def close_friend_remove(self, user_id: str):
        """
        Remove from Close Friends List

        Parameters
        ----------
        user_id: str
            Unique identifier of a User
        Returns
        -------
        bool
            A boolean value
        """
        assert self.user_id, "Login required"
        user_id = str(user_id)
        data = {
            "block_on_empty_thread_creation": "false",
            "module": "CLOSE_FRIENDS_V2_SEARCH",
            "source": "audience_manager",
            "_uid": self.user_id,
            "_uuid": self.uuid,
            "remove": [user_id],
            "add": [],
        }
        result = self.private_request("friendships/set_besties/", data)
        return json_value(result, "friendship_statuses", user_id, "is_bestie") is False

        Remove from Close Friends List

        Parameters
        ----------
        user_id: str
            Unique identifier of a User
        Returns
        -------
        bool
            A boolean value
        
instagrapi/mixins/user.py