This is how you cancel a LinkedIn account when someone dies
LinkedIn is a social networking site for business professionals in addition to a job posting service. There’s two kinds of LinkedIn accounts, Basic and Premium, and each has their own methods of cancellation.
Required Information
- Password
How to close a LinkedIn Premium account
- Log onto the account you wish to delete.
- Find “Privacy & Settings” by clicking on the user’s avatar in the upper right hand corner.
- Under “Account Type,” select “Downgrade Or Cancel Your Premium Account.”
- Hit “Continue Cancellation.”
How to close a LinkedIn Basic Account
- Log in to the LinkedIn account you wish to delete.
- Find “Privacy & Settings” by clicking on the user’s avatar in the upper right hand corner.
- Click the “Account” tab.
- Choose “Close your account.”
- Select an option for closing the account. Then hit “Continue.”
- Choose “Verify Account.”
What if I don't have required information?
If you don't have the required login information to close a LinkedIn account then LinkedIn recommends you fill out this Profile removal form
Upon filling out this form, please be ready with the following:
- The member's name
- The URL to their LinkedIn profile
- Your relationship to them
- Member's email address
- Date of their passing
- Link to obituary
- Most recent company of employment
You can also contact LinkedIn Customer Service with any questions
Official website: www.linkedin.com
Official page on Deceased LinkedIn member
Atticus' Legacy Review of LinkedIn's closing account process after someone dies = 7/10 stars
LinkedIn gets pretty good marks for its handling of the closing account process, as they make it easy for people to login and close accounts. They also have a process in place for non-users and people unable to find login information, and have a webpage devoted to it. LinkedIn loses some points however, for not having a legacy function for current users, nor a means to "memorialize" a page. With so much of our professional life being integrated into our personal lives LinkedIn might want to take a look at this process one more time. Hopefully, after receiving this less than perfect mark they'll write one for their clients.
