I'm being told I can not close my account unless I go to a desktop computer, because they have an issue to address with me. I simply deleted all the data about me and disabled my account from public viewing. If they have an issue with me that so important in which I'm denied the ability close my account, because of problems with the app, then they should address that issue immediately.

Users of LinkedIn have certain rights concerning the information in their account that LinkedIn does not own. If one feels his account is compromised or in some way there's a problem with that information, to deny closing the account is like a bank saying you can't have your hard earned money. It's your data. You should be able to delete your account at any time.

I've tried several businesses over the years since LinkedIn was formed. I suppose they suspect I lied about these start-up businesses. Many entrepreneurs do not rely on LinkedIn in and I do not believe that it's necessary to do so as well. LinkedIn has become too sizeable and far-reaching. Don't be bullied by anyone!

The account will remain on the system for a short period of time, with that email address. LinkedIn does not specify exactly how long, so there will be a delay in the time from closing an account to being able to open a new account with the same email address.

Three ideas come to mind to overcome this

#1 - Fix & clean up the current account. Rewrite the LinkedIn Profile, remove all irrelevant connections and leave all Groups you no longer want.

#2 - Change the Email address on this account to another email address and remove the email address you want to use on a new account. There may still be a delay in the ability to use that email address, but likely not as long.

#3 - Change the email address on this account, remove the email address you want to use and create a new account with a new email address. When possible, add the email address you want to have on your account and make it the primary email address.

I recommend option #1.

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Facebook will never delete disabled account but Whenever you will try tologin that account you will get this notice.

Screenshot of my old account which was disabled 4 years back.

Why won’t this platform let me delete my account?

Thanks for the answer request, Cannot Delete - and sorry for your platform woes. Being a big power of positive thinking believer, might I recommend: did you try changing your name? Your current name seems like a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

What about calling yourself Can Delete? It Can’t Hurt!

More practically: some reportage from the front of my feed. Yours is the third question I’ve seen in the past two days from someone having difficulty deleting their account. There must be something going around, and it is not Quora-normal, as I’ve seen people delete POOF! no problemo many times, over the years.

Account deletion has always been part of the opt-in (or would it be opt-out) functionality around here. I doubt Quora has decided to get rid of that option - not without making an announcement! However, I know they’re doing some backstage redesign with some of the code, tweaks and such.

I wasn’t aware the account deletion piece was being revised, but I’d hazard this guess: they’re working on that part of the code right now in a way that causes glitches, but the glitches will go away once they’ve got the changes fully installed and troubleshot, streamlined.

That seems to be the way of it, judging from past maintenance and upgrade efforts.

So I’d say, hang in there. Many have deleted their accounts in the past. Quora has always seemed committed to honoring such desires as they pop up. I trust they’ll get it figured out - and hopefully, fixed.

Even if I’m right, that hardly helps you now. I hope the wait isn’t long. I am sorry for the frustration entailed.

Thank you for all you gave to Quora.

Salud and bon voyage, wherever you may fare.

I’m not sure that you can reactivate it if you actually DELETED it. I know you can make it “inactive” but LinkedIn will keep your information and account archived for reactivating. But if you delete the account altogether I think it may be gone. You’ll have to contact LinkedIn technical support - however it’s easier looking for the missing link than it is to find their tech support email address. I know for a fact that you cannot call them. They don’t give out phone numbers to random users. But I think I did find an email address to a general support inbox before. You just have to scout every inch of their website.

LinkedIn is a bit different than other social media sites when it comes to deleting posts. For one, LinkedIn doesn't have a trashcan where you can drag and drop posts to delete them; instead, you have to delete them from the activity stream. And secondly, LinkedIn keeps track of all your previous posts, even if you delete them from the activity stream.

So what happens when you delete a post on LinkedIn? Basically, the post is removed from your activity stream and any followers who saw it will no longer be able to see it. However, LinkedIn still has a copy of the post in its database and will show it if someone searches for it or if it's included in another person's profile.

𝗠𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

𝗜 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗗, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲.

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗜𝗗.

𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 24 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄, 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱

Cyber assistant

𝗠𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻.
𝗜 𝗮𝗱𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗗, 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁.

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀.

𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 24 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄, 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱.

