LinkedIn’s saved search alerts allow you to receive notifications when new profiles, jobs, companies, or posts match your search criteria. This can be a useful tool for staying on top of your network, recruiting efforts, or industry news. But how often can you actually receive these alerts? Let’s take a closer look at the frequency limits.
Daily Limits
LinkedIn imposes daily limits on how many saved search alert emails you can receive. This is to prevent spamming and ensure the feature is used appropriately. The exact daily limits depend on the type of saved search:
- Profiles – 50 alerts per day
- Jobs – 20 alerts per day
- Companies – 20 alerts per day
- Posts – 50 alerts per day
So in total, you could get up to 140 saved search alert emails from LinkedIn in a single day. However, keep in mind these are aggregate limits across all of your saved searches. For example, if you have the maximum of 10 profile searches saved, the 50 alert limit would be spread across those 10 searches, averaging 5 alerts per search.
Frequency Settings
In addition to daily limits, you can customize the frequency of your saved search alerts in your settings. The options are:
- Instant – Get a notification as soon as a new match is found. Keep in mind this is still subject to daily limits.
- Daily – Get a digest email once per day summarizing all the new matches.
- Weekly – Get a weekly digest email on the day of your choice.
Daily and weekly digests are a good way to limit notifications while still staying updated on your key searches. Instant notifications ensure you see new matches right away, but can become overwhelming if you have multiple searches.
Search Expiration
It’s also important to note that your saved searches on LinkedIn will expire after 90 days unless you renew them. This means you will stop receiving any alerts after 90 days unless you re-save the search. You can see the expiration date for each saved search in your account settings.
Tips for Managing Saved Search Alerts
Here are some tips for effectively managing your LinkedIn saved search alerts within the frequency limits:
- Set your most important searches to “instant” and others to “daily” or “weekly.”
- Keep an eye on expiration dates and renew key searches regularly.
- Adjust the filters and parameters of searches generating too many alerts.
- Limit saved searches to topics and keywords most important to your goals.
- Unsave searches that are no longer relevant.
- Use daily/weekly digests for high-volume searches.
- Spread out your searches throughout the week.
Alert Frequency for Premium Subscribers
LinkedIn Premium subscribers have higher daily saved search alert limits and access to real-time alert notifications. Here are the limits for premium members:
| Search Type | Daily Limit |
|---|---|
| Profiles | 500 |
| Jobs | 500 |
| Companies | 500 |
| Posts | 500 |
In total, Premium members can receive up to 2,000 email alerts per day. The frequency settings work the same as the free version. So premium allows for more searches and alerts, but not a higher frequency per search.
InMail Search Alerts
One alert type limited to Premium members is InMail search alerts. This notifies you when members matching your search criteria are eligible to receive InMail messages. The daily limits are:
- Open to InMail – 150 alerts per day
- InMail Credits Remaining – 150 alerts per day
Using InMail search alerts strategically allows premium members to easily identify prospects that can be reached via InMail.
Turning Off Alerts
If you find yourself getting an overwhelming volume of saved search alerts, you have a few options to manage them or turn them off entirely:
- Delete individual saved searches.
- Pause alerts for a search instead of deleting it.
- Narrow the filters for searches generating many alerts.
- Change frequency setting from instant to daily or weekly digests.
- Mute alerts from a specific search.
- Unsubscribe from all LinkedIn email notifications.
The key is finding the right balance for your needs. Tailor your alert frequency, filters, and settings to receive a useful amount of updates without getting overloaded.
Conclusion
LinkedIn limits saved search alerts to 140 total per day for free users, while Premium members can get up to 2,000. You can customize frequency to instant, daily, or weekly based on each search’s importance. Alerts expire after 90 days unless renewed. Fine-tuning searches and using digest emails can help manage volume. InMail search alerts provide a valuable way for Premium subscribers to identify prospects. With the right search parameters and alert settings, saved searches provide a simple way to stay on top of your professional network and goals.