LinkedIn: Hide contacts - how to do it

Through LinkedIn you can network on a professional level with colleagues, business partners and potential employers. In doing so, you can also add them to your contact list, and other people can view the list as well. Here we show you how to hide contacts.

How to hide your contacts on LinkedIn

Usually, other users can see the contacts on your contact list in LinkedIn. This is to create as large a network as possible so that you can get the best possible overview, especially with potential new employers. However, if you do not want anyone to gain insight, then you can set this manually in your profile. This can be, for example, if you are self-employed and other participants should not know who belongs to your customer potpourri.

1. First, log in to LinkedIn with your log-in data.
2. Now click on your profile photo, which you will find in the upper right corner.
3. Followed by this, navigate to "Privacy and Settings".
4. Now a window opens for you, in the middle of which is "Privacy".
5. Click this option.
6. Thereupon you will now see an overview of various options. Dabei ist eine „Wer darf Ihre Kontakte sehen?“.
7. Über diese Schaltfläche können Sie zwischen „Nur Ihnen“ und „Ihre Kontakte“ wählen.
8. Selektieren Sie das gewünschte und bestätigen Sie abschließend Ihre Auswahl.
9. Nun ist Ihre Auswahl direkt gültig und Ihre Einstellungen sind diesbezüglich angepasst.