How to Delete from LinkedIn: Accounts, Posts, Connections, and More

LinkedIn gives you control over nearly everything you've added to the platform — but "delete" means different things depending on what you're trying to remove. Whether you want to wipe a single post, cut a connection, or close your account entirely, the process varies by what you're deleting and how you're accessing LinkedIn.

Here's a clear breakdown of each deletion type, what it actually does, and what you should consider before pulling the trigger.

Deleting Your LinkedIn Account vs. Deleting Content

The first distinction worth making: deleting your account is permanent and removes your entire profile, history, and data from LinkedIn's platform. Deleting content — posts, comments, messages, connections — is selective and leaves your account intact.

Most people searching "how to delete from LinkedIn" actually want one of several specific actions, not a full account closure. It's worth being precise about what you actually want gone.

How to Delete Your LinkedIn Account

If you want to remove your profile entirely:

1. Click your profile photo in the top navigation bar
2. Select Settings & Privacy
3. Go to Account Preferences
4. Scroll to Account management
5. Select Close account
6. Follow the confirmation prompts

LinkedIn will ask why you're leaving and may offer alternatives (like hibernating your account instead). Once confirmed, your profile becomes invisible immediately, and LinkedIn begins the deletion process. Full data removal from their systems typically takes up to 30 days, though some information tied to legal or business compliance may be retained longer per their data policy.

⚠️ Important: Closing your account also cancels any active LinkedIn Premium subscription, but it does not automatically stop billing. Cancel your Premium subscription separately before closing the account to avoid being charged for the next billing cycle.

How to Delete LinkedIn Posts and Articles

To delete a post you've published:

• Navigate to the post (via your profile's Activity section)
• Click the three-dot menu (⋯) in the top-right corner of the post
• Select Delete post

To delete a LinkedIn article (long-form content published via the editor):

• Open the article
• Click the pencil/edit icon
• Look for the More options or Delete article option within the editor

Deleted posts are removed immediately and can't be recovered. If the post was shared or reshared by others, those reposts may still appear briefly or reference the original, though the source content will no longer load.

How to Delete LinkedIn Comments

To remove a comment you've left on someone else's post or your own:

• Find the comment
• Hover over it (desktop) or tap and hold (mobile)
• Select Delete

You can only delete your own comments. You cannot delete comments others leave on your posts — you can hide them, but not permanently remove them.

How to Remove a LinkedIn Connection 🤝

Removing a connection doesn't notify the other person, which makes this one of the cleaner deletions on the platform.

1. Go to the person's profile
2. Click the More button (beneath their profile photo)
3. Select Remove connection

Alternatively, go to My Network → Connections, search for the person, and select Remove connection from the dropdown next to their name.

After removal, they can no longer see posts you share only with connections, and they lose access to your full profile if it's set to connections-only visibility.

How to Delete LinkedIn Messages

LinkedIn doesn't offer a true "delete" for messages in the traditional sense — you can delete the conversation thread from your inbox, but this only removes it from your view. The other person still has their copy.

To remove a conversation:

• Open the message thread
• Click the three-dot menu (⋯)
• Select Delete conversation

There is no way to unsend or retract an individual message once it's been delivered.

How to Delete a LinkedIn Company Page

If you manage a LinkedIn Company Page and want to remove it:

• You must be a Super Admin of the page
• Go to your Page's Admin view
• Navigate to Settings
• Scroll to Close page under Page management

LinkedIn may require the page to meet certain criteria (such as having no active job postings) before allowing closure.

Factors That Affect Your Deletion Experience

Not all deletions work the same way across every setup. Several variables shape how the process goes:

Before You Delete: Data You May Want to Save

LinkedIn lets you download a copy of your data before any deletion — this includes your connections list, messages, posts, and profile information. To do this:

• Go to Settings & Privacy → Data Privacy → Get a copy of your data

This is especially relevant if you're removing your account entirely, since exported connection data can be useful for maintaining professional relationships outside the platform. How much of that data is actually useful to you depends on how actively you've been using LinkedIn and what you've built there over time. 📋

What Stays After You Delete

One nuance worth knowing: even after account closure or content deletion, certain traces can persist temporarily. Search engine caches may display your profile or posts for days or weeks after removal. Archived versions of pages (like those captured by the Wayback Machine) are outside LinkedIn's control entirely.

Whether any of that matters depends on why you're deleting and what level of removal you actually need.