Get custom LinkedIn URL ideas from your name, check any idea against LinkedIn's rules before you try it, and turn a messy link copied from the app into a clean profile URL for your CV or email signature.
Every LinkedIn profile gets a web address. If you never changed yours, it probably ends in a random code, like linkedin.com/in/jane-doe-4b2a91a3. That works, but it looks messy on a CV and is hard to type from a business card.
This tool does three jobs. It suggests clean custom URLs from your name, it checks any idea you have against LinkedIn's rules, and it strips tracking codes and extras from links you copy out of the LinkedIn app.
It does not log in to LinkedIn or change anything for you. You pick a URL here, then save it on LinkedIn in about a minute. If you are still looking for your current link, our guide on where to find your LinkedIn URL walks through every device.
Open Custom URL ideas and type your first and last name. Add what you do, like marketing or design, for extra options.
You get up to eight ideas that follow LinkedIn's rules. Type your own idea in the checker to see if it uses only allowed characters and a sensible length.
On LinkedIn click Me, View profile, then Edit public profile & URL, and the pencil next to your URL. Paste your choice and save. LinkedIn tells you then if it is already taken.
Paste your profile link into Clean my URL and copy the clean version for your CV, business card or email signature.
Everything runs in your browser. There is nothing to install and no account to create.
Up to eight clean ideas from your name, such as janedoe, jane-doe or jdoe, plus versions with what you do when your name is common.
Checks length, allowed characters and the word LinkedIn, and warns about ideas that are long or hard to read.
Removes tracking codes, country subdomains and extra paths from links copied from the app, and gives you the clean URL.
Copy the full URL, a short version for a CV, or a link for your email signature in one click.
Tells you if a profile still uses LinkedIn's automatic URL with a random code, so you know it is worth changing.
Nothing you type leaves your browser. No sign-up, no limit, nothing stored.
LinkedIn checks your custom URL when you save it. Knowing the rules first saves a few failed tries.
LinkedIn's help pages say a custom URL can be 3 to 100 characters long and should not contain spaces, symbols, special characters or the word LinkedIn. Letters and numbers always work, and hyphens are widely used in custom URLs.
LinkedIn says you can change your custom URL up to five times in six months, and URLs that are taken are not released on request. Keep a second and third choice ready before you start.
Once you save a new custom URL, the old address stops pointing to your profile. Update your CV, email signature, website and any QR codes after you change it.
On a computer, the setting is under Edit public profile & URL. For screenshots of every screen, see our full guide to customizing your LinkedIn URL.
The best URL is the one people can type from a business card without mistakes.
Your first and last name together, like janedoe, is the easiest to remember and matches what people search for. A hyphen between them, like jane-doe, is easier to read.
Add a middle initial, swap the order, or add a short word for what you do, like janedoe-design. Avoid birth years and long strings of numbers, which look like a default URL.
If you already use a handle on your website, GitHub or another network, use the same one on LinkedIn when you can. People who find you in one place can then guess your address in the others, and your name shows up consistently when someone searches for it.
Skip job titles and company names that may change. A shorter URL is easier to print and to read out loud. For more ideas, see our list of professional LinkedIn URL examples.
A clean URL is worth putting everywhere people look for you professionally.
Use the short form, linkedin.com/in/yourname, next to your email and phone number. Recruiters can type it, and it fits on one line.
Use the full link so it is clickable. The tool gives you a ready link that just says LinkedIn, which looks tidier than a long address.
Print the short form, or turn it into a QR code with our free LinkedIn QR Code Generator so people can scan it straight to your profile.
Open the new link in a private browser window to see your public profile the way a stranger does. If it shows less than you expect, check what you share publicly under Edit public profile & URL, where you can turn sections on or off.
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Free · No signupYes. This tool suggests custom LinkedIn URLs from your name for free, checks them against LinkedIn's rules and needs no sign-up. You then save your favourite on LinkedIn.
No. It never logs in to LinkedIn. You save the URL yourself under Me, View profile, Edit public profile & URL. It takes about a minute.
LinkedIn only tells you when you try to save it. Use the checker here to make sure the idea follows the rules, then try it on LinkedIn and keep a second choice ready.
LinkedIn says 3 to 100 characters with no spaces, symbols, special characters or the word LinkedIn. Letters and numbers work, and hyphens are widely used.
Paste the link into Clean my URL. The tool removes everything after the question mark, fixes country subdomains and gives you the clean profile URL to copy.
LinkedIn says up to five times within six months. Each change makes your old link stop working, so update your CV and signature afterwards.
It is free with no sign-up and no limit. Everything runs in your browser and nothing you type is sent or stored.
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