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How to Hide Your Activity Status on Linkedin from Public View

How to Hide Your Activity Status on Linkedin

Linkedin has now become one of the popular tools for human resources to scout for workers and talents. The Scouters and recruiters can see whatever information that you put as your public profile. As a default setting, Linkedin also allows the public to see your activity status on Linkedin as well. This means every “Like” or “Comments” you have done will be shown in your “Activity” section for everyone to see that includes recruiters or potential employers. There are some advantages and disadvantages to revealing your activity status on Linkedin for the public view. However, if you do not want your activity status to be seen, here are the steps on how to remove or hide it from the public view.

WHY HIDE ACTIVITY STATUS?

There are many reasons why you should hide your activity status. Here are some of the top reasons:-

  1. TO HIDE ANY ACTIVITY THAT CAN LEAD TO BIAS PERCEPTION – The recruiter is human and therefore they might have a certain preference when looking at your Linkedin profile. If the activity shows that you commented or liked something that can be of issue, that might jeopardize the perception that you would convey to potential employers
  2. TO AVOID BEING LINKED TO CERTAIN IDEOLOGY – If you want to avoid politics or any sensitive issues being linked to your profile, it is best to hide your activity. For example, if you have expressed certain disagreement with a certain government policy, that might hurt your chance of being recruited for works in a government agency.

So, if you are interested to learn how to hide your Linkedin activity, here are the steps.

HOW TO HIDE THE ACTIVITY STATUS

Step 1

At your Linkedin profile, tap at “View Profile” to go to your Linkedin profile

Step 2

At your Linkedin profile, tap at the Settings icon top right there

Step 3

At your profile settings, tap at “Privacy”

Step 4

At “Privacy”, tap at “Edit your public profile”

Step 5

At “Edit public profile” settings, tap at “Articles & Activity” button to the left

This will hide your activity from showing in your Linkedin public profile

So, there you have it – Five simple steps how you can hide your activity status. Please leave us a comment below on how you think the activity status can affect your chances of being recruited by potential employers.

Please read our previous article on how to hide activity status on Instagram