How to Turn Off Activity on LinkedIn (2026): Hide Likes, Comments, Follows & More in 10 Minutes
Want more privacy on LinkedIn without nuking your presence? This 2026 step-by-step guide shows how to hide (or limit) visibility of your likes, comments, follows, active status, and profile changes—plus what LinkedIn can’t fully hide and the trade-offs to expect.
Go to Me → Settings & Privacy → Visibility → Visibility of your LinkedIn activity, then toggle off “Share profile updates with your network.” This stops LinkedIn from broadcasting profile edits like headline, photo, experience, or skills changes.
Open Settings & Privacy → Visibility → Visibility of your LinkedIn activity → Manage active status, then set it to “No one” (or “Your connections only”). If you turn off your active status, you typically won’t be able to see other people’s active status either.
Generally no—if you react to someone else’s post, your name can still appear in the reactions list on that post. You can reduce exposure by being selective or by removing a reaction directly on the post.
Usually no—comments are part of the public conversation on a post. What you can do is edit or delete your comment from the post if you don’t want it visible.
Go to Settings & Privacy → Visibility → Profile viewing options and select “Private mode” (or a semi-private option). The trade-off is you often see less information about who viewed your profile.
In Settings & Privacy → Visibility, look for “Who can see your connections” and set it to “Only you” or “1st-degree connections.” This is especially useful if you’re networking quietly.
LinkedIn treats “followers” and “following” differently, and full hiding may not be available for every account or UI version. You can often limit visibility via settings in Settings & Privacy → Visibility, but options can vary.
Reactions and comments are usually visible by design, so those may still show activity. Also, settings can differ between mobile and desktop, and some changes may take time due to cached UI or delayed rollout.
Turn off “Share profile updates,” set Active Status to “No one” (or connections only), and switch Profile Viewing to Private mode if needed. Then limit who can see your connections and remember likes/comments are typically public unless you remove or delete them.
How to Turn Off Activity on LinkedIn (2026): Hide Likes, Comments, Follows & More in 10 Minutes
LinkedIn is built for visibility—but there are plenty of legitimate reasons to dial that down. Maybe you’re job searching quietly, researching competitors, cleaning up your feed, or you simply don’t want every follow, like, or profile tweak broadcast to your network.
The good news: LinkedIn gives you several privacy controls. The not-so-good news: they’re spread across different menus, and some “activity” can’t be completely hidden.
This guide walks you through the settings that matter in 2026—**likes, comments, follows, profile changes, and active status**—in a way you can complete in about 10 minutes.
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Quick map: what you can (and can’t) hide on LinkedIn
Here’s the simplest mental model:
- **You can stop LinkedIn from broadcasting certain actions** (e.g., profile edits, new follows) as *updates*.
- **You can limit who sees certain signals** (e.g., your active status).
- **You generally cannot make likes/comments “invisible” everywhere**, because reactions and comments are part of the public conversation on a post.
So the goal is usually **reduce “passive broadcasting”** while accepting that **engagement on posts is inherently visible**.
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Step 1 (1 minute): Turn off “share profile updates” (the biggest win)
If you only change one setting, make it this one. It prevents LinkedIn from notifying your network when you:
- update your headline
- change your profile photo
- edit your experience
- add skills/certifications
How to do it
1. Go to **Me** (top right)
2. **Settings & Privacy**
3. **Visibility**
4. Find **Visibility of your LinkedIn activity**
5. Toggle off **Share profile updates with your network**
**Result:** Your profile changes won’t get pushed into other people’s feeds as “X updated their profile.”
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Step 2 (2 minutes): Hide your Active Status (appear offline)
If you don’t want people to know you’re online (or available to message), disable Active Status.
How to do it
1. **Settings & Privacy**
2. **Visibility**
3. **Visibility of your LinkedIn activity**
4. **Manage active status**
5. Choose one of the options (varies slightly by region/app version):
- **No one** (strongest privacy)
- **Your connections only**
**Important trade-off:** If you turn off your active status, you typically won’t be able to see other people’s active status either.
