Closing your account means permanently deleting your profile and removing access to all your LinkedIn information from our site. If you have a Premium account, you can cancel the Premium access, but still keep your free Basic account to retain your profile, connections, and other information.

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Click the
**Me**icon at top of your LinkedIn homepage. -
Select
**Settings & Privacy**from the dropdown. -
Under
**Account management**section of the**Account preferences**section, click**Change**next to**Close account** -
Check the reason for closing your account and click
**Next**. -
Enter your account password and click
**Close account**.

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You won't have access to your connections or any information you've added to your account.
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Your profile will no longer be visible on LinkedIn.
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Search engines like Yahoo!, Bing, and Google may still display your information temporarily due to the way they collect and update their search data. Learn more about how your profile shows up in search engine results.
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You'll lose all recommendations and endorsements you've collected on your LinkedIn profile.
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You may want to download a copy of your data before you close your account with us.
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If you have a premium membership, own a LinkedIn group, or have a premium account license, you'll have to resolve those accounts before being able to close your Basic account.
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If you've created more than one account, learn how to delete or merge a duplicate account.
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Your purchase history will no longer be accessible.


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Endorsements and recommendations
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Ignored or pending invitations
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Followings (Top Voices, Companies, etc.)
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Group memberships

**Do you want to keep your account but receive fewer emails and notifications?**

You can set the frequency of email communications and notifications from the Notifications section of your Settings & Privacy page to reduce emails, notifications, group digest emails, and LinkedIn announcements. On the mobile app, the **Settings** page is located at the top right corner of your profile page.

Learn more about managing the types and frequency of email from LinkedIn.

**Did you sign up using 3rd party credentials (such as Google, Apple, Facebook, or Microsoft)? **

If you signed up for LinkedIn using login credentials from a third party email provider (such as Gmail, Facebook, or Apple), please be sure to unlink that email account from LinkedIn via the third party’s site. To learn how, visit their help centers such as the Google Help Center or Apple Support.

**Are you having trouble accessing the account you want to close?**

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Tap your profile picture >
**Settings**>**Account preferences**. -
Tap
**Close account**under**Account management**. -
Tap
**Continue**to proceed with closing your account. -
Tap the reason for closing your account and tap
**Next**. -
Enter your account password and tap
**Done**.

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Tap your profile picture >
**Settings**>**Account preferences**. -
Tap
**Close account**under**Account management**. -
Tap
**Continue**to proceed with closing your account. -
Tap the reason for closing your account and tap
**Next**. -
Enter your account password and tap
**Done**.

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Tap the
**Profile**icon in the navigation bar. -
Tap the
**Settings**icon in the top right corner of your profile. -
Tap
**Close account**under**Account management**. -
Tap
**Continue**to proceed with closing your account. -
Tap the reason for closing your account and tap
**Next**. -
Enter your account password and tap
**Done**.