How to transfer followers between Mastodon accounts
When moving from one Mastodon account to another, you can take your followers with you. Here's how!
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Moving your followers
On your new account
- Go to Preferences → Account → Account settings
- Find the section “Moving from a different account” near the bottom and click “create an account alias”
- Enter the handle of your old account (e. g. username@example.com, note that it has to be without an @ in front of your username) in the input field and hit “Create alias”
On your old account
- Go to Preferences → Account → Account settings
- Find the section “Move to a different account” near the bottom and click “configure it here”
- Enter the handle of your new account and your password in the input fields and hit “Move followers”
This might take a while – if you plan to delete your old account, make sure the transfer is complete first.
Note that the above procedure will only move your followers. Your new account will not automatically re-follow your previously followed users, but you can import them as explained below.
Re-following your followed users
On your old account
- Go to Preferences → Import and export → Data export
- Find the “Follows” row and click “CSV” to download a list of your followed accounts
On your new account
- Go to Preferences → Import and export → Import
- Select “Following list” in the dropdown menu and tick the “Merge” box
- Select the previously downloaded CSV and hit “Upload”
This can also be done with lists, blocks, mutes and bookmarks.
Happy tooting! 🐘💨
