Spam on LinkedIn: You can do that
You can receive LinkedIn spam both if you have a LinkedIn account and if you are not logged in to LinkedIn. The advertising and informational mails can have different causes and can be reduced and even prevented in different ways. In this practical tip, we will explain where the LinkedIn emails come from and how you can get rid of them.
Where does LinkedIn spam come from?
In a separate practical tip, we will explain to you exactly what LinkedIn is and how it differs from Xing.
- If you have created a LinkedIn account according to our instructions, the contacts in your address book will in future receive emails from LinkedIn.
- The reason for this is that LinkedIn offers you to search your address book for LinkedIn contacts. If you agree, a flood of advertising begins that many people find to be spam.
- If an email address is linked to a LinkedIn account, this person receives an invitation to your personal network.
- If this email address is not linked to a LinkedIn account, this person will in future regularly receive promotional emails asking them to open a LinkedIn account.
- If someone from your circle of friends has set up a new account, you could be the addressee of these LinkedIn advertising emails.
- If you have set up an account yourself, LinkedIn will send you regular emails with information and news. The initial flood of emails can also be spam.
How to get rid of LinkedIn spam
If you get LinkedIn spam with invitations from supposed contacts or requests for data synchronization, you can end the flood of emails with the following tips. If you have received an excessive amount of LinkedIn emails since you set up an account, the account settings that we document in the image gallery will help you.
- With the help of our practical tips, you can find out whether the LinkedIn email is a fake email.
- If it is a real e-mail, so someone from your circle of friends has released their address book for LinkedIn, you can click on the "unsibscribe" link at the end of the e-mail without hesitation.
- If you are unsure whether the mail is genuine, wait for several e-mails and check their authenticity before clicking "unsubscribe".
- If in doubt, first forward the mail to " ". LinkedIn will confirm whether the email is genuine or not.
- With fake mails you should never click on "unsubscribe". This link at least confirms to the spammers that your email address is being actively used. This can be the start of a much larger flood of spam. Or the link tries to infect you with malware, for example to get sensitive data or even money, such as the Locky virus or Browlock.
Relieved of unnecessary mails, you can further optimize your LinkedIn profile and use the LinkedIn job exchange under the guidance of our practical tips. We also clarify the costs and benefits of the LinkedIn additional packages.
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After logging in to LinkedIn, click on your profile picture in the upper right corner. Select »Privacy & Settings« here and then click on the "Communications" area.
Click on "Change" in the menu under »Basics« -> »E-Mail frequency«.
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Here you can turn off notifications for entire categories of topics with one click (a) or make more sophisticated settings with a click on "Details" (b).
You can switch off individual items here so that you are not informed about them by email (a). Or you can choose between individual emails for each event and weekly LinkedIn mail ("Weekly Digest Mail") or let LinkedIn decide what is important enough to tell you in addition to the mail (b).
