Reassign a license in Recruiter

As a user and license management admin, you can reassign a license from one user to another.

Who can use this feature?

Only user and license management admins can manage licenses, permissions, and roles on your LinkedIn Recruiter contract. To better secure your account, we encourage you to add a back-up admin by assigning admin permissions to a current or new user. This allows an additional user to manage your contract if you depart the company or go on extended leave. You can assign admin permissions to users with the Hiring Manager role without using a paid license.

You need to have an available license to perform a seat reassignment. All licenses, permissions, and data (projects, jobs, InMails, and saved searches) will be transferred from one user to another. You can only reassign licenses to users with an Active status. The status can't be Parked or Invited.

To reassign a license in Recruiter:

Sign in to Recruiter.
Move your cursor over your profile picture at the top of your Recruiter homepage and select Go to LinkedIn Admin Center from the dropdown.
On the Users tab, find the person whose work you want to reassign.

Note: You can filter by License type , License status , and Project status . You can also search by name, email, title, or project using the search box above the user list.
Click the More icon to the right of the user whose work you want to reassign.
Click Reassign.
Enter the user’s name in the textbox provided, then select the user from the dropdown list. This user will receive the work of the user you're removing.
Click Continue.
Click View all to preview the role and data changes before and after the seat reassignment.
Click Confirm to complete the seat reassignment.

Reassigned licenses may be used by the destination user immediately, but it can take up to 5 hours for work to be reassigned. It may temporarily appear that both people have access.

If you get the error, “There was an error in reassigning the license of <Name>. Please try again later”, check the Activity log tag and verify pending reassignments for user accounts. You can cancel a pending action, such as assign license, by clicking cancel next to the action on the user profile. Once this is done, you can reassign the license.

Important to know

There is a limit of 10,000 task reminders transferred per seat. Active reminders will be transferred first. Inactive reminders transfers will be prioritized by due date.

Keep in mind that the number of times a license can be reassigned is limited. This limit varies per contract. For example, an organization with 15 seats is allowed to reassign 15 licenses every 30 days. Limits reset every 30 days from the organization’s contract start date and any unused reassign actions don’t carry over to the next month.