Unfriends or unfollows a user. If there’s an outgoing friend request, cancels it. If there’s an incoming friend request, rejects it, same as the “leave as a follower” button on the web.

This method requires the following permissions: friends.

Parameters

user_id
integer (positive)

Target user identifier.

Result

Returns one of the following:

  • friend_deleted – the target user was the current user’s friend and was removed from the friend list
  • unfollowed – the current user was non-mutually following the target user, but there was no outgoing friend request
  • out_request_deleted – there was an outgoing friend request and it was deleted
  • in_request_deleted – there was an incoming friend request and it was deleted

Errors

Global errors may occur when calling this method.