# requesting help with LinkedIn privacy (i.e. limiting work-history visibility to connections only)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-help-with-linkedin-privacy-i-e-limiting-work-history-visibility-to-connections-only/753463>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-help-with-linkedin-privacy-i-e-limiting-work-history-visibility-to-connections-only/753463 "2016-04-29T22:51:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-help-with-linkedin-privacy-i-e-limiting-work-history-visibility-to-connections-only/753463/1 "2016-04-29T22:51:01Z")

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I’m just getting my feet wet with LinkedIn over the last couple of months, and I just realized that my work history is visible to anyone with a LinkedIn account.

I’m pretty knowledgeable when it comes to Facebook privacy, and “locking down” anything you don’t want the general public (outside of your Friends) to see - is there a similar thing with LinkedIn?

I’ve tried Google, and I keep getting advice on how to keep my “public profile” out of general search engines. I addressed that, but that’s not actually my concern.

Short story long - I don’t want “connections of connections” (or just random members in general) to be able to see my entire work history - is that possible?

Thanks -