To get your LinkedIn URL, go to your profile and click "Edit public profile & URL" in the top-right on desktop — your custom URL appears under "Edit your custom URL" on the right (it looks like linkedin.com/in/yourname), where you can copy it or change it. On mobile, tap your profile photo → View Profile → the three-dot menu → Contact info, and your URL is listed there. That's the short version: your LinkedIn URL is the public web address of your profile, found on the public-profile settings, and you can customize the ending to a clean version of your name. This guide walks through finding it on desktop and mobile, customizing it, getting someone else's URL, and why a tidy custom URL is worth the two minutes.
Finding your LinkedIn URL on desktop
- 1.Click Me (your photo, top right) → View Profile.
- 2.On your profile, click Edit public profile & URL (top-right of the page).
- 3.Under Edit your custom URL (right-hand panel), you'll see your URL, e.g.
www.linkedin.com/in/jane-smith-1a2b3c. - 4.Click the copy icon to grab it, or the pencil to edit it.
Finding it on mobile (iOS/Android)
- 1.Tap your profile photo → View Profile.
- 2.Tap the ⋯ (more) menu near your name.
- 3.Tap Contact info — your profile URL is listed and can be copied.
How to customize your LinkedIn URL
A default LinkedIn URL has a messy string of numbers on the end. A custom one — just your name — looks far better on a résumé, email signature, or business card, and is easier to share out loud.
- 1.On desktop, go to Edit public profile & URL.
- 2.Under Edit your custom URL, click the pencil icon.
- 3.Type your preferred ending (3–100 characters, letters and numbers, no spaces or symbols) — usually
firstname-lastname. - 4.Click Save.
If your exact name is taken, add a middle initial, your profession, or a location (e.g. jane-smith-cpa). Changing it won't break existing shares immediately, but avoid changing it often — old links stop working once you switch.
How to get someone else's LinkedIn URL
Open their profile and copy the address from your browser's address bar, or use the ⋯ menu → Copy link to profile (or Share profile). If you only have their name, see how to find someone on LinkedIn and the complete search guide to locate the right profile first.
Why a clean LinkedIn URL matters
Your profile URL is one of the most-shared links in professional life — it goes on résumés, in email signatures, on speaker bios, and in outreach messages. A clean linkedin.com/in/yourname reads as polished and is easy to remember; a random-number URL reads as an afterthought. It's also easier for the people you're prospecting or networking with to recognize and trust.
And once people are clicking your profile, the useful next step is turning that attention into conversations. Conextly helps you do that for LinkedIn: it finds the right people to reach, tracks every conversation so nothing slips, and drafts a personalized message for each — you approve every send. Your profile link brings people to the door; Conextly helps you follow up when they arrive. See how the prospecting search works.