How to Get Your LinkedIn Profile Link (On Any Device)

Your LinkedIn profile link is your personal URL on the platform — a direct address that takes anyone straight to your profile page. Whether you're adding it to a resume, dropping it into an email signature, or sharing it with a recruiter, knowing how to find and copy it is a basic skill that trips up more people than you'd expect.

Here's exactly how it works across every major platform.

What Is a LinkedIn Profile Link?

Every LinkedIn account has a public profile URL — a unique web address tied to your account. By default, it looks something like this:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/firstname-lastname-randomnumbers/

LinkedIn also lets you customize this URL to remove the random characters and create something cleaner, like:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yourname/

This URL is what you share. It works whether the person you're sending it to has a LinkedIn account or not — anyone with the link can view whatever portion of your profile you've set to public.

How to Find Your LinkedIn Profile Link on Desktop 🖥️

This is the most straightforward method:

1. Log in to LinkedIn at linkedin.com
2. Click your profile photo or name in the top navigation bar to go to your profile page
3. Look at the browser address bar — the URL displayed there is your profile link
4. Copy it directly from the address bar, or read on for a cleaner way

For the cleaner version with customization options:

1. On your profile page, look for the "Edit public profile & URL" button — it's usually on the right-hand side of the page
2. Clicking it takes you to your public profile settings
3. Your current URL appears in the top-right panel under "Edit your custom URL"
4. Copy it from there

This settings panel also lets you edit your custom URL if you haven't already — you can remove the auto-generated numbers and make it just your name, which is worth doing before you start sharing it anywhere.

How to Find Your LinkedIn Profile Link on Mobile 📱

The mobile app hides this a little more than the desktop site does.

On the LinkedIn app (iOS or Android):

1. Tap your profile photo in the top-left corner to open your profile
2. Tap "View Profile"
3. Scroll down to the "Contact Info" section and tap it
4. Your profile URL is listed there — tap and hold to copy it

Alternatively, some versions of the app show a share icon near the top of your profile. Tapping that will bring up a share sheet where you can copy the link directly.

If you're using LinkedIn through a mobile browser rather than the app, the process mirrors the desktop experience — your URL is visible in the address bar when you're on your own profile page.

Custom URL vs. Default URL — What's the Difference?

The default URL LinkedIn assigns you is functional but messy. The custom URL is cleaner, easier to remember, and looks more professional when printed or shared in plain text.

Custom URL rules to know:

• Must be between 3 and 100 characters
• Can include letters, numbers, and hyphens
• Is not case-sensitive
• Must be unique across all LinkedIn accounts
• You can change it, but you're limited in how frequently

If your preferred name is already taken, common workarounds include adding your middle initial, your profession, or your location.

Which Link Should You Actually Share?

This is where your specific situation matters more than any general rule.

The variables that affect which version makes sense for you:

• Where you're sharing it — a clickable hyperlink in an email looks fine either way; a printed resume or business card benefits strongly from a clean custom URL
• Whether you've customized your URL — if you haven't, the default includes random characters that look odd in formal contexts
• Your name's uniqueness — common names are often already taken on LinkedIn, which changes what your custom URL can realistically look like
• Your privacy settings — if your profile is set to private or restricted, sharing the URL may not show recipients what you intend

Someone with a common name who hasn't yet customized their URL is in a meaningfully different position than someone with a unique name who set up a clean custom URL years ago. The link itself is the same type of thing — but how polished it looks and whether it achieves what you want depends on your own profile's current state.

A Quick Note on Privacy

Before you start sharing your profile link widely, it's worth checking what non-logged-in viewers can actually see. LinkedIn's public profile settings let you control which sections are visible to people who aren't signed in.

Go to "Edit public profile & URL" (same place you'd customize your URL) and scroll down to see the visibility toggles for each profile section. What you've enabled there is what someone sees when they open your link without a LinkedIn account.

Your link is only as useful as what it points to — and what it reveals to different audiences depends entirely on how those settings are configured on your account. 🔗