By Tom Sorensen
Managing Partner of Tom Sorensen Recruitment Co., Ltd.
Email: [email protected]
If your LinkedIn URL ends likes this: e786/5m/31, learn how to delete it, how to beautify and simplify your LinkedIn address to just your first and last name.
When you first set up your LinkedIn profile, you will automatically be assigned a www. Address, also known as URL (Uniform Resource Locator). LinkedIn adds a code, like b1457/71, immediately after your name.
It’s done so that people with the same name can get their own LinkedIn profile. If not, as an example, only one David Jones would be able to register a profile on LinkedIn.
- linkedin.com/in/sumate-charoenpoon-b1457/78
- linkedin.com/in/amara-piyala-e786/5m/31
- linkedin.com/in/eric-penfield-292a3322
- linkedin.com/in/david-jones-f4241b58
But honestly, your LinkedIn address does not really look nice if you want to use your LinkedIn URL on your business card, in your email signature, in your resume, in your blog, your Facebook etc.
Do you agree that this looks a lot better?
- linkedin.com/in/amara-piyala
- linkedin.com/in/eric-penfield
Note: The URL links above are only used for demo purposes to illustrate my points in the blog. The profile links are not activated.
This is how you beautify your LinkedIn URL in a few steps:
- Log into your LinkedIn account.
- Hover over “Me”- the very small round photo of yourself.
- Select “View Profile”.
- In the upper right corner, click “Edit public profile & URL”.
- Click the pencil icon next to your URL.
- Delete the code and click “Save”.
Tip 1: it doesn’t matter if it’s uppercase or lowercase. LinkedIn will automatically make all characters lowercase.
Tip 2: Delete the https:// when you type your LinkedIn URL on your business cards, resume, etc. It’s not necessary as long as your URL starts with www.
