There are a few common reasons why you may not be receiving notifications from LinkedIn:
You have notifications turned off
The most obvious reason is that you have notifications disabled in your LinkedIn account settings. To check your notification settings on LinkedIn:
- Click on the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage and select Settings & Privacy.
- Click on Communications in the left sidebar.
- Make sure the toggle for “Receive notifications when there’s new activity on LinkedIn” is turned on. This controls overall notifications.
- Scroll down and ensure any individual notification channels you want are enabled (email, push notifications, etc).
If notifications are turned off entirely or for specific channels, you won’t receive them until you re-enable them in your settings.
You have notifications paused
LinkedIn allows you to temporarily pause notifications for 1 hour, 8 hours, 24 hours, or until you unsnooze. To check if you have notifications snoozed:
- Click the Me icon and select Settings & Privacy > Notifications
- Look for the “Snooze notifications” section. If there is a time selected here, your notifications are currently paused.
You can unsnooze notifications immediately or just wait for the selected time period to pass. Once unsnoozed, you’ll start receiving notifications again.
You hid a post or profile
On LinkedIn, you can hide posts and profiles so that their activity no longer generates notifications. If you’ve hidden an active profile or post you used to interact with, that could be why your notifications decreased.
To see what content you’ve hidden on LinkedIn:
- Go to your homepage and click the Me icon > Settings & Privacy.
- Select Blocking & Hiding in the left sidebar.
- Click the tabs to see which posts and profiles you have hidden.
Consider unhiding connections and posts you want to continue hearing about. This will cause them to resume sending notifications.
You updated your notification frequency
In your LinkedIn account settings, you can specify how often you want to receive notifications. The options include:
- All notifications
- Hourly digests
- Daily digests
- Weekly digests
- Only emails
If you changed this setting to receive fewer notifications, that will result in less frequent updates in your LinkedIn inbox. Double check your current notification frequency and switch to “All notifications” or “Hourly” if you want real-time updates.
Your LinkedIn usage decreased
The number of notifications you receive from LinkedIn depends on how much you engage with the platform. If you’ve been less active on LinkedIn lately, there may simply be less activity to notify you about.
Think about if you’ve been:
- Visiting LinkedIn less frequently
- Posting, commenting, and reacting less
- Connecting with fewer new people
Increased engagement on LinkedIn leads to more notifications. So using it more consistently can bump your notifications back up.
You receive too many notifications
Paradoxically, having an overloaded notifications inbox can make it seem like you’re missing notifications. If you get too many LinkedIn updates, some may get buried or you may stop checking them as often.
Try trimming any high-volume notifications by:
- Unfollowing people who post too frequently
- Turning off notifications from Groups
- Adjusting to daily or weekly digests instead of all notifications
With fewer noisy notifications, the key updates you care about will stand out more in your inbox.
There’s a technical issue
In rare cases, a glitch with LinkedIn or your account may be blocking notifications from coming through correctly. Some issues that could interfere include:
- Having an ad blocker or pop-up blocker that’s interfering with notifications
- A problem with your browser, device, or LinkedIn app installation
- Out-of-date app or operating system needing an update
- Temporary disruption at LinkedIn impacting notifications
Try troubleshooting basic technical issues like these to see if it fixes your missing LinkedIn notifications:
- Update your LinkedIn app and operating system
- Allow notifications from LinkedIn in your browser or device settings
- Turn off any ad blockers temporarily to test
- Log out and back into LinkedIn on all devices
If the problem persists across apps and browsers, reach out to LinkedIn Customer Service for help investigating further.
You changed email addresses
If you updated your primary email associated with your LinkedIn account, notifications could be going to the wrong inbox. LinkedIn will continue sending notifications to your old email address until you change it.
Make sure your current email is set as the confirmed email address in your account settings. You can also link multiple email addresses to your profile and control which ones receive notifications.
How to troubleshoot missing LinkedIn notifications
If you’re still not seeing expected LinkedIn activity after checking the common issues above, here are some troubleshooting steps to further diagnose the problem:
- Check different devices – See if notifications are missing across multiple devices like your phone, tablet, and computer. This can help identify an account-wide issue versus something device-specific.
- Look for notification filters – Ensure you don’t have filters enabled that are unintentionally blocking certain notifications based on criteria like sender, keywords, etc.
- Review notification inbox – Scan your main LinkedIn notifications tab for any recent activity you may have missed. Important updates may get lost in the volume.
- Ask connections – Check if your LinkedIn connections seem to be receiving your updates and posts. If engagement drops off, notifications could be failing.
- Check social media – See if LinkedIn activity appears to be flowing through other social channels normally, which could indicate an isolated notification problem.
- Contact LinkedIn support – If the issue looks tied to your account specifically, reach out to LinkedIn Customer Service for personalized troubleshooting assistance.
Staying proactive about diagnosing notification problems quickly can help prevent you from missing important LinkedIn updates in the future.
Setting up notifications on LinkedIn
To make sure you receive relevant LinkedIn notifications when you want them, it helps to customize your notification settings upfront. Here are some tips:
- Select immediate or hourly notifications for real-time updates.
- Choose a manageable number of groups and influencers to follow.
- Adjust individual notification triggers like profile views, reactions, comments, etc.
- Set up digest summaries if overall volume gets overwhelming.
- Link your primary email address and phone number for multi-channel delivery.
Test and tweak your setup until LinkedIn notifications provide value without becoming noisy or distracting throughout your day.
Most important LinkedIn notifications
While you can receive dozens of notification types on LinkedIn, some of the most useful ones to keep enabled include:
Notification Type | Value |
---|---|
Connection requests | See new people interested in connecting with you |
Profile views | Know who is looking at your profile and content |
Mentions | Be aware when someone interacts with your posts and activity |
Direct messages | Never miss an important direct message from a connection |
Comments | Continue conversations by replying to comments |
New content from connections | Stay updated on connections by seeing their posts |
Recommendation requests | View when someone asks you for a recommendation |
Job suggestions | Don’t miss relevant job openings and opportunities |
Prioritizing these notification triggers ensures you see the most timely and relevant LinkedIn activity.
Conclusion
Missing LinkedIn notifications can be frustrating but are often caused by simple issues like paused notifications or infrequent usage. Give your account settings a check, troubleshoot technical problems, and reach out to customer support if needed. With the right notifications enabled, you’ll stay up-to-date on the LinkedIn content and connections that matter most.