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Step 3 (2 minutes): Control who sees your followers & following
People often say “hide my follows,” but there are two separate things:
- **Your followers** (who follows you)
- **Your following** (people/pages you follow)
Depending on your account type and LinkedIn’s current UI, you may not be able to fully hide these lists from everyone—but you *can* usually limit visibility.
What to look for
In **Settings & Privacy → Visibility**, look for controls related to:
- **Who can see your connections** (commonly available)
- **Who can see your followers or following** (availability can vary)
**Best practice setting:** set your connections list to **Only you** or **1st-degree connections**, especially if you’re doing quiet networking.
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Step 4 (2 minutes): Understand likes & comments (and what you can actually hide)
This is where many guides get misleading.
Can you hide your likes on LinkedIn?
- **On someone else’s post:** generally **no**. If you react, your name can be visible in the reactions list.
- **On your own feed/activity views:** LinkedIn may change how prominently it surfaces “X liked this,” but the reaction still exists on the post itself.
Can you hide your comments on LinkedIn?
- **On posts:** generally **no**. Comments are part of the conversation.
What you *can* do instead
- **Be selective about public engagement** (react/comment only where you’re comfortable being seen).
- **Remove a reaction** (open the post and click your reaction again to undo).
- **Delete/edit your comment** (open the post → find your comment → menu to edit/delete).
If your goal is privacy, treat reactions/comments like public actions—because they usually are.
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Step 5 (2 minutes): Stop “viewed your profile” from giving you away (private mode)
If you want to browse profiles without showing up as “X viewed your profile,” switch to private mode.
How to do it
1. **Settings & Privacy**
2. **Visibility**
3. **Profile viewing options**
4. Choose:
- **Private mode** (most private)
- or **Semi-private** (shows role/company category, depending on option)
**Trade-off:** Private mode often reduces what you can see about who viewed your profile.
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Optional cleanup: reduce noisy activity without hiding everything
If your real pain is “LinkedIn is too loud,” you might not need full privacy—just less feed clutter.
A few quick actions:
- **Mute** people who post too often (stay connected without seeing everything)
- **Unfollow** (remain connected, stop seeing posts)
- **Manage notifications** so every reaction/comment doesn’t pull you back in
These aren’t “hide my activity” settings, but they’re often the fastest route to a calmer LinkedIn.
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A note on consistency: staying visible without oversharing
There’s a practical tension on LinkedIn:
- You want privacy and control.
- You also want to stay present in conversations that matter.
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A good workflow is:
1. Turn off broadcasting updates you don’t want shared.
2. Keep thoughtful comments for posts that align with your brand.
3. Use a reply system (manual or assisted) so your visibility remains consistent.
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Troubleshooting: “I still see activity about me”
If you changed settings but feel like you’re still visible, check these common causes:
1. **You’re reacting/commenting on posts**
- Those actions are usually visible by design.
2. **You changed a setting on mobile but not desktop (or vice versa)**
- LinkedIn settings can appear in slightly different places; confirm in both if needed.
3. **Cached UI / delayed rollout**
- Some visibility changes take a little time to reflect everywhere.
4. **You’re confusing ‘connections’ with ‘followers’**
- They behave differently, and not every list has a full “Only you” option.
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10-minute checklist (copy/paste)
- [ ] Turn off **Share profile updates with your network**
- [ ] Set **Active status** to **No one** (or Connections only)
- [ ] Set **Profile viewing** to **Private mode** (if desired)
- [ ] Limit **who can see your connections**
- [ ] Remember: **likes/comments are usually public** → remove/delete if needed
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Conclusion
Turning off “activity” on LinkedIn in 2026 isn’t one single switch—it’s a handful of settings that reduce how much LinkedIn *broadcasts* about you, plus a realistic understanding that reactions and comments are part of the platform’s public layer.
If you start with just one change, disable **Share profile updates**. Then lock down **Active Status** and **Profile Viewing Options**. From there, you can choose when to engage publicly—on your terms.
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