How do I find my LinkedIn profile URL?
It sits on your own profile, starting www.linkedin.com/in/. LinkedIn's Find your public profile URL help page, updated the week before we checked it on 4 November 2026, gives these steps:
On a computer
Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage, then click your Profile card in the dropdown. Your URL is under Public profile & URL in the right pane. Copy and paste it.
In the LinkedIn app
Tap your profile photo in the upper-left corner, tap your Profile card, tap the More icon next to the Add section button, then tap Contact info. Your URL is under Your Profile. The help page has one Mobile tab and doesn't split iPhone from Android.
In a phone's web browser
Tap your profile photo, scroll down to the Contact section and find your URL under LinkedIn.
Three details from LinkedIn's help pages. The URL won't appear if you don't have a public profile. Members in some countries get an address that begins with a two-letter country code, such as ca.linkedin.com for Canada; if you change the country on your profile, the URL changes and the old ones still work. And if you keep a profile in a second language, the public profile URL page says LinkedIn adds a language code to the end, such as fr for French.
How do I share my LinkedIn profile link?
Copy the URL and paste it wherever you need it, or use one of LinkedIn's share options. Pick by who is receiving it:
| Who gets it | Best way | The deciding fact (checked 4 Nov 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| A LinkedIn connection or coworker | Send profile in a message: on desktop, Resources in your introduction section; in the app, the More icon next to Add section | Your public profile URL fills in the message box, and you can add a note |
| Anyone, from your phone | Contact section, then Your Profile, then Share via… | Lets you send it through another messaging app; the help page is two years old, so labels may differ |
| Someone you've just met | The QR code in the app's search bar, then My code | Each member has a unique code and scanning it opens your profile; the QR help page is five years old and says sharing the code from Android was coming soon |
| A CV, job form or email signature | Your custom URL, written out in full | LinkedIn notes that some job applications ask for it, and the custom part ignores capital letters |
| Your website or blog | A plain text link | LinkedIn's Promoting your public profile page says the Public Profile Badge feature will no longer be available after 12 December 2026 |
| Someone who isn't on LinkedIn | The URL, after you check your public profile settings | Non-members may be asked to sign in to see parts of your profile (see the sign-in section below) |
If your website still shows a LinkedIn badge, replace it before 12 December with a plain link on words such as “Priya Shah on LinkedIn” (a sample name). For events, our conference playbook for LinkedIn's QR code and digital business card covers the same-week routine.
How do I change my LinkedIn profile URL?
Edit the last part of the address in your public profile settings. These steps are from LinkedIn's Manage your public profile URL page, updated the week before 4 November 2026:
On a computer
Click Me, then your Profile card. On your profile, click the Edit icon next to Public profile & URL in the right pane. Under Edit your custom URL, click the Edit icon next to your URL, type the new last part and click Save.
In the LinkedIn app
Tap your profile photo, your Profile card, the More icon next to Add section, then Contact info. Tap the Edit icon at the upper right, then tap your Profile URL to open Public profile settings. Under Edit your custom URL, tap the Edit icon, type the new last part and tap Save.
In a phone's web browser
Tap your profile photo, scroll to the Contact section and tap the Edit icon, then tap your Profile URL to open Public profile settings. Under Edit your custom URL, tap the Edit icon, type the new last part and tap Save.
The rules on the same page:
| Rule | What LinkedIn says |
|---|---|
| Length and characters | 3 to 100 characters, with no spaces, symbols, special characters or the word LinkedIn |
| Capitals | Case-insensitive: JohnSmith and johnsmith point to the same profile |
| Availability | First come, first served; LinkedIn can't free up a taken URL on request; one custom URL at a time |
| How often | Up to five changes within six months; after the fifth, no changes for another six months |
| Your old URL | Still linked to you for six months unless you unlink it, and nobody else can claim it then; once unlinked, others can claim it after seven days |
| Going back | You should be able to revert straight away; contact LinkedIn if you can't |
| Closed accounts | The custom URL becomes available 180 days after the account closes |
A worked example with sample names. Priya Shah, founder of Northwind Ltd, finds priyashah taken and picks priyashahnorthwind: 18 characters, letters only, and printable as PriyaShahNorthwind on a business card because capitals don't matter. If Priya makes the change on 4 November 2026, the old URL stays linked to Priya until about 4 May 2027, so update the email signature, website and printed cards before then. And if Priya ends up making a fifth change on 20 December 2026, the next one can't happen until about 20 June 2027, so settle on the name before printing anything.
Why does my LinkedIn link ask people to sign in?
