How do I completely unsubscribe from LinkedIn?

LinkedIn can be a great platform for networking and making professional connections. However, you may reach a point where you want to deactivate or delete your LinkedIn account entirely. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to completely unsubscribe and remove your profile from LinkedIn.

Why Would You Want to Unsubscribe from LinkedIn?

There are a few common reasons why someone may want to unsubscribe from LinkedIn:

• You don’t use it anymore and want to delete unused accounts
• You want more privacy and don’t want your profile public
• You’re getting too many notifications and find it distracting
• You don’t feel it’s benefiting your career anymore
• You had a bad experience on the platform

Unsubscribing from LinkedIn removes your profile and all connections. You won’t receive any further emails or notifications. It’s important to understand this before going through the deletion process.

How to Temporarily Deactivate Your LinkedIn Account

If you think you may want to reactivate your account in the future, deactivating it is a better temporary option than fully deleting. Here’s how to deactivate your LinkedIn account:

1. Log into your LinkedIn account on a desktop browser.
2. In the top right corner, click on the Me icon (your profile picture).
3. Select Settings & Privacy from the dropdown menu.
4. On the left sidebar, click Account preferences.
5. Under the Account status heading, click on Deactivate your account.
6. On the Deactivate Your Account page, select your reason for deactivating from the dropdown menu.
7. Enter your password to confirm deactivation.
8. Click the Deactivate button.

Deactivating your account hides your profile and removes you from search results. You won’t receive notifications or emails. You can easily reactivate your account later by logging in with your username and password.

How to Permanently Delete Your LinkedIn Account

If you are sure you want to permanently delete your LinkedIn account, here are the steps:

1. Log into your LinkedIn account in a desktop browser.
2. In the top right corner, click on the Me icon (your profile picture).
3. Select Settings & Privacy.
4. On the left sidebar, click Account preferences.
5. Under the Account status heading, click Close your account.
6. On the Close Your Account page, select your reason for leaving.
7. Re-enter your account password to confirm account closure.
8. Select the Close Account button.

It may take up to 24 hours for LinkedIn to process your account closure request. Once it’s closed, your profile and all personal data will be permanently deleted from LinkedIn’s servers.

Important Things to Know Before Deleting Your Account

Here are some key things to keep in mind before you permanently delete your LinkedIn account:

• Back up any important connections or information. Once the account is deleted, it’s gone forever.
• You’ll lose access to job searches, Groups, and other resources you may have saved.
• People you’ve connected with won’t be notified. Your profile will simply disappear from their connections.
• If you want to join LinkedIn again, you’ll have to create a brand new account.
• It can take up to 30 days for LinkedIn to scrub all traces of your account from backups and cached data.

How to Delete Just the LinkedIn Mobile App

If you only want to remove the LinkedIn app from your mobile device but keep your account, here are the steps for iPhone and Android:

iPhone

1. Go to your iPhone’s home screen and find the LinkedIn app icon.
2. Press and hold the LinkedIn app icon until all the apps start to shake.
3. Tap the “X” that appears in the LinkedIn app icon.
4. Tap “Delete” to confirm removing the app.

Android Phone

1. Open the Android Settings app.
2. Tap “Apps & Notifications.”
3. Tap “See all apps.”
4. Scroll and tap on “LinkedIn.”
5. Tap “Uninstall.”
6. Tap “OK” to confirm.

This will delete just the mobile app while your LinkedIn account remains active online.

How to Stop LinkedIn Email Notifications

If you want to keep using LinkedIn but get fewer notifications, here’s how to adjust your email settings:

1. On LinkedIn click on the Me icon and open Settings & Privacy.
2. Select Communications from the left sidebar.
3. Under “Email preferences” click Change to edit notifications.
4. Uncheck any email notifications you want to stop receiving.
5. Scroll down and click Save Changes.

You can also click “Turn off all emails” at the very top to disable notifications entirely while keeping your account.

Can You Reactivate a Closed LinkedIn Account?

If you regret closing your LinkedIn account, is it possible to reactivate it? Unfortunately, once you permanently delete your account, it is gone forever and cannot be restored. LinkedIn states that accounts closed for longer than 30 days cannot be reopened.

However, if you only temporarily deactivated your account, you can easily reactivate it anytime by logging in with your username and password. Deactivated accounts remain in LinkedIn’s system and can be restored.

But there is no way to recover a profile after permanently deleting your account. The closure is permanent. This is why it’s important to download any data or connections you want to save before completing the account deletion process.

Conclusion

Completely unsubscribing from LinkedIn involves permanently closing your account, which deletes your profile and removes all connections. If you later decide you want to rejoin LinkedIn, you’ll have to create a brand new account from scratch.

The steps to permanently close a LinkedIn account are:

1. Go to account settings
2. Select “Close your account”
3. Choose reason for leaving
4. Confirm account closure
5. Account deleted within 24 hours

Be certain before taking this irreversible step. Back up anything important first. While deactivating your account is temporary, full account closure is permanent. There is no way to retrieve or reactivate a deleted LinkedIn account.