Tips & Tricks | Update Your LinkedIn Profile URL
February 15, 2023
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Tips & Tricks | Update Your LinkedIn Profile URL

Recruiter Tips & Tricks – Update Your LinkedIn Profile URL

Improve your LinkedIn profile’s visibility and show potential employers that you are knowledgeable and professional.

We recommend updating your autogenerated LinkedIn URL - remove extra numbers and characters. Go a step further and customize by adding your degree(s) and/or certification(s) after your name.

Placing a customized LinkedIn URL on your paper resume allows for potential employers and recruiters to have access to your work history, references, and other information that you might not be able to squeeze onto your paper resume. Think of it as your digital resume!

How to update your LinkedIn Profile URL on a desktop:

  • Sign in to your LinkedIn profile

  • Click Edit public profile & URL on the right side.

  • You’ll be redirected to the Public profile settings page.

  • Under Edit your custom URL on the right side, click the Edit icon next to your public profile URL.

  • It'll be an address that looks like www.linkedin.com/in/yourname.

  • Type the last part of your new custom URL in the text box.

  • Click Save .

How to update your LinkedIn Profile URL on a  Mobile Device:

  • Tap your profile picture. 

  • Tap the pencil Edit icon

  • Scroll down to the Contact info section and tap Edit contact info .

  • On the Edit contact info page, tap on your personal Profile URL.

  • You’ll be redirected to the Public profile settings page.

  • Under the Edit your custom URL, tap the pencil Edit icon next to your public profile URL.

  • Type your new custom URL  in the text box.

  • Tap Save .


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