Step-by-step instructions for how to close your LinkedIn account, back up your LinkedIn data, and cancel your LinkedIn Premium subscription.

1. How to delete
LinkedIn account?
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2. LinkedIn is one of the most popular platforms that provide business and
employment-oriented services. It is useful both for an employer to search the
right person and for an employee to search the right job. Employer posts their
position and skill/qualification requirement whereas employee posts their
resume. LinkedIn assists you a lot in advancing your career and provide you
numerous opportunities. However, if you think that you have made maximum
use of this platform and you don’t require this anymore or if you have
multiple LinkedIn account and you want to delete all of them and continuing
only one, then you can delete LinkedIn account permanently.
But before you delete LinkedIn account keep in mind that once you delete the
account, no one will be able to see you in their search. All the data associated
with your account including the username will be deleted permanently and
cannot be retrieved. So, before you delete the account, we recommended you
to download the copy of all the data associated with your account. To
download the data, follow these simple steps:

3. Download all data in the LinkedIn
account
 Go to linkedin.com in any
browser of your preference.
 If you are not already logged in,
enter the username and
password of the account, whose
data you want to download.

4.  Go to linkedin.com in any
browser of your preference.
 If you are not already logged
in, enter the username and
password of the account,
whose data you want to
download.

5.  Once you log in, click on the “Me” option that lies towards the
top right corner of the page just to the right of the
notification icon.

6.  From the drop-down option that appears click on
“Settings & Privacy.”

7.  In the Settings & Privacy page click on the “Privacy”
tab.

8.  Click on “how LinkedIn uses your data” that lies at the
left panel.

9.  After that, click on “Download your data” option. You
might sometimes need to enter your login ID and
password to continue.

10.  Select the nature of data that you want to download.
If you want to download the only article, then select
on “Articles” and so on. After that click on “Request
Archive.”

11. Procedure to delete the LinkedIn
account using Web Browser
 Go to linkedin.com in any browser of your
preference.
 If you are not already logged in, enter the username
and password of the account.
 Once you log in, click on the “Me” option that lies
towards the top right corner of the page just to the
right of the notification icon.
 From the drop-down option that appears click on
“Settings & Privacy”.

12.  On the Account tab under click on “Account
Management” section that lies towards the left panel
of the page.

13.  Now click on “Closing your LinkedIn account” option.

14.  You will now be asked to select the
reason for closing the LinkedIn
account. If the reasons provided
matches with your reason for
closing the account, click on the
same otherwise click on “others”.
After that click on “Next”.

15.  Enter the password of the account to confirm your
choice of deleting the account permanently. Finally,
click on “Close Account.”

16. Delete LinkedIn Account using Mobile
Application
 Open the LinkedIn application on your
phone.
 Tap on profile picture that lies towards
the top left corner of the screen and
then on “View Profile”.

17.  On your profile page tap on
“Settings” icon (gear icon at the
top right corner of the screen).

18.  Swipe down to the bottom of the
settings page and then tap on
“Close Account”.

19.  A list of things that you will miss if you close the
LinkedIn account will be displayed. Tap on
“Continue”.

20.  Chose one of the reasons for leaving LinkedIn and
tap on “Next”.

21.  Finally, enter the password of your
account and then tap on “Done”. If
you don’t want to be bothered by
the emails and other
communications from LinkedIn then
don’t forget to check the box to
unsubscribe yourself from LinkedIn
before you tap “Done”.

22. Retrieve LinkedIn Account
After you delete you LinkedIn However, if you wish to reopen
your account, you can do that if you proceed to reopen within
20 days. But keep this in mind even if you reopen the account
within 20 days you will not be able to regain followings from
the account:
 Membership in any group
 Companies, influences, and personalities that you have
followed
 Invitations that were pending
 Recommendations and endorsement that were present in
the account.

23. Source:
https://howtodelete.org/how-to-delete-linkedin-
account/