How to delete your LinkedIn Learning account
Deletion instructions
Last verified: 10/18/2026To delete your LinkedIn Learning account, you must close your entire LinkedIn account, as they are integrated. Navigate to 'Settings & Privacy,' select 'Account preferences,' and scroll down to the 'Account management' section. Click 'Close account' and follow the on-screen prompts to finalize the permanent deletion of your profile and learning history.
About deleting your LinkedIn Learning account
LinkedIn Learning is a premier professional development platform that offers thousands of video courses taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business skills. Because the service is deeply tethered to the LinkedIn ecosystem, it tracks your professional growth, skill badges, and progress through specific learning paths to display them directly on your professional profile.
Users often choose to delete their LinkedIn Learning accounts when they decide to step away from the LinkedIn ecosystem entirely to minimize their digital footprint or move toward more privacy-centric learning alternatives. Reasons for deletion include:
- Desire to remove public displays of completed skills and certifications from their professional profile.
- Concerns regarding how LinkedIn's parent company, Microsoft, utilizes learning activity to inform its broader advertising and professional insight models.
- Consolidation of educational platforms to simplify identity management.
What happens to your data
When you initiate the process to close your LinkedIn account—which includes your LinkedIn Learning access—the platform triggers a data deletion workflow. While LinkedIn aims to delete your profile information, certain data points may be retained due to legal requirements or system backups.
Key data types associated with your Learning account include:
- Course completion history and certificates of completion.
- Saved bookmarks, personalized learning paths, and notebook annotations.
- Assessment scores and skill proficiency metrics.
- User interaction logs, including video watch time and search history.
- Professional network associations that LinkedIn uses to suggest relevant courses based on your job title and industry.
Privacy considerations
LinkedIn Learning functions under the broader Microsoft and LinkedIn privacy policies, which involve significant cross-platform data synchronization. Your activity within a specific course can influence the advertisements you see across the web and the suggested connections you receive on your LinkedIn feed.
To manage your privacy effectively while using the service:
- Adjust your data privacy settings to limit how your learning activity is shared with your professional network.
- Regularly review the 'Account Preferences' tab to see which third-party applications have access to your learning credentials.
- Consider disabling personalized ads in your main LinkedIn settings to limit how your behavioral data is tracked.
- Export your certificate data to a local PDF before initiating account deletion, as this data will be unrecoverable once the account is closed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I delete my LinkedIn Learning account without deleting my LinkedIn profile?
No, LinkedIn Learning is an integrated feature of your main LinkedIn account. You cannot delete the Learning portion independently while keeping your LinkedIn profile active.
Will my certificates remain visible to recruiters after I delete my account?
Once your account is permanently closed, all evidence of your course completions, including badges and certificates, will be removed from your LinkedIn profile.
How long does it take for LinkedIn Learning data to be fully wiped?
While the account closure is immediate, it may take up to 30 days for your data to be purged from all of LinkedIn's backup systems and secondary storage environments.
Can I recover my learning history if I change my mind?
Once the account closure process is completed and the cooling-off period expires, your learning history, bookmarks, and progress are permanently deleted and cannot be restored.
Does LinkedIn Learning keep my notes after I delete the account?
No, all personal notes, course reflections, and timestamps you saved within the LinkedIn Learning interface are treated as user data and are included in the permanent deletion process.
What happens to my corporate-sponsored LinkedIn Learning account?
If your access is provided by your employer, you cannot delete the account yourself; you must contact your company’s administrator to revoke your access.