How to Delete Resume on Linkedin

LinkedIn is a professional social networking site and it helps you find a job as you can showcase in that your education, your certifications, your previous jobs, and your skills.

As it is a site that helps you find a job, it functions like an interview. You show a photo of yours, a background picture, you summarize your career, you share your job, you showcase your experience and a lot more which help you get noticed and ultimately, reach your goal, namely to find a job.

Of course, one of the most important things you need to include is your resume as it is a job-seeking site. But, for some reason, you may want to remove or delete your resume on LinkedIn, either it is because you have already found a job or because you just want to update it.

What is the process you need to follow in order to delete your resume on LinkedIn? Let’s find out.

We need to mention at this point that there are two different processes, based on what you want to do. You may want to remove your resume or you may want also to delete your resume from the jobs that you have already applied for.

Here we need to explain that LinkedIn automatically saves your resume when you apply for a job on the LinkedIn site. So, let’s check out both the processes.

In case you are using your desktop and you want to remove your resume on LinkedIn, you have to follow these steps:

• First, you need to go to your LinkedIn homepage.
• Then, click the “Me” icon and select the “View profile” option.
• After that, click the “Pencil” icon that appears on the “Summary” section.
• Underneath the “Media” section, you have to find the file that contains your resume.
• After you have found that, click it. Once you have clicked it, scroll down until the end of the file and click on the “Delete this media” option and you’re done!

In case you are using your mobile and you want to remove your resume on LinkedIn, here is the process you need to follow:

• First, go to your LinkedIn profile.
• Then, tap the “Me” icon and then the “View profile” option.
• After that, tap the “Pencil” icon that appears on the “Summary” section.
• Underneath the “Media” section, you need to find the file that contains your resume.
• After you have found it, tap it. Once you have tapped it, scroll down until the end of the file and tap the “Delete this media” option and you’re done!

Now, let’s check out the process you need to follow if you want to delete the saved resumes that you have used to apply to jοbs on LinkedIn.

In case you use your desktop and you want to delete your resume from LinkedIn, you need to do the following:

• First, you need to go to your LinkedIn homepage and click the “Me” icon.
• Then, click on the “Settings & Privacy” option.
• Click the “Privacy” option and then click the “Job seeking preferences” that appears on the left.
• Find the “Job application settings” and then click the “Change” option that is located next to it.
• Finally, locate the option “Save onsite application answers” and then, turn it to OFF.

In case you are using your mobile and you want to delete your saved resumes on LinkedIn, do the following process:

• First, you need to go to your LinkedIn profile and tap the “Me” icon.
• Then, tap on the “Settings & Privacy” option.
• Tap on the “Privacy” option and then tap the “Job seeking preferences” that appear on the left.
• Locate the “Job application settings” and then tap the “Change” option that is located next to it.
• Finally, locate the option “Save onsite application answers” and then turn it to OFF.

Conclusion

In this article we have gone through the process you need to follow in order to remove or delete your resume on LinkedIn, either using your desktop or your mobile.

Rijon Islam