Being tagged on LinkedIn puts your name in front of entirely new audiences — every time someone mentions you in a post, their entire network sees your name as a clickable link.
This step-by-step guide shows you exactly how to turn LinkedIn tagging on or off, with detailed screenshots for every step. It also shows you how to tag someone else in your own posts. Works on desktop and mobile.
Go to Me icon → Settings & Privacy → Visibility → Visibility of your LinkedIn activity → Mentions or tags and toggle it to Yes. The change saves automatically — no extra steps needed.
Why LinkedIn Tags and Mentions Matter
When someone tags you in a LinkedIn post, your profile becomes a clickable link inside their content. Every person who sees that post can click your name and land directly on your profile. This creates genuine, organic visibility without you needing to create any content yourself.
For HR professionals, recruiters, founders, and career builders, being tagged in relevant posts builds credibility fast. If a colleague tags you in a post about hiring strategies, you’ve just been introduced as a subject-matter expert to their entire network in a single moment.
Understanding this setting also helps you protect your reputation. If you’re being tagged in posts you don’t want associated with your name, you can turn the feature off completely in under 30 seconds.
Tagging Disabled
Nobody can tag or mention your profile in posts, comments, or articles. Your name won’t appear in the @mention search dropdown at all.
Tagging Enabled
Anyone on LinkedIn can mention you in their content. Your name becomes clickable and visible to their audience every time they tag you.
Step 1: Open Settings & Privacy
Click the Me Icon and Open Settings
Start on your LinkedIn homepage. The Me icon is at the top-right of the navigation bar — it looks like your profile picture with a small “Me” label and a downward arrow beneath it.
- 1Log into your LinkedIn account at linkedin.com
- 2Look at the top-right corner of your screen — find the icon labelled “Me” with your profile picture or silhouette
- 3Click the Me icon — a dropdown menu opens with several options
- 4In the dropdown, click “Settings & Privacy” — it is highlighted in the list (see screenshot below)
Screenshot: Click the Me icon (top-right, circled in red) → Select “Settings & Privacy” from the dropdown
You can skip the dropdown entirely by going directly to linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/categories/account in your browser — this takes you straight to Settings & Privacy.
Step 2: Navigate to the Visibility Section
Click Visibility → Open LinkedIn Activity Settings
Once you’re inside Settings & Privacy, you’ll see a left-hand sidebar listing all the settings categories. The tagging option is inside Visibility.
- 1In the left sidebar, click “Visibility” — it is the third item in the list
- 2The main section on the right will show two subsections: “Visibility of your profile & network” and “Visibility of your LinkedIn activity”
- 3Click on “Visibility of your LinkedIn activity” (the second one) — this is where the tagging setting lives
Screenshot: “Visibility” selected in left sidebar (1) → Click “Visibility of your LinkedIn activity” in the main panel (2)
Step 3: Find the “Mentions or Tags” Setting
Locate the Toggle — Check if It’s On or Off
Inside “Visibility of your LinkedIn activity” you’ll find a list of individual privacy controls. One of them specifically controls whether others can tag or mention you.
- 1Scroll through the list of settings until you find the row labelled “Mentions or tags”
- 2The description reads: “Allow others to mention or tag you in content posted on LinkedIn”
- 3Look at the toggle switch on the right — if it shows No (grey), tagging is currently disabled
- 4If it shows Yes (green), tagging is already enabled and you don’t need to do anything
Screenshot: The “Mentions or tags” row is highlighted. The toggle shows “No” — tagging is currently DISABLED
If your toggle shows No, nobody can currently tag or mention you anywhere on LinkedIn. Even if colleagues try to type your name after the “@” symbol, your profile simply won’t appear in their search results.
Step 4: Enable or Disable Tagging
Click the Toggle — It Saves Automatically
This is the final action. One single click on the toggle changes the setting. LinkedIn saves it immediately — there is no separate Save button to click.
- 1To ENABLE tagging: Click the toggle so it turns green and displays “Yes” — anyone on LinkedIn can now mention you in posts, comments, and articles
- 2To DISABLE tagging: Click the toggle so it turns grey and displays “No” — your profile disappears from the @mention search completely
- 3The setting saves instantly and automatically — you will see a confirmation message appear briefly on screen
Screenshot: Toggle is now GREEN and shows “Yes” — tagging is fully ENABLED. Changes are saved automatically.
Once enabled, your profile becomes searchable via @mention immediately — no waiting period. Anyone who types your name after the “@” symbol will see your profile appear in the suggestion dropdown right away.
How to Tag Someone Else in a LinkedIn Post
Now that you know how to manage your own tagging settings, here’s exactly how to mention or tag another person when you’re writing a post or a comment on LinkedIn.
Use the @ Symbol to Mention Someone
- 1From your LinkedIn homepage, click “Start a post” at the top of the feed, or click “Comment” below someone else’s post
- 2Begin typing your message, then type the “@” symbol followed immediately by the person’s name — for example: @John or @Sarah
- 3A dropdown list of suggestions will appear showing matching LinkedIn profiles — scroll through and click the correct person
- 4Once selected, their name turns into a blue clickable link in your text — this confirms the tag is active and they will be notified
- 5Finish writing your message and click “Post” to publish
Screenshot: Type “@” + name (1) → A dropdown of matching profiles appears → Click the correct name (2) → Their name becomes a blue link
If the person has a very common name and you see too many results in the dropdown, try adding their company name after their name — for example type @Ahmed Khan LinkedIn or @Sara Ali TechCorp to narrow the results down to the right person.
How to Do This on the LinkedIn Mobile App
The process is nearly identical on both Android and iOS versions of the LinkedIn app. Here’s how to find it on mobile:
Mobile App Steps (Android & iOS)
- 1Open the LinkedIn app and tap your profile photo in the top-left corner of the screen
- 2A sidebar menu slides in — scroll down and tap “Settings” at the bottom
- 3Tap “Visibility”
- 4Tap “Visibility of your LinkedIn activity”
- 5Find “Mentioned by others” and tap the toggle to turn tagging on or off
On older versions of the LinkedIn app, this setting may appear under “Profile privacy” rather than “Visibility.” If you cannot find it, update the app to the latest version from the App Store or Google Play Store, or switch to desktop to make the change.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick Checklist — Make Sure Everything Is Set Up
Run through this checklist to confirm your LinkedIn tagging settings are exactly where you want them.
- Logged into LinkedIn and found the Me icon at the top-right
- Clicked Me → Settings & Privacy
- Selected “Visibility” from the left sidebar
- Clicked “Visibility of your LinkedIn activity”
- Located the “Mentions or tags” row in the list
- Toggle is set to Yes (green) — tagging is enabled
- Asked a colleague to test by trying to @mention your name in a comment
- Checked Notifications settings to confirm you’ll receive tag alerts
Enabling LinkedIn tags is one of the simplest things you can do to increase your professional visibility without producing any extra content. Every time a colleague, mentor, or connection mentions you in a post, you’re being introduced — organically — to their entire audience.
For anyone building their personal brand, growing their network, or looking for career opportunities, having tagging enabled is essential. Turn it on, let your network know they can mention you freely, and let those compounding mentions do the work for you over time.
