diff --git a/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.js b/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.js
index 7dec0c3d7c..acd93e0650 100644
--- a/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.js
+++ b/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ const AccountActions = {
   ],
   data () {
     return {
-      showingConfirmBlock: false
+      showingConfirmBlock: false,
+      showingConfirmRemoveFollower: false
     }
   },
   components: {
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@ const AccountActions = {
     hideConfirmBlock () {
       this.showingConfirmBlock = false
     },
+    showConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers () {
+      this.showingConfirmRemoveFollower = true
+    },
+    hideConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers () {
+      this.showingConfirmRemoveFollower = false
+    },
     showRepeats () {
       this.$store.dispatch('showReblogs', this.user.id)
     },
@@ -55,7 +62,15 @@ const AccountActions = {
       this.$store.dispatch('unblockUser', this.user.id)
     },
     removeUserFromFollowers () {
+      if (!this.shouldConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers) {
+        this.doRemoveUserFromFollowers()
+      } else {
+        this.showConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers()
+      }
+    },
+    doRemoveUserFromFollowers () {
       this.$store.dispatch('removeUserFromFollowers', this.user.id)
+      this.hideConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers()
     },
     reportUser () {
       this.$store.dispatch('openUserReportingModal', { userId: this.user.id })
@@ -71,6 +86,9 @@ const AccountActions = {
     shouldConfirmBlock () {
       return this.$store.getters.mergedConfig.modalOnBlock
     },
+    shouldConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers () {
+      return this.$store.getters.mergedConfig.modalOnRemoveUserFromFollowers
+    },
     ...mapState({
       pleromaChatMessagesAvailable: state => state.instance.pleromaChatMessagesAvailable
     })
diff --git a/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.vue b/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.vue
index 161bab0999..ce19291a1d 100644
--- a/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.vue
+++ b/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.vue
@@ -95,6 +95,27 @@
         </i18n-t>
       </confirm-modal>
     </teleport>
+    <teleport to="#modal">
+      <confirm-modal
+        v-if="showingConfirmRemoveFollower"
+        :title="$t('user_card.remove_follower_confirm_title')"
+        :confirm-text="$t('user_card.remove_follower_confirm_accept_button')"
+        :cancel-text="$t('user_card.remove_follower_confirm_cancel_button')"
+        @accepted="doRemoveUserFromFollowers"
+        @cancelled="hideConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers"
+      >
+        <i18n-t
+          keypath="user_card.remove_follower_confirm"
+          tag="span"
+        >
+          <template #user>
+            <span
+              v-text="user.screen_name_ui"
+            />
+          </template>
+        </i18n-t>
+      </confirm-modal>
+    </teleport>
   </div>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/src/components/follow_card/follow_card.vue b/src/components/follow_card/follow_card.vue
index eff69fb237..bdb6b80927 100644
--- a/src/components/follow_card/follow_card.vue
+++ b/src/components/follow_card/follow_card.vue
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         />
         <RemoveFollowerButton
           v-if="noFollowsYou && relationship.followed_by"
+          :user="user"
           :relationship="relationship"
           class="follow-card-button"
         />
diff --git a/src/components/remove_follower_button/remove_follower_button.js b/src/components/remove_follower_button/remove_follower_button.js
index e1a7531bfe..052a519ff2 100644
--- a/src/components/remove_follower_button/remove_follower_button.js
+++ b/src/components/remove_follower_button/remove_follower_button.js
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
+import ConfirmModal from '../confirm_modal/confirm_modal.vue'
+
 export default {
-  props: ['relationship'],
+  props: ['user', 'relationship'],
   data () {
     return {
-      inProgress: false
+      inProgress: false,
+      showingConfirmRemoveFollower: false
     }
   },
+  components: {
+    ConfirmModal
+  },
   computed: {
     label () {
       if (this.inProgress) {
@@ -12,14 +18,31 @@ export default {
       } else {
         return this.$t('user_card.remove_follower')
       }
+    },
