How to delete your LinkedIn account – it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3

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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