Adding an additional email address can improve your ability to connect with your colleagues and others on LinkedIn. Most people choose to add a work email address and a personal email address to their account. There are various other benefits to having at least two email addresses associated with your account:
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It helps you to avoid being accidentally locked out of your account by providing a backup in case you lose access to your primary email address (for example, if you change jobs and lose access to your work email). We can only send a password reset link to confirmed email addresses on your account.
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It provides a channel for important communications, which can be particularly helpful for urgent situations such as security or fraud risks.
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If we detect any issues with your primary email address, we will instead consider your additional email address as your primary email address to send all your notifications, based on your notification settings.
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It can enable you to identify additional contacts to connect with on LinkedIn and make it easier for your colleagues and others to connect with you. If someone sends an invitation to an email address you haven't associated with your account, you could get an error message or accidentally create a second account when you try to accept.
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It can better personalize LinkedIn services, including advertising content. For example, when you share the same email address with another organization, that address (which is matched through a hash function to protect your privacy) may be used to include you in a relevant ad audience consisting of similarly matched members, subject to your preferences.
Note: When you add an additional email address to your account, you'll also need to confirm it by signing in to your email account and following the prompts in the email to validate your new address.