LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows users to connect with friends and colleagues, find jobs, and learn new skills. This guide will show you how to delete your LinkedIn account.
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Start Free Scan âGo to the LinkedIn website and sign in to your account.
Click on the "Settings & Privacy" tab.
Scroll down to the "Account Management" section and click on the "Close Account" button.
Enter your password and click on the "Close Account" button again.
Your account will be closed within 30 days.
There are reports that LinkedIn continues to email people with a closed account. You may need to contact customer services to delete account instead of just closing it.
No, once you delete your account, it cannot be recovered.
All of your data will be deleted from LinkedIn's servers within 90 days of deletion.
LinkedIn states a data retention period of 90 days after account deletion. Back-ups and statutory records can fall outside that figure, so request written confirmation from support if you need certainty.
The stated recovery window is 30 days. Once that passes the deletion is permanent and the account cannot be restored.
Deleting your account means: loss of all data associated with the account; inability to recover the account. Export or download anything you want to keep before you begin â it is normally not recoverable afterwards.
Have the following ready: email address associated with the account; password; reason for deletion. Having it to hand avoids getting part-way through the flow and having to start again.
LinkedIn is recorded as GDPR compliant and recorded as CCPA compliant. If you are in the EU or California you can also file a formal erasure request under GDPR Article 17 or the CCPA â that route creates a record you can follow up on, separately from the in-product delete flow.
Common alternatives include Xing, Viadeo, Plaxo. If you are switching because of how LinkedIn handles your data, check the replacement's retention and deletion policy before you migrate.
Closing your LinkedIn account does not remove the copies that data brokers and people-search sites still hold. Compare every free data broker removal option →
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