Cyber assistant

It depends on where the person looks for you and whether he or she is logged into LinkedIn (as others have stated here).

In an experiment today, I blocked an individual. (Note: this is the reverse of what you asked, but, as far as I know, the rules apply reciprocally.)

Case I: I stayed logged into LinkedIn. I did a search in the LinkedIn search bar for the person’s name and it did not show up. I did a search for the name in Google; a link to a profile was found, but when I tried to surf to it, LinkedIn reported that the profile was “unavailable.”

Case II: I logged out of all sessions on LinkedIn. I did a search for the name in Google; the same link to a profile was found as above, and when I tried to surf to it, LinkedIn showed me what the “public” profile of the person was.

So I’m sure that if you block someone on LinkedIn, they will see your public profile if they log out of LinkedIn and locate it with a search engine. but while logged into LinkedIn, they will not. As others said, the person you block could ask a friend to view you and the full profile would be visible.

You could turn your profile “non-public” if you wanted NOT to be found by Google, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

How to delete your LinkedIn account

1. Go to LinkedIn and log in with your username and password.

2. Once logged in, click on the "Me" option, which appears just beneath your profile photo in the menu bar at the top of the screen.

3. In the dropdown menu that opens, locate and click on the "Settings & Privacy" option.

4. Under the Account tab, scroll down until you reach the Account management section.

5. Click "Change" next to the "Closing your LinkedIn account" option.

6. On the following page, you'll be asked to confirm your desire to close your account, as well as the reason behind your decision. You can also fill in a feedback box to share additional comments or concerns with LinkedIn. Once finished, click "Next."

7. Next, you'll be asked to re-enter your password to complete the deletion process. Fill this in and click "Close account."

To close your LinkedIn account from the Settings & Privacy page:

1. Click the Me icon at top of your LinkedIn homepage.
2. Select Settings & Privacy from the dropdown.
3. Under the Account management section of the Account tab, click Change next to Closing your LinkedIn account
4. Check the reason for closing your account and click Next.
5. Enter your account password and click Close account.

You can also close your account directly from the Close Account page. Before you do, please note:

• You won't have access to your connections or any information you've added to your account.
• Your profile will no longer be visible on LinkedIn.
• Search engines like Yahoo!, Bing, and Google may still display your information temporarily due to the way they collect and update their search data. Learn more about how your profile shows up in search engine results.
• You'll lose all recommendations and endorsements you've collected on your LinkedIn profile.
• You may want to download a copy of your data before you close your account with us.
• If you have a premium membership, own a LinkedIn group, or have a premium account license, you'll have to resolve those accounts before being able to close your Basic account.
• If you've created more than one account, learn how to delete or merge a duplicate account.

Linkedin has available only one intuitive option which is “to close” an account:

Closing Your LinkedIn Account

Following those steps is quite easy and intuitive.

Nonetheless closing is not deletion, since your account will be deactivated but just allegedly deleted after 30 days, without you to login or even having any activity with your account in that deactivation month, during which it will be also possible to intuitively reactivate it.

However, many ex users report, that their info is still hovering and pending around even one year after account deletion, with emails and invitation for new connections, which goes against European Law on Data Protection.

You can also contact Linkedin directly to delete your personal data:

Contact Us | LinkedIn Help

Select “Delete my personal data on Linkedin”, but I suppose that the result will be the same.

If you want to delete your account completely, you can do that via the Privacy & Settings section under the ME tab in your menu bar.

For future reference if you want to view people’s accounts anonymously there are better ways to do this than create extra accounts. For example you could make sure you’ve logged out of LinkedIn, then look up the person’s name on Google and then view their account without being logged in. If that person has a common name and is hard to find or they have switched off a lot of the details in their profile you need, you can again go into Privacy & Settings and view them anonymously. It will only say a ‘LinkedIn Member’ viewed their profile.

Please note that you need to be very carefully viewing a profile in this way and here’s why. When you switch to anonymous it takes a while to the server to register you’ve done that. So not only should you wait a few hours before you view their profile you should also wait to switch it back. If you switch it back to quickly as well, the service won’t see the on and off and just leave it on the whole time. It’s best to switch it to anonymous on a Friday night spend the weekend doing the spying on your competitors over the weekend, then switch it back Monday morning.