How (and Why) to Leave a LinkedIn Group

March 5th, 2010 | by Jason Alba |

I’m a member of a lot of groups… almost 50 (which is the limit).  Some of them are awesome, others are beyond useless.

One, in particular, ONLY has discussion spam.  So I went to the Group page to get out – no more spam from them and I free up one of my 50 slots.

The only problem is I couldn’t find out how to leave the Group from the Group page – I poked around quite a bit, and I hope I just couldn’t see it, nonetheless, I think the only way to leave a LinkedIn Group is to do this:

  1. Click on Groups from the top main menu,
  2. Find the Group you want to leave and click on the Actions link, for a drop-down
  3. Select “Leave Group,” and then confirm you really want to leave when the popup pops… up.

That’s it.

I would suggest you stay in Groups unless you have a compelling reason to leave, which might be:

  1. Because of spam, like my issue, or
  2. Because you are at your limit and there is another Group that you really need to join.

Cool?

  1. One Response to “How (and Why) to Leave a LinkedIn Group”

  2. By Winnie Anderson on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    Cool. I’ve gotten out of groups for the same reason you describe. Just alot of junk…non-stop solicitations…snippy responses to questions. As a friend said, “It’s SOCIAL media, not social MEdia!”

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