Big Tech
Stop LinkedIn Selling Your Data
LinkedIn quietly opts you into advertising data, research, and AI training. A few toggles in Data privacy fix it.
Stop LinkedIn Using Your Data
These are buried under Data privacy and are on by default.
1
Open Data privacySettings & Privacy → Data privacy.
2
Turn off research and AITurn off Social, economic, and workplace research and Data for Generative AI Improvement.
3
Limit ad dataAdvertising data → turn off interest categories, third-party data, and demographics.
Control Your Visibility
- Profile viewing options → browse privately when you want.
- Turn off Profile discovery using email and phone number.
- Limit who can see your connections and email address.
Quiet Your Activity
- Turn off Active status if you do not want others to see when you are online.
- Turn off Share profile updates when you are job hunting quietly.
Common Questions
Will turning off AI training affect my account?
No. It only stops LinkedIn using your content to train its generative AI models.
Can recruiters still find me?
Yes, through normal search. You are only turning off discovery by email/phone and third-party ad matching.
Does private browsing hide me completely?
It hides your name when you view profiles. It does not hide your own profile from search.
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