LinkedIn showing someone viewed your profile

LinkedIn often tells people when you view their profiles and shows them your proper noun. That person may even get an email or alert saying you viewed their profile. Here'south how to browse privately without LinkedIn sharing this data.

It may seem empty-headed to prefer anonymity on a social network, but other social networks don't work this way. Facebook and Twitter don't send someone a notification whenever you view their profile.

To find this option, head to the LinkedIn website, click your contour icon on the superlative bar, and select "Settings & Privacy."

Opening LinkedIn settings

Click "How others run across your profile and network data" under Privacy. Click "Profile viewing options."

LinkedIn profile viewing privacy options

Select how you lot want to announced. You tin select "Anonymous LinkedIn Fellow member" for pure private browsing or select your private profile characteristics, which may announced as but "Someone on LinkedIn" or something more than specific.

People will still see that someone viewed their contour after you view their profile—but they'll run across only that an anonymous person viewed it.

Option to stop LinkedIn from sharing your name with someone when you view their profile

As LinkedIn warns you on this settings page, there'south but one downside: When you lot become bearding to other people, they get anonymous to y'all. LinkedIn will hide the names of people who view your contour from y'all after you enable this anonymity option.


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