LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional networking platform, with over 800 million members globally. As a professional social media site, LinkedIn allows you to create a detailed profile highlighting your work experience, education, skills, accomplishments and more. With so much personal and professional information available on LinkedIn profiles, many users wonder – does LinkedIn show your location?
Does LinkedIn show your exact location?
The short answer is: no, LinkedIn does not show your precise, real-time location. Unlike apps like Facebook and Snapchat, LinkedIn does not have a location tracking feature that pinpoints and shares your current location. However, LinkedIn does allow you to voluntarily share your location in a couple of profile fields:
- Location field – You can choose to add your city and country of residence in the location section of your profile.
- Experience section – Any current or past work experiences added to your profile will display the city and country those companies are located in.
So in summary, while LinkedIn does not actively track and display your up-to-the-minute, exact location, users can manually add location details like their city and country if they choose. The location fields are optional and can be left blank if preferred.
Does LinkedIn show your general region?
Beyond the location details you manually add to your profile, there are a couple ways LinkedIn may indicate your general region or geographic area, without pinpointing your precise coordinates:
- IP address – When you access LinkedIn on your device, your IP address communicates an approximate region for targeting relevant content and advertisements. But this does not display your street address.
- Geotagged content – If you post images with geotags showing city or country on LinkedIn, your general location will be visible. But geotags are optional.
- Job searches – When searching for jobs on LinkedIn, your current country may be auto-populated based on IP address as a search filter. But this is not mandatory information.
So in short, while LinkedIn may collect some geographic and regional data based on IP address and other factors, your exact street address or live coordinates are not displayed publicly or shared without your permission.
When can your location be seen on LinkedIn?
Here are some examples of when your general location or geographic area may be visible to certain audiences on LinkedIn:
Scenario | Who can see location |
---|---|
Listed in profile location field | Everyone who views your profile |
Job experience lists company locations | Everyone who views your profile |
Geotagged posts and images | All LinkedIn connections |
Targeted ads using IP address | Only you |
Job searches filtered by country | Only you |
As shown above, the main ways your general location is visible is through information you manually add to your profile fields, which is fully optional. Location details used for targeting content and ads are typically only seen by you.
How to control your location settings on LinkedIn
If you want to limit the location details visible on your LinkedIn profile, here are some settings you can adjust:
- Edit the location field – Remove the city, state or country listed in your profile location. Leave it blank if you do not want any location displayed.
- Remove geotags – Refrain from geotagging your posts and images to avoid showing geographic metadata.
- Set job search radius – When searching for jobs on LinkedIn, you can define the geographic radius to focus on opportunities in your target region.
You have full control over the location fields added to your LinkedIn profile. The platform does not have any built-in location tracking features that actively display your real-time coordinates without consent.
Does LinkedIn show your location to connections?
No, LinkedIn does not share your precise location or geographic coordinates with your connections or any users on the platform. The only location information visible to your connections includes:
- City and country listed in your profile location field (if filled out)
- Locations of companies worked at in your experience section
- Geotagged posts or images you share (optional)
These location details are voluntarily added by you. LinkedIn does not have any live map or tracking features that actively share your up-to-the-minute coordinates with other members, even connections. Your precise location remains private.
Does LinkedIn show location during Google searches?
When people search for your name or profile on Google, your LinkedIn profile may appear in the search results. However, no exact location details will be displayed in the preview snippet visible on Google.
The only location information that may show is the city, state or country optionally listed in the location section of your LinkedIn profile. But your street address or live coordinates will not be visible. All location fields are added voluntarily by you.
Conclusion
In summary, LinkedIn does not actively track or display your exact real-time location without consent. The platform does not have any built-in location sharing features.
The only location details that may be visible are information you manually add to your profile, like your city and country of residence, or companies worked at. But your specific coordinates are never shared without permission.
LinkedIn also does not show your precise location to connections or other users. You remain in full control of your privacy settings and location data. Overall, rest assured that your exact location remains private on LinkedIn unless you voluntarily opt to share those details.