In addition to the above, LinkedIn also offers a more permanent solution if you’d like to hide your profile for good. This process will require you to deactivate your account and then delete all of its contents (recommended). You can find out how to do this here.

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Click the “Me” icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.Click “View Profile.” You will find an option for editing in the right side. Toggle “Your profile’s public visibility to Off.”

To hide your LinkedIn profile from public view, click the Me icon on the menu bar at the top of your homepage and select View Profile. Then click Edit Public Profile & URL on the right side of right of the page. Next, to toggle Your profile’s public visibility to Off, click where it says On under Your aspect is not set to private (defaults).

When LinkedIn is viewed in private mode, your name and other profile information doesn’t get shared with the owners of profiles you view…

Yes, although people cannot see what you searched for or the result of your search.

Your LinkedIn profile may not be searchable on Google because you have not set your visibility. To fix the problem, turn on public visibility by following these steps.

Should You Disable Private Mode for LinkedIn? Opportunities arise from networking with others. Crashing and burning is unlikely to happen when you’re not hiding in private mode.