LinkedIn is a popular professional networking platform used by millions of people around the world. Many companies also use LinkedIn’s enterprise features to manage company pages, post jobs, interact with candidates and more. If you have connected your personal LinkedIn account to your company’s enterprise account, you may eventually want to disconnect it if you leave the company or switch roles.
Overview of LinkedIn Enterprise Accounts
LinkedIn offers a suite of enterprise products and features for companies under the LinkedIn Talent Solutions branding. This includes options like LinkedIn Recruiter, Job Slots, LinkedIn Learning and more. Companies can use these tools to amplify their employer brand, source and recruit candidates, develop employee skills and measure ROI.
To set up these enterprise-level features, companies need to have an existing LinkedIn Company Page. Then administrators can connect to the tools and services they want to utilize. Admins can grant access to other team members by connecting their LinkedIn profiles to the Company Page.
Why You Might Want to Disconnect
There are a few common reasons why you may need to disconnect your personal LinkedIn profile from your company’s LinkedIn enterprise account:
- You are changing roles or departments within the company – You may no longer need access to the same enterprise features based on your new position. Your admin can remove access as needed.
- You are leaving the company – You’ll want to disconnect your personal profile so you don’t maintain access after your departure.
- The company changed enterprise platforms – Your company may have switched from LinkedIn Recruiter to another ATS. Disconnecting your account removes legacy access.
- Privacy and separation of accounts – You want to keep your personal and professional networks separate going forward.
How to Disconnect Your LinkedIn Account
The process to disconnect your LinkedIn profile from a Company Page depends on if you are an admin or regular user. Here are the steps for both scenarios:
If You’re an Admin
- Go to your Company Page and click “Admin Tools” on the right rail.
- Choose “Tools and Services” from the Admin Tools menu.
- Locate the product you want to remove access to and click “Edit Settings.”
- Find your name in the list of connected profiles and click “Remove” next to it.
- Confirm removal in the pop-up window.
Once removed as an admin, you will no longer access any admin settings for that Company Page or its products.
If You’re a Regular User
- Go to your personal LinkedIn Settings
- Click “Partner Integrations” in the left column
- Locate the Company Page and click “Disconnect” next to it
- Confirm disconnection in the pop-up window
After disconnecting, you’ll get a confirmation the partnership has ended. You will no longer be able to access the Company Page or any enterprise tools you had access to.
What Happens When You Disconnect
Disconnecting your LinkedIn profile from a Company Page has a few effects:
- You immediately lose access to any enterprise tools or accounts you used as an employee. This includes recruiter, job advertising, learning and more.
- You no longer appear on the Company Page as an employee. Your name and profile photo are removed.
- Any activity you had on the Company Page, such as likes, follows or shares, will remain visible to others.
- You can no longer make posts or interact with the page as an employee. You are reverted to regular user status.
Essentially, disconnecting divorces your personal profile from any enterprise functionality from that company going forward. Public activity remains but access and privileges are revoked.
Troubleshooting Disconnection Issues
Sometimes the disconnection process doesn’t go smoothly. Here are some common issues and troubleshooting tips:
Access Not Revoked
If you still see the Company Page in your Partner Integrations or still have access to tools, the disconnect didn’t work properly. Confirm with your admin they fully removed you from integrations in the backend. If you’re the admin, check again for any lingering access.
Seeing Incorrect Information
Occasionally page views, likes or employees may still show you after disconnecting. This is usually a caching issue that resolves within 72 hours. If not, report the stale data to LinkedIn.
Connection Keeps Reactivating
This rare bug can happen if the integration wasn’t fully cleared out. Try disconnecting again and get confirmation from LinkedIn support the connection has been severed.
Best Practices for Disconnecting
To ensure a smooth disconnecting process from a LinkedIn enterprise account, keep these tips in mind:
- Notify your admin or HR when you plan to disconnect your profile, especially if you’re leaving the company.
- Disconnect from all integrated tools and accounts to revoke all access.
- If you’re an admin, remove yourself from the tools first before removing admin status.
- Confirm with LinkedIn support if you run into any issues post-disconnection.
- Check back a few days later to make sure the changes fully applied.
Conclusion
With LinkedIn being such a prominent platform for companies, it’s common for employees to integrate their personal profiles with enterprise accounts. If you’re leaving a company or transitioning roles, it’s important to know how to properly disconnect your profile to revoke access.
The main steps are navigating to your account settings or the Company Page admin tools and removing the connected partnership. Be sure to check that access is fully revoked and troubleshoot any lingering connection issues.
With the right approach, you can seamlessly unlink your personal and professional presence on LinkedIn when it’s needed. Just be sure to give yourself plenty of time and confirm the changes go into effect.
