You can delete your LinkedIn account in just a few short steps. To do this, go to “Account man­age­ment” under your account pref­er­ences.

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Quick guide: deleting a LinkedIn account

Via the LinkedIn app

  1. In the app, click on your profile picture.
  2. Go to “Settings” and then “Account pref­er­ences”.
  3. Scroll down to “Account man­age­ment” at the bottom and click on “Close account”.
  4. State your reason and enter your password.
  5. Click on “Done”.

Via a browser

  1. Sign into your LinkedIn account.
  2. Go to “Settings & Privacy”.
  3. Look under “Account pref­er­ences”.
  4. Click on “Account man­age­ment” and then “Close account”.
  5. State your reason and enter your password.
  6. Click on “Done”.

Deleting a LinkedIn account: what you need to think about

Just like Xing, LinkedIn is one of the most important social media platforms for career op­por­tu­ni­ties, busi­ness­es, and personal branding. People looking for work who do not have their own resume website use their LinkedIn profile like a digital business card, showing off their expertise and qual­i­fi­ca­tions and putting them­selves out there for potential employers. Similarly, companies can brand them­selves as employers via LinkedIn and build up a network of potential talent and partners.

People who wish to use a different pro­fes­sion­al website or who need a new LinkedIn profile due to a job or even career change should delete their old LinkedIn account. For­tu­nate­ly, LinkedIn makes this very easy for users to do in just a few steps. In addition, your profile will be saved for a further 20 days and can be re­ac­ti­vat­ed if you log in again during this time. If you want to per­ma­nent­ly delete it, simply avoid logging in to your account again during this time. Permanent deletion means that all your contacts and con­nec­tions, messages, and data on online courses will be lost.

Deleting a LinkedIn account via the app

Step 1: Open the LinkedIn app, log in, and tap on your profile picture. A menu will appear where you can click on “Settings”.

Step 2: In the Settings menu, click on “Account pref­er­ences”.

Image: To get to the account management area, click on “Account preferences”
You can find all settings related to your LinkedIn profile under “Account pref­er­ences”.

Step 3: In the account pref­er­ences area, scroll down to “Account man­age­ment”. Here, you will see the option “Close account”. Click on this.

Image: Delete your LinkedIn profile with “Close account”
The option to delete your profile can be found under “Close account”.

Step 4: State a reason why you are deleting your LinkedIn account and enter your password. Check the final box to confirm that you un­der­stood every­thing, and then delete your profile by tapping on “Done”. After 20 days, your LinkedIn profile will be per­ma­nent­ly deleted. Public in­for­ma­tion remains available until then.

Deleting a LinkedIn account via a browser

Step 1: Log in to your profile on the LinkedIn homepage. Click on your profile picture and go to “Settings & Privacy”.

Image: Click on your profile picture and then on “Settings & Privacy”
The “Settings & Privacy” button takes you to the settings for your profile.

Step 2: Now go to “Account pref­er­ences”.

Step 3: On the left side of the account pref­er­ences menu, click on “Account man­age­ment”, or simply scroll all the way down in the main menu. Under “Account man­age­ment”, you will see the option “Close account”.

Image: Go to the “Account management” area and select “Close account”
Note that your LinkedIn account will not be ul­ti­mate­ly deleted until 20 days after you do this.

Step 4: State the reason why you are deleting your LinkedIn account and confirm your identity with your password. Check the box and click on “Done”.

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