Can You See When Someone Was Last Active On Linkedin

LinkedIn currently boasts approximately 650 million users from more than 200 countries globally. Often dubbed the Facebook of the professional world, LinkedIn has undoubtedly made its space in the social networking ecosystem. The professional social networking site was launched in 2003 by Reid Hoffman.

We've already written guides about how to find and edit your LinkedIn URL, adding interests to your profile or deactivating and deleting it and how to view profiles anonymously on LinkedIn; and here we're answering another frequently asked question about the professional social network — how to go offline on LinkedIn?

Active status on LinkedIn is depicted by the green circle that appears next to a user's name. Check out our guide below for the web version via PC and app to manage your active status and go offline on LinkedIn.

Managing your LinkedIn active status

Before moving ahead, you should know that there are three ways to manage your active status on LinkedIn. You can choose to show your active status to all LinkedIn members, including those who aren't in your connections, or to only your 1st-degree connections.

Other than that, you can also choose to go entirely offline by selecting the third option,No one.

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How to go offline on LinkedIn via PC?

Step 1: Log in to your LinkedIn account and click on the three-dot menu on the message box, located at the bottom-right of the screen. Choose Message settings from the menu.

How to manage active status and go offline on LinkedIn?

Step 2: Click on Update settings on the bottom-right of the pop-up.

Step 3: Click onPrivacy,then on How others see your LinkedIn activity.Now click onManage active status and click on No oneif you wish to go completely offline orYour Connections only to display your active status to only your connections.

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How to go offline on LinkedIn via the Android/iOS app?

Open the Linkedin app on your Android or iOS device and follow the steps mentioned below to appear offline.

Sign in to the LinkedIn app on Android or iOS
Tap on your profile picture on the top-left of the display
From the menu, tap onView Profile
On the next page, tap on theSettings (gear) icon.

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Then tap onPrivacy
Scroll down to findManage active status; tap on it
On the next page, out of the three options, tap on No oneif you wish to go completely offline orYour Connections only to display your active status to only your connections.

Your changes will be automatically saved. If you choseNo one, the green circle denoting active users wouldn't appear beside your profile to anyone on LinkedIn.

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