Do you find difficulty in recovering the Linkedin account which you closed accidentally?
Do you think about how to recover a Linkedin account without the E-mail?
Can you recover the closed Linkedin account after a 15 days time period?
How to recover a Linkedin account which has been closed within 15 days?
According to LinkedIn, we can reopen a closed account if it has only been 14 days. We are not able to reopen the account if it is past 14 days.
Follow the below steps to recover a closed Linkedin account,
- Open the Linkedin app or website through any mobile or browser.
- On the Login page, enter the email address and password which you have used before to log in.
- Click on “Sign In.
- Click on “Reactivate”.
An email will be sent to the given email address for the confirmation of reactivation of the account.
An account deactivated for more than 20 days cannot be recovered. In order to get an account, we need to start from the base step and you will also not have any connections, or details regarding the closed account. So be careful while using the account to not get closed accidentally.
In order to lessen the troubles, be sure to regularly request your data archive so if this happens to you, you can more quickly reconnect with your 1st connections.
How to recover a Linkedin account when you forgot your password ?
Follow the below steps to recover your Linkedin account through email, when you forgot your password.
- Visit the Linkedin website.
- Enter the username and click on “Forget password”.
- Enter the email address on the appropriate space given.
- Click on “Find account” or “Reset password”.
- Go to the email, there we can see a link to reset your password.
- Click on the link and click on “Reset my password”.
- Enter the new password and click on “Submit”.
- Click on “Go to home page”.
Now you can use this password to login to your account.
How to recover a Linkedin account without Email?
Following are a few of the different ways to recover LinkedIn account without email.
1. Using a Secondary email or phone number.
2. Using secondary Email
3. By providing ID
4. Contact Linkedin customer Support.
We will discuss each of these in detail below.
1. Using a Secondary email or phone number.
- Visit the Linkedin website.
- Enter the username and click on “Forget password”.
- Enter the phone number on the appropriate space given.
- Click on “Find account” or “Reset password”.
- You will receive a 6 digit pin number on the registered mobile number as SMS.
- Enter the 6 digit pin.
- Enter the new password and click on “Submit”.
- Click on “Go to home page”.
2. Using secondary Email
- Visit the Linkedin website.
- Enter the username and click on “Forget password”.
- Enter the secondary email address on the appropriate space given.
- Click on “Find account” or “Reset password”.
- Go to the email, there we can see a link to reset your password.
- Click on the link and click on “Reset my password”.
- Enter the new password and click on “Submit”.
- Click on “Go to home page”.
3. By providing ID
For this, we should either know our primary email address or secondary email address or phone number on which we registered the Linkedin account even though they may not be reachable now.
- Visit the Linkedin website.
- Enter any of the details that are known (primary email, secondary email or phone number).
- Click on “Can’t access this email / mobile”.
- Enter the new email address on which the account should be registered.
- Enter the Linkedin profile URL and search.
- Click on the “Continue”.
- Give proof of any ID ( drivers licence, passport etc.)
- Once the proof gets verified, we can reset the password and use the Linkedin account in the new email.
4. Contact Linkedin Customer Support.
- Open the Linkedin profile via an app.
- Click on the profile pic on the top left of the page.
- Click on “Settings”.
- Scroll down to find “Help Centre” and click that.
- Click on the options under “Recommended Topics”.
- Click on “Contact us” on the bottom left of the page.
- Select from the options and move forward.
How to recover a restricted Linkedin account ?
- Visit the Linkedin webpage.
- Enter the email and password and login.
- Now since the account is restricted, a page with such information will be shown.
- After going through that, click on “Verify your identity”.
- Enter the necessary details and select the type of ID we want to submit.
- Click on “Continue” and upload the image if required.
- Click on “Submit”.
- Now a mail will be sent to our email.
- Go to email and open the mail sent by Linkedin. ( the mail will sometimes be only about account updates).
- Now try to Login again.
How to recover a hacked Linkedin account ?
When we get to know our account is being hacked do these things,
1. Change the password
We can follow this when we suspect a hacking and we still have access to our account. Changing the password immediately can prevent further misuse of the account.
- Login to the Linkedin account.
- Click on the “Me” icon at the right side of the top bar.
- Click on “Settings & Privacy”.
- Click on “Sign in & Security” on the side bar.
- Click on “change” across “Change password”.
- Enter the current and new password.
- Click on “Save”.
2. Recover the account
We can do this when we no longer have the access to our account.
- Visit the Linkedin website.
- Enter the username and click on “Forget password”.
- Enter the email address on the appropriate space given.
- Click on “Find account” or “Reset password”.
- Go to the email, there we can see a link to reset your password.
- Click on the link and click on “Reset my password”.
- Enter the new password and click on “Submit”.
- Click on “Go to home page”.
Now you can use this password to login to your account.
Wrapping Up
Hope you get an idea about recovering your LinkedIn account. Kindly let us know if you have any queries.
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