Enabling chat notifications on LinkedIn allows you to get notified whenever someone sends you a message on LinkedIn’s messaging platform. This ensures that you don’t miss important conversations and can respond to messages in a timely manner.
Here are the steps to turn on chat notifications on LinkedIn:
On Desktop
1. Log into your LinkedIn account on the desktop site (www.linkedin.com).
2. Click on the profile icon at the top right corner of your screen and select “Settings & Privacy” from the drop-down menu.
3. On the Settings page, click on “Notifications” on the left sidebar.
4. Under the “Messages” section, toggle the switch next to “Email” to the “On” position to receive email notifications when you get a new message.
5. Toggle the switch next to “Push” to the “On” position to receive push notifications on your desktop browser when you receive a new message.
6. By default, you will get notifications for all new messages. If you want to limit notifications to only messages from people in your network, uncheck the box next to “Receive notifications from LinkedIn members who are not connections.”
7. Scroll down and click “Save” to save your notification settings.
Once you have enabled notifications, you will get notified on your desktop browser and via email whenever someone sends you a message on LinkedIn. This ensures you never miss an important conversation.
On Mobile App
The steps to enable LinkedIn chat notifications on your mobile device are:
1. Open the LinkedIn app on your iOS or Android device.
2. Tap on your profile picture at the top left and select “Settings & Privacy”.
3. Tap on “Notifications”.
4. Under the “Messages” section, toggle the switch next to “Push Notifications” to the “On” position.
5. By default, you will get notifications for all new messages. If you want to limit notifications to only messages from people in your network, tap on “Push Notifications” and select “Connections only” in the pop-up.
6. Scroll down and tap “Done” to save your notification settings.
Now you will get push notifications on your mobile device whenever you receive a new message on LinkedIn. This ensures you can respond in a timely manner even when you are on the go.
Customizing Chat Notifications
In addition to simply turning chat notifications on or off, LinkedIn also gives you some customization options to control your notifications better:
- You can select different notification sounds for messages.
- You can disable notifications during a set “Quiet Hours” period every day, like nights or weekends.
- You can disable notifications from specific individual connections.
- You can control the visibility of message preview texts in notifications.
On desktop, you can access these options by going to your Settings > Notifications page. On mobile, tap into “Push Notifications” to find these additional options.
Customizing your notifications in this manner can help reduce interruptions and clutter, while still allowing you to stay on top of important conversations.
Turning Off Chat Notifications
If you no longer wish to get notifications for LinkedIn messages, you can turn them off easily:
- On desktop, go to Settings > Notifications and toggle the Email and Push switches under Messages to “Off”.
- On mobile, go to Settings > Notifications > Push Notifications and toggle the switch to “Off”.
Turning off chat notifications means you will need to manually check LinkedIn for new messages. For some users, this may be preferred if you don’t want to be interrupted by notifications.
Troubleshooting Chat Notifications
If you have turned on chat notifications but are still not receiving them consistently, some things you can try are:
- Check that notifications are enabled system-wide for LinkedIn on your device’s notification settings.
- Confirm that your email and LinkedIn account are verified.
- If on mobile, check that you have allowed LinkedIn to send you push notifications.
- Restart your device or browser.
- Clear your browser’s cache and cookies.
- Make sure you don’t have extensions/add-ons that block notifications.
- Check LinkedIn Settings to confirm your notification settings are correctly enabled.
- Update the LinkedIn app to the latest version.
- Contact LinkedIn Customer Service if the issue persists.
Following these troubleshooting tips should help resolve any chat notification issues you face on LinkedIn’s desktop or mobile platforms.
Using Do Not Disturb
LinkedIn also gives you the option to enable “Do Not Disturb” if you need to temporarily mute notifications for a set period of time. When enabled, you will not get any chat notifications during that period.
On desktop, click on your profile picture and select “Do Not Disturb” to enable it. You can choose a duration for how long to mute notifications.
On mobile, tap on your profile picture and select “Turn on Do Not Disturb”. You can choose between muting notifications for 1 hour, 8 hours, 24 hours or indefinitely.
The Do Not Disturb feature is useful when you need to focus without being interrupted by LinkedIn notifications. Just remember to turn it off again once the set period expires.
Using Out of Office Message
Another way to manage your notifications and let others know you may be slow to respond is to turn on LinkedIn’s Out of Office message:
- On desktop, go to your profile, click the “More” drop-down and select “Turn on Out of Office”.
- On mobile, tap your profile picture, choose “View profile”, then tap the gear icon. Select “Turn on Out of Office” here.
You can enter a custom message and specify the date range for your out of office notification. People messaging you will then see this message.
While you will still get notifications with Out of Office on, it lets others know you may not respond as quickly while you are away or busy with other priorities.
Notification Settings for Company Pages
If you manage a LinkedIn Company Page, you can also configure notifications for messages to the page:
- Go to your Company Page and click on “More” > “Settings”.
- Under “Messages”, configure email and push notifications for new messages.
With notifications enabled, multiple admins can stay on top of and promptly respond to messages sent to the Company Page.
Conclusion
Staying on top of messages is key to building relationships and maintaining an active presence on LinkedIn. Configuring chat notifications ensures you never miss an important message or conversation.
With the steps outlined in this guide, you can easily turn on desktop, email and mobile push notifications for new LinkedIn messages. You can also customize notifications to suit your needs. Occasionally troubleshooting issues can help keep notifications working reliably.
So go ahead and turn on chat notifications on your LinkedIn account. Being responsive on the platform can help you establish yourself as an authoritative voice in your industry.