How to Get and Share Your LinkedIn Profile Link (2026)

Your LinkedIn profile link is the one URL recruiters, clients and new contacts use to check you out. Getting it takes seconds once you know where LinkedIn hides it, and a few more minutes turns it into a clean, memorable address you can print on a resume or a business card.

This guide covers every step: where to find and copy the link on each device, how to customize it (with LinkedIn's exact rules), the best ways to share it, what people see when they open it without an account, and how to fix links that don't work.

What your LinkedIn profile link looks like

Every LinkedIn member has a public profile URL. The part after /in/ is the only piece that's unique to you:

You'll run into a few versions of the same link:

Version	Example	What it means
Custom URL	linkedin.com/in/janedoe	A clean address you picked yourself
Default URL	linkedin.com/in/jane-doe-4b7a1c92	The address LinkedIn assigned at signup, often with extra letters and numbers
Country version	ca.linkedin.com/in/janedoe	Some members' URLs start with a two-letter code based on the country on their profile

The country version is normal. LinkedIn says that if you change the country on your profile, the URL changes automatically and the old ones keep working. For sharing, you can always use the plain linkedin.com/in/ form.

How to find and copy your LinkedIn profile link

On desktop (any web browser)

1. Go to linkedin.com and sign in.
2. Click the Me icon at the top of your homepage.
3. Click View profile.
4. Look at the right side of the page for Public profile & URL. Your link is shown right there.
5. Copy it and paste it wherever you need it.

You can also copy the address bar while you're on your own profile. If the address has anything after a question mark, delete that part before you share it so you pass along the clean link.

On iPhone (LinkedIn app)

1. Open the LinkedIn app and tap your profile photo.
2. Tap your profile photo or View profile to open your profile.
3. Tap the More button (three dots) next to Add section.
4. Tap Contact info.
5. Under Your Profile, find the URL that starts with linkedin.com/in/.
6. Copy it, or use the share option to send it straight to another app.

On Android (LinkedIn app)

1. Open the LinkedIn app and tap your profile photo.
2. Open your profile.
3. Tap the More button (three dots) next to Add section.
4. Tap Contact info.
5. Find the linkedin.com/in/ URL under Your Profile and copy or share it.

In a mobile browser

If you use LinkedIn in Safari or Chrome instead of the app, tap your profile photo, scroll down to the Contact section, and find your URL under LinkedIn.

How to customize your LinkedIn URL (and get rid of the numbers)

A default URL like linkedin.com/in/jane-doe-4b7a1c92 works, but it's hard to read aloud, easy to mistype and looks unfinished on a resume. A custom URL fixes all three.

Customize your URL on desktop

1. Click the Me icon at the top of your homepage, then View profile.
2. On the right, click the Edit icon next to Public profile & URL.
3. Click the Edit icon next to your current public profile URL.
4. Type the new last part of the URL in the text box.
5. Click Save.

Customize your URL on iPhone and Android

1. Tap your profile photo, then View profile.
2. Tap the More button next to Add section.
3. Tap Contact info.
4. Tap the Edit icon in the upper right.
5. Tap your Profile URL.
6. Tap the Edit icon next to your public profile URL.
7. Type the new last part of the URL and tap Save.

LinkedIn custom URL rules

These come straight from LinkedIn's help center:

Rule	Detail
Length	3 to 100 characters
Characters	No spaces, symbols, special characters, or the word "LinkedIn"
Capital letters	Case insensitive: JaneDoe and janedoe open the same profile
How often	Up to five changes within six months, then locked for six months
Your old URL	Stays linked to you for six months unless you unlink it
Taken URLs	LinkedIn can't release a URL that another member already uses

How to choose a good custom URL

• Start with your full name. janedoe is what people will guess first.
• Add something meaningful if it's taken. A middle initial (janemdoe), your profession (janedoedesign) or your city beats a random number.
• Match your other handles. If you're janedoe on GitHub or X, use the same thing here so people can find you everywhere.
• Use capitals when you print it. Because the URL is case insensitive, linkedin.com/in/JaneDoe on a resume is easier to read and still works.

How to share your LinkedIn profile link

Once you have the link, there are two ways to share it: LinkedIn's own sharing tools, and pasting the URL anywhere people might look for you.

Share it from inside LinkedIn

• On desktop: go to your profile, click the Resources button in your intro section and choose Send profile in a message. Type the recipient's name and click Send.
• On mobile: open your profile's Contact info and use the share option under Your Profile to send the link through LinkedIn or another app on your phone.
• Someone else's profile: click or tap More on their profile to share it in a LinkedIn message or through another app.

Share your LinkedIn QR code

LinkedIn's mobile app gives every member a personal QR code, which is the fastest way to connect in person.

