
How to Remove a Candidate from a LinkedIn Recruiter Project or Pipeline
Remove, archive or move a candidate in LinkedIn Recruiter without deleting their LinkedIn profile. Learn how projects, pipeline stages and saved candidates differ.
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Remove, archive or move a candidate in LinkedIn Recruiter without deleting their LinkedIn profile. Learn how projects, pipeline stages and saved candidates differ.

Turn off LinkedIn's generative AI data setting, understand what opting out changes, and review additional privacy controls for posts, profile data and AI features.

Compare deleting and hibernating a LinkedIn account, including profile visibility, connections, messages, subscriptions and what to do before either option.

Request a LinkedIn data archive before closing or hibernating your account. Learn what to download, how long exports may take and how to store the files safely.

Delete imported contacts from LinkedIn, stop future address-book syncing and understand why removing contacts does not automatically remove existing connections.

Change LinkedIn public-profile visibility to reduce what appears in Google, Bing and other search engines, and learn why removal from results can take time.

View and withdraw pending LinkedIn connection requests on desktop or mobile, understand what the recipient sees, and clean up old invitations safely.

Delete LinkedIn conversations on desktop or mobile, understand when sent messages can be removed, and learn what deletion does not erase for the recipient.

Delete old resumes from LinkedIn Easy Apply, remove profile media and understand why deleting a file does not recall applications already sent to employers.

Remove saved jobs from LinkedIn on desktop or mobile, clean up old job alerts, and understand the difference between saved, applied and archived jobs.

Learn what you can remove from LinkedIn's applied-jobs list, what employers may still retain, and how to withdraw or clean up application data safely.

Clear recent job searches on LinkedIn and learn how saved jobs, job alerts, applications and uploaded resumes must be managed separately.

Use LinkedIn private mode to view profiles without showing your name. Follow the desktop and mobile steps and learn what anonymous browsing does and does not hide.

LinkedIn does not notify someone just because you searched their name. Learn when profile-view alerts appear and which actions can reveal your identity.

LinkedIn does not normally show other members the words or names you type into search. Learn what people can see, how profile views differ from searches, and how to protect your privacy.