+    shouldConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers () {
+      return this.$store.getters.mergedConfig.modalOnRemoveUserFromFollowers
     }
   },
   methods: {
+    showConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers () {
+      this.showingConfirmRemoveFollower = true
+    },
+    hideConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers () {
+      this.showingConfirmRemoveFollower = false
+    },
     onClick () {
+      if (!this.shouldConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers) {
+        this.doRemoveUserFromFollowers()
+      } else {
+        this.showConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers()
+      }
+    },
+    doRemoveUserFromFollowers () {
       this.inProgress = true
       this.$store.dispatch('removeUserFromFollowers', this.relationship.id).then(() => {
         this.inProgress = false
       })
+      this.hideConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers()
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/remove_follower_button/remove_follower_button.vue b/src/components/remove_follower_button/remove_follower_button.vue
index a3a4c24268..0012aebd13 100644
--- a/src/components/remove_follower_button/remove_follower_button.vue
+++ b/src/components/remove_follower_button/remove_follower_button.vue
@@ -7,6 +7,27 @@
     @click="onClick"
   >
     {{ label }}
+    <teleport to="#modal">
+      <confirm-modal
+        v-if="showingConfirmRemoveFollower"
+        :title="$t('user_card.remove_follower_confirm_title')"
+        :confirm-text="$t('user_card.remove_follower_confirm_accept_button')"
+        :cancel-text="$t('user_card.remove_follower_confirm_cancel_button')"
+        @accepted="doRemoveUserFromFollowers"
+        @cancelled="hideConfirmRemoveUserFromFollowers"
+      >
+        <i18n-t
+          keypath="user_card.remove_follower_confirm"
+          tag="span"
+        >
+          <template #user>
+            <span
+              v-text="user.screen_name_ui"
+            />
+          </template>
+        </i18n-t>
+      </confirm-modal>
+    </teleport>
   </button>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue
index 9de3ed81f3..703e94a0f5 100644
--- a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue
+++ b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@
                 {{ $t('settings.confirm_dialogs_deny_follow') }}
               </BooleanSetting>
             </li>
+            <li>
+              <BooleanSetting path="modalOnRemoveUserFromFollowers">
+                {{ $t('settings.confirm_dialogs_remove_follower') }}
+              </BooleanSetting>
+            </li>
           </ul>
         </li>
       </ul>
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index 213f9cf012..ca022c8213 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@
     "confirm_dialogs_logout": "logging out",
     "confirm_dialogs_approve_follow": "approving a follower",
     "confirm_dialogs_deny_follow": "denying a follower",
+    "confirm_dialogs_remove_follower": "removing a follower",
     "mutes_and_blocks": "Mutes and Blocks",
     "data_import_export_tab": "Data import / export",
     "default_vis": "Default visibility scope",
@@ -964,6 +965,10 @@
     "per_day": "per day",
     "remote_follow": "Remote follow",
     "remove_follower": "Remove follower",
+    "remove_follower_confirm_title": "Remove follower confirmation",
+    "remove_follower_confirm_accept_button": "Remove",
+    "remove_follower_confirm_cancel_button": "Keep",
+    "remove_follower_confirm": "Do you really want to remove {user} from your followers?",
     "report": "Report",
     "statuses": "Statuses",
     "subscribe": "Subscribe",
diff --git a/src/modules/config.js b/src/modules/config.js
index 1df279a224..8e6b2c3de1 100644
--- a/src/modules/config.js
+++ b/src/modules/config.js
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export const defaultState = {
   modalOnLogout: undefined, // instance default
   modalOnApproveFollow: undefined, // instance default
   modalOnDenyFollow: undefined, // instance default
+  modalOnRemoveUserFromFollowers: undefined, // instance default
   playVideosInModal: false,
   useOneClickNsfw: false,
   useContainFit: true,
diff --git a/src/modules/instance.js b/src/modules/instance.js
index fcb6eecc67..ce958907b0 100644
--- a/src/modules/instance.js
+++ b/src/modules/instance.js
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const defaultState = {
   modalOnLogout: true,
   modalOnApproveFollow: false,
   modalOnDenyFollow: false,
+  modalOnRemoveUserFromFollowers: false,
   loginMethod: 'password',
   logo: '/static/logo.svg',
   logoMargin: '.2em',