As a user and license management admin, you can reassign a license from one user to another within your Recruiter contract.
To perform a seat reassignment, you must have an available license. Licenses can only be reassigned to users with an Active status. Users whose status is Parked or Invited cannot have licenses reassigned to them. It is important to understand that reassigning a license transfers all licenses, permissions, and associated data (such as projects, jobs, InMails, and saved searches) from the source user to another. The original user will lose access to the transferred data, unless the seat is reassigned to them. This action should be used with caution.
Important to know
To reassign a license in Recruiter:
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Sign in to Recruiter.
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Move your cursor over your profile picture at the top of your Recruiter homepage and select Go to LinkedIn Admin Center from the dropdown.
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On the Users tab, find the person whose work you want to reassign.
Note: You can filter by License type
, License status , and Project status . You can also search by name, email, title, or project using the search box above the user list. -
Click the
More icon to the right of the user whose work you want to reassign. -
Click Reassign.
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Enter the user’s name in the textbox provided, then select the user from the dropdown list. This user will receive the work of the user you're removing.
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Click Continue.
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Click View all
to preview the role and data changes before and after the seat reassignment. -
Click Confirm to complete the seat reassignment.
Once a license is reassigned, the recipient can use the reassigned licenses immediately, though it may take up to five hours for the transfer of work to be completed. During this transition, it may appear as if both the original and new user have access to the resources.
If you get the error, “There was an error in reassigning the license of <Name>. Please try again later”, check the Activity log tag and verify if there are any pending reassignments for user accounts. If necessary, you can cancel a pending action by clicking Cancel next to the action on the user profile and then attempt the reassignment again.
Important to know
Related tasks
- Sign in to Recruiter
- Reassign projects in Recruiter
- Share and unshare a project in Recruiter and Recruiter Lite
- Activate your Recruiter license
- Assign a license to a new user in Recruiter
- Assign a different license to an existing user in Recruiter
- Remove a license in LinkedIn Admin Center for Recruiter
- Park a license in Recruiter
- Restore (unpark) a license in Recruiter