1. Open the LinkedIn app on your phone.
2. Tap the QR code icon in the search bar at the top of your homepage.
3. Open the My code tab to show your code.
4. Let the other person scan it, or use Share my code or Save to photos (Save to gallery on Android) to keep a copy.

The Scan tab on the same screen reads other members' codes and takes you straight to their profile. If you want a printable code in your own colors for a conference badge or business card, you can also turn your profile URL into a custom QR code with the U2L AI QR code generator.

Add it to your email signature

Every email you send is a chance for someone to look you up. Add a small LinkedIn icon or a short text link like "LinkedIn profile" to your signature instead of pasting the raw URL. Our email signature generator builds a signature with your links that you can paste into Gmail, Outlook or Apple Mail.

Put it on your resume or CV

Recruiters check LinkedIn to confirm what's on your resume, so make the link easy to use:

• Use your custom URL, never the default one with numbers.
• Drop the https://www. part. linkedin.com/in/JaneDoe is enough.
• Put it in the header next to your email and phone number.
• In the PDF version, make it a clickable link, and test it before you send the file.

Add it to your other profiles

Your LinkedIn link belongs anywhere professional contacts might find you: your personal website, GitHub profile, portfolio, conference speaker bio, or a link-in-bio page that collects all your links in one place. If you're already working on your profile, our LinkedIn bio tips cover the headline and About section that visitors will read after they click.

Which format to use where

Where	Best format	Why
Printed resume or CV	linkedin.com/in/JaneDoe	Short, readable, easy to type
PDF resume	Clickable text link	One click from the recruiter
Email signature	Icon or "LinkedIn" text link	Clean and compact
Business card, badge, poster	QR code	Scannable in person
Social bios and link-in-bio pages	Short link or full URL	Fits character limits
Chat and messages	Full URL	Shows a preview in most apps

Public profile visibility: what people see when they open your link

When someone who isn't signed in to LinkedIn opens your link, they see your public profile, a simplified version of your full profile. It's also what search engines like Google and Bing can show. According to LinkedIn, non-members may be prompted to sign up or sign in to see parts of it.

You decide what goes on the public version.

Change your public profile settings on desktop

1. Click Me, then View profile.
2. Click the Edit icon next to Public profile & URL.
3. Use the toggle Your profile's public visibility to turn the whole public profile on or off.
4. Turn individual sections on or off to control what non-members see.

Change your public profile settings on mobile

1. Tap your profile photo, then Settings.
2. Tap Visibility.
3. Under Visibility of your profile & network, tap Edit your public profile.
4. Adjust Your profile's public visibility and the individual sections.

A few things worth knowing:

• Your photo is public by default. You can limit it, for example to connections only, from your profile photo settings.
• Turning the public profile off hides it from non-members and search engine results. Signed-in members can still find you on LinkedIn.
• Search engines are slow to catch up. LinkedIn notes that changes can take several weeks or even months to show up in search results.

Troubleshooting: when your LinkedIn link doesn't work

Problem	Likely cause	Fix
Your URL has random letters and numbers	It's the default URL LinkedIn assigned	Set a custom URL under Public profile & URL
No URL shows under Contact info	Your public profile is turned off	Turn on Your profile's public visibility
The link asks people to sign in or join	Non-members can be prompted to sign in, or sections are hidden	Check your public profile settings and preview in a private window
"This profile is not available"	The URL is wrong or outdated, the account is closed or restricted, or one of you blocked the other	Copy a fresh link from your profile and share that
An old link stopped working	You changed your URL more than six months ago, or unlinked the old one	Share your current URL and update old placements
Your URL starts with a country code	Normal for members in some countries	Nothing to fix; the linkedin.com/in/ version works too
The link opens in a browser instead of the app	The app you tapped it in uses its own in-app browser	Use a LinkedIn deep link that opens the LinkedIn app

If the link works for you but not for someone else, ask them to try another browser or to sign in to LinkedIn first. To someone who rarely uses LinkedIn, a sign-in prompt can look a lot like a broken link.

Shorten your LinkedIn link and track clicks

A full LinkedIn URL is fine in an email, but it's clunky in a social bio, on a slide or printed on a poster. A short link fixes that, and a tracked one also answers a useful question: which of the places you shared your profile actually sent people to it?

Create a separate short link for each placement (resume, email signature, conference badge, podcast show notes) and compare the clicks.

With U2L AI:

• Free short links need no signup. Paste your profile URL and get a short link in seconds. The short domain is picked automatically based on the destination.
• A free account adds click analytics and link management, so every link you've shared lives in one dashboard with its click counts.
• Custom domains are available on paid plans if you want links on your own brand.

Once your link is short, clean and tracked, put it everywhere people might want to learn more about you. Then check back in a few weeks to see which placements are pulling their weight, and put more effort into those.