How to remove connections from your LinkedIn account on desktop or mobile

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    Making connections on LinkedIn can help you grow your professional network, and may lead to new opportunities. But sometimes those connections are no longer something you wish to maintain, and removing connections can help you streamline your network.

    Removing connections can also help you stay within LinkedIn's network size requirements (if you're somehow getting close to making 30,000 connections).

    Here's how to remove connections on desktop and mobile, whether you know who you want to remove by name, or need to find people by searching through all of your connections.

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    How to remove connections on LinkedIn on a computer

    If you're already on the profile page of the person you want to remove from your LinkedIn connections, you can easily do that by clicking the "More..." button in their introduction card, and selecting "Remove Connection."

    0 HOW TO REMOVE CONNECTIONS LINKEDINYou can remove connections straight from that connection's profile page.Devon Delfino/Business Insider

    But you can still get it done if you aren't sure about their name, as long as you can recognize the name or profile photo of the person you want to remove from your connections.

    Here's how to remove a person via the Connections page:

    1. Go to linkedin.com and log into your account, if necessary.

    2. Tap "My Network" in the top toolbar.

    3. Click "Connections" in the left-hand sidebar.

    1 HOW TO REMOVE CONNECTIONS LINKEDINYou can click &quotConnections" to open a full list of the people you've connected with.Devon Delfino/Business Insider

    4. Scroll through your contacts list; when you see the person you want to remove, click the three dots to the right of their name and the "Message" button.

    2 HOW TO REMOVE CONNECTIONS LINKEDINSelect &quotRemove connection" to delete them from your list.Devon Delfino/Business Insider

    5. Select "Remove connection."

    How to remove connections on LinkedIn on the mobile app

    Just like the desktop version of LinkedIn, the mobile app allows you to remove connections either via their profile page or the Connections page.

    If you know the name of the person you want to cut ties with, you should type that name into the search bar to get to their profile. From there, tap the three dots next to their name and select "Remove Connection," and confirm your choice by tapping "Remove Connection" one more time.

    Otherwise, here's how to get it done via the Connections page:

    1. Open your LinkedIn app and log into your account, if necessary.

    2. Tap the connections icon in the bottom toolbar and select "View Connections" at the top of the screen. If the top of the screen instead reads "My Communities," tap that, and then tap "Connections" in the next menu.

    3 HOW TO REMOVE CONNECTIONS LINKEDINOpen your full Connections list.Devon Delfino/Business Insider

    3. Scroll through your connections until you find the one you want to remove - once you find that connection, tap the three dots to the right of their name and select "Remove Connection."

    4 HOW TO REMOVE CONNECTIONS LINKEDINTap &quotRemove Connection."Devon Delfino/Business Insider

    4. Confirm your choice by tapping "Remove Connection" in the pop-up window.

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