Tag Archives: delete
How to edit a LinkedIn post to correct a mistake, or delete it
On October 3, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
We’re all human and we all make mistakes sometimes, but why is it we only spot those mistakes after we’ve hit the post button on LinkedIn? Dang it! There’s nothing worse but fear not for there is an easy fix for whatever has happened. First some thinking: Is the mistake material enough to change? After […]
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How to turn off the comment option or manage comments on your LinkedIn post
On June 13, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Following our blog about how you can control who sees your posts, you can also decide who can comment on a post, delete a comment or disable comments completely. This was originally brought into LinkedIn as a way for those companies with a less than ideal reputation to stop any less positive comments being left […]
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How to hide or unhide a recommendation you’ve been given
On May 1, 2018 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
It’s great to receive a recommendation from a previous client or colleague (you might find our blog Understand (and trade in) the currency of recommendations helpful), but you might not want to display all of them if a particular recommendation on your profile is not valued by you or the person that wrote it reflects […]
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How to close your account on LinkedIn
On March 28, 2018 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Sadly, we do occasionally get asked how to close an account on LinkedIn, usually because someone has retired or because they are fed up with the results they are getting, or sometimes simply because they haven’t made it work for themselves yet. If you fall into the latter category then you might want to read […]
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How to take your contact data back from LinkedIn.
On July 31, 2017 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
It is quite easy to inadvertently give LinkedIn all your contacts details. Sometimes it overtly asks and other times it’s less obvious like when you install the app. If you have already imported your contacts into LinkedIn from an external address book there may come a time when you want to delete one from your […]
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How to remove LinkedIn connections (and not tell them)
On June 19, 2017 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Genuine and authentic connections underpin your success on LinkedIn. They can make or break your journey to achieve the results you seek. There might come a time though when you realise that your connection strategy may not have been the right one and that maybe it’s time to clean up your connections. The ones that you […]
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How to delete a connection
On October 3, 2013 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
There are plenty of reasons to connect with good people that you know on LinkedIn and sometimes there are very good reasons to disconnect people too! It is not like LinkedIn tells people when you remove them, it doesn’t send “you don’t love X anymore and they’re not your ‘friend’” this isn’t the playground, this […]
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