use DIDs rather than only handles and make sure both snapshots completed pagination. Otherwise a handle change or incomplete page set can look like an unfollow that never happened.
Safety checklist for another export tool
Before granting access, check whether the service uses OAuth, what data it stores, how long it keeps exports, whether you can delete them, and whether it completes pagination. Avoid a service that asks for your Bluesky password or claims it can move followers automatically to another platform.
Bottom line
BskyDelete can export selected following data on a paid plan and helps you review those accounts before bulk unfollowing. It does not currently export followers. Keeping that distinction explicit gives users an accurate answer while still showing the account-management capabilities the product genuinely provides.