Navigate to [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/)

Here, you can edit the information that will appear on your profile, including your name, and current job

You can also edit your education and current location. Click save when you are done. Then, click edit contact info

Add or edit your profile URL, email, and more

You can also change your profile URL, change your primary email, add a phone number, adjust your birthday, and add any other websites you'd wish to link to

Address

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Enter your old password and create a new one. Re-type your ned password and hit save password

Create a new password that is at least 8 characters long.

What makes a strong password?
Type your current password*
Type your new password*
Password must include at least 8 characters including at least 1 number or 1 special character
Retype your new password
Require all devices to sign in with new password
Forgot password

Select your authentication method and hit continue. BlackCloak recommends using an authentication app

Enter your account password and hit submit

Open your authenticator app and enter in the key provided by LinkedIn. Then hit continue

Once you enter in the key, enter the six digit code provided by the authenticator app, and hit verify to complete the process

Here, you can see all of the locations where you've logged into your LinkedIn account. If any of these do not look familiar, click end these sessions

Here, you can adjust what people can see when they view your profile. It can either be your name and title, only the place where you work, or you will be in complete private mode

Back on the visibility page, click edit your public profile

On the right hand side, you'll be able to choose whether your profile will be public. You can also determine who can see your profile photo

Further down, you can also choose whether anyone can see any of these pieces of information

Back on the visibility page, click who can see or download your email address

Who can see or download your email address

Here you can choose who can see your email address in your profile

Back on the visibility page, click Profile discovery and visibility off LinkedIn

Profile discovery and visibility off LinkedIn

Here, you can choose whether people that use certain permitted services can view your profile

Back on the visibility page, click Profile discovery using email address

Profile discovery using email address

1st degree connections

Here, you can choose who can discover your profile or connect with you if they have your email address

Who can discover your profile or connect with you if they have your email address?
Who can discover your profile or connect with you if they have your email address?
1st degree connections
1st and 2nd degree connections
Anyone on LinkedIn

Your 1st-degree connections can always discover you, since you're already connected with them. Learn more

On the visibility page, click Profile discovery using phone number

Here, you can choose who can discover your profile or connect with you if they have your phone number

When you are going to post, click on the box that says your name

Here you can choose whether your post can be seen by anyone on LinkedIn or only by your connections. You can also choose to send your post to any linked social media platforms, or certain groups you have joined. After you made your decision, click done

Managing Tagging Settings and Active Status

Click this button if you want to allow other LinkedIn users to tag you in content posted to the platform

Allow others to mention or tag you in content posted on LinkedIn?

Allow mentions

Allow mentions
On

Example of mentions include tagging you in posts/comments or tags in photos. You can control the visibility of your existing mentions. Learn more

On the visibility page, click manage active status

Manage active status

Your Connections only

Here, you can choose who can see that you are currently active on LinkedIn

Who can see that you are currently active while you are using LinkedIn?
No one
Your Connections only
All LinkedIn members

On the visibility page, click Share profile updates with your network

Here, you can choose whether any profile edits will be made public to other members in your network

Should we notify your network of key profile changes (such as new job, education, certificate, profile video) and work anniversaries?

Share key profile updates

Share key profile updates
Off

Learn more about sharing profile updates.

Navigate to [https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/categories/account](https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/categories/account)

Click this button if you don't want LinkedIn to use your data to send targeted ads

Back on the advertising data page, click interest categories

Here, you can chose whether you want to receive ads based on certain categories. If you do not want to receive any such ads, click this button

Click this button if you don't want LinkedIn to send you targeted ads based on your location

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