How to Cancel LinkedIn Premium (Step-by-Step, 2026)

Three clicks. Here's exactly how.

On desktop

1. Click your Me icon (top right of LinkedIn).
2. Select Premium features → Manage Premium account (right rail).
3. Click Cancel subscription.
4. Confirm.

You'll keep Premium until the end of your current billing period.

On the LinkedIn iOS app

1. Tap your profile photo → Settings.
2. Tap Subscriptions and payments → Manage Premium account.
3. Tap Cancel subscription → confirm.

If you subscribed via Apple App Store, you'll cancel through Apple Subscriptions instead, go to Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions → LinkedIn Premium → Cancel.

On the LinkedIn Android app

1. Tap your profile photo → Settings.
2. Account preferences → Subscriptions → Manage Premium.
3. Cancel → confirm.

What you lose when Premium ends

When the current billing period ends:

• InMail credits, gone.
• "Who viewed your profile" depth, limited to last 5 viewers (unless they've also viewed publicly).
• Top Applicant Jobs, feature disappears.
• Open profile, anyone can DM you, but Premium-required reach features go.
• Learning courses, depends on tier; usually access ends.
• Salary Insights, limited.

What you keep

• Your profile, connections, messages, posts, and history.
• Easy Apply.
• Standard recruiter visibility (you're still findable).
• Standard search.

Should you cancel Premium?

For most job seekers, yes. Reasons:

• InMail rarely converts. Recruiters who actually want to talk usually find ways to reach you regardless.
• "Who viewed your profile" is a vanity feature. It's mildly addictive and rarely actionable.
• Top Applicant Jobs is dilutional. It tells you you're "in the top X% of applicants", but everyone who's a Premium subscriber gets that label, so it doesn't differentiate.
• The price adds up. $40-60/mo over a 6-month job hunt is real money.

When Premium is worth it

• You're an active recruiter sending 20+ InMails/week.
• You're using LinkedIn Learning heavily for current courses.
• You're a salesperson using Sales Navigator features tied to Premium.

For straight-line job-seeker use, the value isn't there for most people.

After canceling

If you're job-hunting and just freed up the LinkedIn Premium budget, Sorce has free swipes every day. Real AI auto-apply included, same category, no subscription.

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