Change default URL on LinkedIn

When you create a LinkedIn account, you start off with the default URL. That URL has numbers, digits, and symbols; it is not an easy URL to share. If you want to print your LinkedIn address on a business card, for instance, then you need a simpler URL. These instructions assume you are already logged in to your LinkedIn account.

Compare the following URLs to see which is simpler to remember:

• linkedin.com/in/jason-lawrence-48b20058/
• linkedin.com/in/drjasonlawrence/

Purpose: Change the default URL address for your LinkedIn account to a more customized name.

You need to access the profile in order to change the URL. On the LinkedIn menu bar, click on the Me button to open a dropdown menu. Click on View profile.
Once on the page to view the profile, look to the right of the screen, directly under the menu. Click the Edit public profile & URL link.
Once again, on the top-right of the screen is a box titled Edit URL. Click on the pencil icon image next to the URL. This image shows the URL after I have already changed it.
LinkedIn will automatically highlight the words. Type in the name you prefer for the URL. Click Save.

All instructions and documentation written by:

Dr. Jason Lawrence, M.S., Ph.D.

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