Privacy FAQs

Yes. You control what information appears on your LinkedIn profile. You can add, edit, or remove information from multiple sections of your profile. Learn more about editing your profile.

Yes, you can decide if you want your profile to appear when someone searches for you on services like Google and Bing. You can even customize what information appears on services like Google and Bing or choose to make your profile visible only on LinkedIn. Learn more about customizing the visibility of your public profile.

Your profile edits will be shared with your network unless you chose to turn notifications off. Manage this in your settings.

The Who's Viewed Your Profile feature provides you with information about who has recently looked at your profile. It can also provide trends and insights, including increases in profile views and where your viewers work.

Note that you may not see this feature if you haven't had any profile views in the past 90 days. When possible, we try to display a minimum of five views over any timeframe. Find out how Who’s Viewed Your Profile works.

Yes. You can adjust what others see about you when you look at their profile. Go to your settings and review Profile Viewing Options, and choose how much information you want to share when you look at other people’s profiles.

Note that when you turn on Private Mode in this setting, you’re prevented from seeing who’s viewed your profile unless you have a Premium Subscription.

Learn more about browsing profiles in Private Mode or Semi-Private Mode.

Your job search activity on LinkedIn isn’t shared with others. We don’t send updates or notifications to your connections or employer when you view or apply for a job through LinkedIn. Go to your settings to control how others see your LinkedIn activity by limiting notifications when you add connections or edit your profile.

Yes, and here are some things you can do:

• Ensure your profile is up to date.
• Include relevant information about your experiences and the positions you’re interested in.
• Share your career interests with recruiters. This indicates you’re open to new opportunities.

Know that we keep your decision to notify recruiters private. We won’t notify your employer, recruiters at your current company, or others in your network.

You can set your preferences by going to account settings. Learn more about managing your account and privacy settings.

Although we’d be sad to see you go, you can always submit a request to close your LinkedIn profile. It takes about 30 days to fully remove your information from our systems. Learn more about closing your account.

You can request a copy of your personal data by going to Account Settings. We’ll provide you the data in an easily readable format. Depending on what you’re requesting, it may take up to 24 hours. Find out the types of account data you can download.

You can control the information that LinkedIn uses to show you relevant ads by adjusting your ads settings. It may take up to 72 hours for changes to take effect. Please note that even if you opt out, you’ll still see ads from us and our advertising partners. The ads will just no longer be tailored to you. For more information about the data we use to serve you ads, see Section 2.4 of our Privacy Policy.

Learn more about managing your ad preferences.

To stop receiving a specific email from LinkedIn, click Unsubscribe at the bottom of that email. Learn more about how to further manage the types and frequency of emails you receive from us.

Certain emails about the administration of your account or purchases you make on LinkedIn may be sent to you even if you opt out of all other email communications. For example, this can happen when we have a legal obligation to send a specific message, explain important information about your LinkedIn account, or respond to your requests.