How Do I Find My LinkedIn Profile ID

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(Updated 8 July 2015). There is a minor change in the LinkedIn menu structure. So I had to re-write this post.ย 

LinkedIn is a on-line professional directory of individuals and companies. LinkedIn has millions of members in more than 200 countries.

While LinkedIn is a good tool for networking, yet it doesn’t offer you a straight forward way of figuring out your LinkedIn username or profile ID. Should you need it to add a link to it on your Blog or site. So How do I find my LinkedIn profile ID ?


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Log on to LinkedIn and hover your mouse over Profile Tab, from the drop down menu click on โ€œEditย Profileโ€.

In your profile window look at the URL address, just below your profile picture. There you will see your Profile URL as https://in.linkedin.com/profile/xxxxxx. The xxxx here are some numbers.ย This is your unique LinkedIn profile ID number.ย 


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For example here my ID is 215739038. However I found that if I used this as my LinkedIn profile ID as a Link it didnโ€™t work and showed error. Though there is a way to use this ID as a link.The standard LinkedIn external profile address is


[ https://www.linkedine.com/e/fpf ] to this all you have to do is append your LinkedIn profile ID number


For example mine would look like this:
[ https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/215739038 ] but let me be frank, most of the time it does not work.

But You can edit your public profile URL. Toย Enhance your personal brand by creating a custom URL for your LinkedIn public profile. Here is How to Customize your LinkedIn Public Profile URL, to make more easy to remember and share within circle of friends.