Comments on: Removing Connections

By: Jason Alba

Jason Alba — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:04:00 +0000

That would make sense, but I’m not involved with LinkedIn’s interface at all.. you have to tell them

I totally agree with you, though. That is a logical place to put that button/link.

By: Volpini

Volpini — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:05:26 +0000

Since I changed my work area some years ago I want to delete a lot of old contacts that really I dont have more contact. How about to put a “Remove Contact” when We see a contact profile ?

By: Dionna

Dionna — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:08:30 +0000

Hi, I was removed from a LinkedIn member’s list (or so I thought) back in early 2010. I received a notification that I am now reconnected to that person. How did this happen without me receiving an invite? Thanks!

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:18:10 +0000

Donna — simply click the (small, grey) “hide” link that appears on the right of any update (that appears on your LinkedIn home). This will hide any further posts/updates from that user.

That’s exactly what I was looking for — simply removing the most frequent posters of unimportant information. I was about to remove them from my contact roster, but that has, as this blog post & comments show, some irreversible consequences…

Thanks for the great read!

By: Donna aristo

Donna aristo — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:58:53 +0000

I get weekly messages from someone who has some legitimate functions she is promoting, but I feel this bordering on spam in its frequency and I think it is mostly just self promotion for the most part, which I find offensive and inappropriate in this venue. While I don’t want to delete the contact, I just want less spam. Is there anyway to block messages or control the frequency?

Thx

By: Jason Alba

Jason Alba — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:08:27 +0000

@Journeyman – lots of people ask me this question, I think they are more concerned with not rocking the boat… I would rather people don’t know. I think some people get offended… but if someone asks, I’m happy to tell them.

By: Journeyman

Journeyman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:41:15 +0000

Why would one be concerned about ‘Some one finding out’? I remove people who I realise do not reciprocate the sharing of my connections. Seems to be fair to me and I’m happy to explain why to them.

By: Sanya

Sanya — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:20:35 +0000

Its funny. The person I removed as a connection months back, showed up in my Network Updates under “New To LinkedIn”. My email address in LinkedIn has not changed. What gives? Bug??

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:49:52 +0000

Dave’s comment from March is still in effect, regarding removed connections are connected to your database by email address. Aggravating for those lost ones who only have one address. Oh well.

By: tony

tony — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:16:29 +0000

Jason,

Thanks for the quick reply, exactly what I wanted to hear.