What is a LinkedIn Profile URL?
A LinkedIn profile URL is a unique web address that points to your LinkedIn profile. Just like other URLs (Uniform Resource Locator), it specifies the exact location where people can find your LinkedIn profile. And when clicked, it takes the user directly to your LinkedIn profile.
Your LinkedIn profile URL follows this format: www.linkedin.com/in/yourname/
It is important to know your LinkedIn URL so that you can share it with other people, on your resume, or on your other social media.
Before we check how you can find your LinkedIn profile URL, we should keep in mind that LinkedIn allows its users to customize their profile URLs. By default, your LinkedIn URL will start with your name followed by random numbers like so www.linkedin.com/in/yourname-24182b321/
While you don’t have much control over your profile URL on platforms such as 𝕏/Twitter or Instagram, on LinkedIn you can customize your URL to any name you want as long as that URL is not used by any other person.
We will check how we can customize our LinkedIn URL, but first let’s check how you can find it first.
How to Find Your LinkedIn Profile URL
Finding your LinkedIn URL is straightforward and a little bit different depending on whether you’re on a desktop or a mobile device. Here is how you can find your LinkedIn profile URL on both devices.
How to find your LinkedIn profile URL on desktop
Here is how you can find your LinkedIn URL on Desktop:
1. Log in to your LinkedIn account
2. Click on your profile picture on the top left
3. Once your profile page appears, look at the URL in the address bar
That’s your LinkedIn URL. Click on the address bar and copy the whole thing.
How to find your LinkedIn profile URL on mobile (Android and iPhone)
Here is how you can find your LinkedIn profile url on a mobile device:
1. Open the LinkedIn application
2. Access your profile by clicking your profile picture on the top left (you might need to click on ‘View profile’ if you’re on Android)
3. Scroll down until you see the contact section
4. Under “LinkedIn”, you will find your LinkedIn URL
You can tap and hold to copy it, then use it however you want.
How to Change Your LinkedIn Profile URL
Here is how you can change and customize your LinkedIn profile URL:
1. Log in to your LinkedIn account
2. Access your profile page by clicking your profile on the top left
3. On the profile page, click the pencil (edit) icon on the ‘Public profile & URL.’
4. You will now see ‘Edit your custom URL’
5. You can now customize your LinkedIn URL
Keep in mind that you can only use letters and numbers. Special characters are not allowed.
If you try to use a URL that has already been used, you will also be notified.
Important things to note:
- Your old LinkedIn profile URL will no longer work, and it won’t redirect to your new profile URL. So you have to change it everywhere you use it.
- You can only change your profile URL once every 30 days.
- Your old URL will be free to use by other LinkedIn users
How to Change LinkedIn Company Page URL
If you have a company page, then you might want to edit your profile URL for easy sharing and brand recognition. Here is how you can do it:
(Make sure you have admin privileges, as only admins can change the company page URL)
1. Navigate to your company page on LinkedIn
2. Click on ‘Edit page’ from the left sidebar
3. Look for ‘LinkedIn public URL’ and edit it
