LinkedIn generally keeps your data, including inferences, for as long as your account stays open
LinkedIn generally retains your personal data as long as you keep your account open or as needed to provide you Services. This includes data you or others provided and data generated or inferred from your use. Even if you only use LinkedIn when job hunting every few years, it will retain your information and keep your profile open unless you close your account. In some cases it chooses to keep certain information, such as insights about Services use, in depersonalized or aggregated form.
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We keep most of your personal data for as long as your account is open.
We generally retain your personal data as long as you keep your account open or as needed to provide you Services. This includes data you or others provided to us and data generated or inferred from your use of our Services. Even if you only use our Services when looking for a new job every few years, we will retain your information and keep your profile open, unless you close your account. In some cases we choose to retain certain information (e.g., insights about Services use) in a depersonalized or aggregated form.
Qualifications & exceptions
"Generally" and "as needed to provide you Services" leave room for different retention periods; no fixed period is stated for open accounts.
Retention & Deletion · Company commitment
After you close your account, your data generally disappears from view within 24 hours and is deleted within 30 days
If you close your LinkedIn account, your personal data will generally stop being visible to others on LinkedIn within 24 hours. LinkedIn generally deletes closed-account information within 30 days of closure, except as described in the retention exceptions.
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We keep some of your data even after you close your account.
account, your personal data will generally stop being visible to others on our Services within 24 hours. We generally delete closed account information within 30 days of account closure, except as noted below.
Qualifications & exceptions
Both timeframes are stated as "generally" and deletion is subject to listed exceptions (legal obligations, disputes, security, fraud, enforcement, unsubscribe requests and de-personalized data).
Retention & Deletion · Restriction or exception
LinkedIn keeps some data after closure for legal, dispute, security, fraud and enforcement reasons
LinkedIn retains your personal data after you close your account if reasonably necessary to comply with legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse (for example, if your account was restricted for breaching the Professional Community Policies), enforce its User Agreement, or honor your request to unsubscribe from further messages. It will also keep de-personalized information after closure.
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We retain your personal data even after you have closed your account if reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse (e.g., if we have
enforce our User Agreement, or fulfill your request to "unsubscribe" from further messages from us. We will retain de-personalized information after your account has been closed.
Qualifications & exceptions
No retention period is stated for these exceptions.
Messages and posts you shared stay visible after you close your account or delete them from your profile
Information you shared with others, such as through InMail, updates or group posts, remains visible after you close your account or delete it from your own profile or mailbox, and LinkedIn does not control data other Members have copied out of the Services. Group content and ratings or reviews from closed accounts show an unknown user as the source. Your profile may keep appearing on other services, such as search tools, until they refresh their cache.
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Information you have shared with others (e.g., through InMail, updates or group posts) will remain visible after you close your account or delete the information from your own profile or mailbox, and we do not control data that other Members have copied out of our Services. Groups content and ratings or review content associated with closed accounts will show an unknown user as the source. Your profile may continue to be displayed in the services of others (e.g., search tools) until they refresh their cache.