Because LinkedIn limits what people who aren't signed in can see. Its Control your public LinkedIn profile page says that even if your profile is public, non-members may be prompted to sign up or sign in to view parts of it. You can turn the public visibility limits off to make it easier for them, and LinkedIn warns that this may also make it easier for unauthorised third parties and search tools to collect your public profile data.
Check the settings on a computer
Click Me, then View Profile, then the Edit icon next to Public profile & URL. Turn Your profile’s public visibility on or off, or switch individual sections off. Changes save automatically.
Check the settings in the app
Tap your profile photo, then Settings, then Visibility, then Edit your public profile under Visibility of your profile & network.
See what a stranger sees
Open your URL in a private or incognito browser window where you aren't signed in to LinkedIn, before you print it or send it to a customer.
Two cautions from LinkedIn's public profile visibility page. Search engines such as Google and Bing can take several weeks or months to pick up changes, and LinkedIn doesn't control that. And turning your public profile off could stop you recovering your account if you lose access to your primary email address, because LinkedIn may need your public profile URL. If you want the opposite, see our guide to making your LinkedIn profile private.
How do I add my website to my LinkedIn profile?
Add it in Contact info, which holds up to three website links, according to LinkedIn's website help page, last updated two years before we checked it on 4 November 2026, so labels may differ. On desktop: click Me, then View Profile, then Contact info in your introduction section, then the Edit icon. Click Add website, paste the address into Website URL, choose a Website type and click Save. In the app: tap your profile photo, View profile, the Edit icon in your introduction section, then Edit contact info under Contact info, and add the website the same way.
A Visit my website button on your profile is a different feature. LinkedIn's custom button page says it is available only to a select group of Premium Business, Sales Navigator and Recruiter Lite subscribers, and that the button shows on your profile, in search results, in messages and in the feed. Other options include Book an appointment and View my services. LinkedIn has also removed the older option of adding a hyperlink to your profile through Creator Mode.
Once people click through, the profile has to answer who you help. Our guide to setting up your profile as a sales page covers the headline, Featured section and custom button. If the headline is the weak part, the free LinkedIn headline generator turns your role, who you help and what you help them do into eight draft headlines to edit.
Frequently asked questions
How do I copy my LinkedIn profile URL from the mobile app?
Open your profile from your photo and Profile card, tap the More icon beside Add section and choose Contact info. The address under Your Profile is the one to copy. The same More menu has Send profile in a message for sending it to a connection inside LinkedIn. If you use LinkedIn in a phone browser instead, the link sits under LinkedIn in the Contact section.
What is my LinkedIn profile URL?
It is the web address of your public profile: www.linkedin.com/in/ followed by your custom or assigned name. In some countries it starts with a two-letter code, such as ca.linkedin.com. A profile in a second language adds a language code such as fr to the end. LinkedIn's help page says the URL won't appear at all if you have no public profile.
Can I change my LinkedIn URL back to the old one?
Usually. LinkedIn says you should be able to revert to your old custom URL immediately after changing it, and to contact its support if you can't. The old one stays linked to you for six months unless you unlink it, and nobody else can claim it during that time. Unlinking an old URL frees it for someone else seven days later, so only unlink once you are sure.
Can I change the URL LinkedIn gave me when I signed up?
LinkedIn assigns a URL automatically when you create your profile, and its help page says that assigned URL changes only if you update your name. You can add a custom URL instead, and that is the one to share. Your public profile settings show the original under Assigned URL cannot be changed, and a See prior custom URLs link lists earlier custom URLs that might still be linked to you.
Does a LinkedIn profile link work for people without an account?
Partly. LinkedIn says people who aren't members may be prompted to sign up or sign in to see parts of a public profile. Turning off the public visibility limits in your public profile settings makes more of it visible, with LinkedIn's warning that third parties and search tools can then collect your public data more easily. Test the link in a private browser window first.
Sources
- LinkedIn Help: Find your LinkedIn public profile URL (checked 4 Nov 2026)
- LinkedIn Help: Manage your public profile URL (checked 4 Nov 2026)
- LinkedIn Help: Share a profile with connections and coworkers (checked 4 Nov 2026)
- LinkedIn Help: Using a LinkedIn QR Code to Connect with Members (checked 4 Nov 2026)
- LinkedIn Help: Promoting your public profile (checked 4 Nov 2026)
- LinkedIn Help: Control your public LinkedIn profile (checked 4 Nov 2026)
- LinkedIn Help: LinkedIn public profile visibility (checked 4 Nov 2026)
- LinkedIn Help: Add or remove a website from your profile (checked 4 Nov 2026)
- LinkedIn Help: Add or remove a custom button from your profile (checked 4 Nov 2026)
- LinkedIn Help: Adding website link to profile available through Premium Business plan (checked 4 Nov 2026)