unsubscribedRestrict invitations
In LinkedIn, open Settings & Privacy, then Data privacy. Under Who can reach you, choose Invitations to connect. Options include people who know your email address or appear in your imported contacts, and imported contacts only.
Decide whether you want InMail
Under Data privacy, Who can reach you, open Messages. If you do not want InMail, turn off Allow others to send you InMail. Review other message types while you are there.
Reduce notification emails
Review Settings & Privacy, Notifications and the email options for the categories you find noisy. Keep access to security and account messages.
Review your exposure
Check your public profile and who can see your email or find you through contact details. Ignore or report suspicious invitations rather than accepting them to find out more.
This will not recall exported data
Changing your profile settings reduces some future exposure. It cannot pull back information already copied into another system. Combine these changes with direct-marketing objections and data-provider opt-outs if sales emails continue.
Other social apps
Look for message-request controls, public contact details, contact syncing and notification settings in each app. Separate a public business contact route from your personal one. Treat unexpected “support”, investment and account-warning messages with caution; go to the app’s own help section independently.
Related guides
- A quieter WhatsApp. Silence calls from numbers you don’t know, block and report a sender, and choose who can add you to groups, while keeping friends and family within reach.
Go straight to the source
Official guidance and provider instructions. External links open in a new tab.
- LinkedIn: invitation preferences (opens in a new tab)
- LinkedIn: turn off InMail (opens in a new tab)
- LinkedIn: who can contact you (opens in a new tab)
Reviewed 29 September 2026. Menus and services can change; follow the provider’s current instructions if they differ.