Add or change your email address
You can quickly and easily update the email addresses that are associated with your account, or change which primary email address you want to use for your LinkedIn notifications.
You can add multiple email addresses to your LinkedIn account. You can log in to your LinkedIn account using either primary or an additional email address account. We recommend that you add at least one personal address and one work address to ensure you can always access your account.
Important to know
Your primary email address can only be replaced with a verified email address.
To add and confirm or remove an email address:
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Click the
Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage. -
Click Settings & Privacy.
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Click Sign in & security on the left pane and click on Email addresses under Account access.
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Click Add email address. For security purposes, you may be prompted to enter a verification code sent to your primary email address or to approve the change through your LinkedIn app.
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Enter the new email address and your LinkedIn password in the text box and click Submit.
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Log in to your email account and follow the prompts in the email to validate your new address.
- If you'd like to make your new email address your primary address, click Make primary next to the email address you've added.
- Tap Remove next to an email address to delete it.
Important to know
In case you see a toggle next to your recently added & confirmed email, please turn it on in case you need to activate a license or access one of our products (For example, Sales Navigator) using that e-mail. Turning on the toggle will not prompt you to reset your password.
To add and confirm or remove an email address:
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Tap your
profile photo, then Settings. -
Tap and Sign in & security, then Email addresses under Account access.
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Tap Add email address. For security purposes, you may be prompted to enter a verification code sent to your primary email address or to approve the change through your LinkedIn app.
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Enter the new email address.
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Enter your LinkedIn password for confirmation and tap Submit.
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Log in to your email account and follow the prompts in the email to validate your new address.
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If you'd like to make your new email address your primary address, tap Make primary below to the email address you've added.
- Tap Remove next to an email address to delete it.
Important to know
In case you see a toggle next to your recently added & confirmed email, please turn it on in case you need to activate a license or access one of our products (such as Sales Navigator) using that e-mail. Turning on the toggle switch will not prompt you to reset your password.
To add and confirm or remove an email address:
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Tap your
profile photo, then Settings. -
Tap and Sign in & security, then Email addresses.
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Tap Add email address. For security purposes, you may be prompted to enter a verification code sent to your primary email address or to approve the change through your LinkedIn app.
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Enter the new email address.
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Enter your LinkedIn password for confirmation and tap Submit.
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Log in to your email account and follow the prompts in the email to validate your new address.
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If you'd like to make your new email address your primary address, tap Make primary next to the email address you've added.
- Tap Remove next to an email address to delete it.
Important to know
In case you see a toggle next to your recently added & confirmed email, please turn it on in case you need to activate a license or access one of our products (such as Sales Navigator) using that e-mail. Turning on the toggle switch will not prompt you to reset your password.
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