Responding to invitations you’ve received
You can easily view and filter your pending invitations and respond to each invitation by accepting, ignoring, or reporting the invitation.
We strongly recommend that you only accept invitations to connect from people you know, because 1st-degree connections are given access to any information you’ve displayed on your profile. You can control who can send you invitations from the Who can reach you section of your Settings & Privacy page.
Important to know
LinkedIn will continue to educate members about identifying potential suspicious interactions.
To access your invitations, click the Notifications icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage. Any pending invitations will be displayed near the top of the page. You can accept, ignore, or report invitations as spam, as well as view and reply to invitation messages.
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Click the
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Click Accept to add the person as one of your 1st-degree connections.
If you don't see this option, you may already be connected. Once an invitation to connect is accepted, you can remove that connection at any time.
You can also filter pending invitations to easily view invitations by specific categories. To filter invitations:
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Click the
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Click Invitations to view all pending invitations.
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From the Invitations dropdown, select People, Events, Pages or Newsletters.
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You can filter for one of the following options:
- All invitations
- Same company
- Same school
- Mutual connections
If a pending invitation includes a personal message from the sender, click the arrow icons to view the entire message and click Reply to [member's name] to reply.
If the pending invitation doesn't include a personal message, you can still message the sender by clicking Message below their invitation on the Manage invitations page.
Important: Replying to an invitation message will not automatically accept the invitation to connect.
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Click the
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Click Ignore to remove the invitation without accepting it.
- The sender won't be notified that you've ignored their invitation, so they may try to connect with you again.
You can also filter pending invitations to easily view invitations by specific categories. To filter invitations:
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Click the
Notifications icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage. -
Click Invitations to view all pending invitations.
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From the Invitations dropdown, select People, Events, Pages or Newsletters.
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You can filter for one of the following options:
- All invitations
- Same company
- Same school
- Mutual connections
Note: After accepting a pending invitation, common connections if any, with the member will appear as suggested connections.
If you don't know the person who sent you the invitation, you can also select the I don't know this person option that appears after you click Ignore.
This will prevent that member from sending you further invitations to connect. It also gives us feedback on whether we may need to restrict the sender's account.
To access pending invitations:
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Tap the
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Pending invitations (if any) are displayed under the Invitations section.
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Tap Accept or Ignore under the invitation.
- After accepting a pending invitation, common connections if any, with the member will appear as suggested connections.
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Tap View invitations you sent under the Invitations dropdown to see all sent invitations.
- If you have no invitations, tap Invitations.
Important: Withdrawing an invitation will stop any further reminder emails to the recipient. The person you invited won't get notified that you withdrew the invite. If the recipient has already accepted your invitation to connect, you still have the option to remove the connection.
To access pending invitations:
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Tap the
Notifications tab in the navigation bar. -
Pending invitations (if any) are displayed under the Invitations section.
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Tap Accept or Ignore under the invitation.
- After accepting a pending invitation, common connections if any, with the member will appear as suggested connections.
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Tap View invitations you sent under the Invitations dropdown to see all sent invitations.
- If you have no invitations, tap Invitations.
Important: Withdrawing an invitation will stop any further reminder emails to the recipient. The person you invited won't get notified that you withdrew the invite. If the recipient has already accepted your invitation to connect, you still have the option to remove the connection.
To access the My Network page, simply tap the
Any pending invitations will appear at the top of the page along with the following options:
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Accept - Tap Accept to add the person as one of your 1st-degree connections.
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Ignore - Tap Ignore to hide the invitation in the list. The other person won't be notified that you've ignored their invitation, so they may try to connect with you again.
Note: The ability to unblock or view your blocked invitations is not available.