Make LinkedIn Shut Up 🤫

The other day, I cleaned up my inbox, taking it from 2.5k emails down to 500. The next day, and every day after that, I noticed LinkedIn sending 3-4 emails. Only after cleaning up did I realize that LinkedIn has been spamming me at the same frequency for years now!

Throw dirt into muddy water, and it hides in the mess.
Throw dirt into clean water, and you see it instantly.

~ Shubh

So I decided to nip this in the bud and went to change my email preferences on LinkedIn only to get hit in the face with this abomination of a notification management page:

That’s 14 categories, each with around 5 subcategories inside, totaling 93 pages I have to open to make LinkedIn shut up.

And then they say:

yOuR nOtIfIcAtIoN sEtTiNgS aRe ReGrOuPeD aNd SiMpLiFiEd

I wonder if it was even worse before?

Anyway, here are all the links that directly take you to the subcategory pages where you can toggle email notifications.

You can manually click all the above links or just paste the raw links below into my bulk url opener tool, to open all pages at once. This makes LinkedIn choke and return 👏 429 👏 Too 👏 Many 👏 Requests 👏.

Raw links to all subcategory pages
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/job-alerts
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/saved-jobs
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/job-recommendations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/job-application-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/career-advice
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/search-appearances
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/skill-assessment-recommendations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/skills-path-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/job-post-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/messages-from-candidates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/candidate-interviews
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/candidate-recommendations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/job-referrals
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/reminders-to-claim-jobs
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/new-proposals
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/project-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/requests-for-reviews
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/invitations-to-connect
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/updates-from-connections
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/new-connection-recommendations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/new-followers
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/updates-from-people-you-follow
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/new-follow-recommendations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/profile-views
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/share-lead-updates-with-sales-navigators-user
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/job-change-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/hiring-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/birthday-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/work-anniversary-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/education-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/weekly-catch-up-summary
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/comments-and-reactions
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/shares
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/mentions
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/trending-conversations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/live-videos
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/newsletters
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/reminders-to-post
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/collaborative-articles
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/content-recommendations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/direct-messages
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/direct-message-reminders
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/inmail
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/inmail-reminders
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/group-invitations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/group-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/group-recommendations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/group-admin-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/page-invitations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/page-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/activity-on-your-pages
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/page-messaging
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/insights-on-your-pages
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/service-project-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/reviews-for-your-services
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/sponsored-requests
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/invitations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/reminders
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/event-attendee-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/recommendations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/event-speaker-invitations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/event-organizer-updates
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/breaking-news
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/daily-digests
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/custom-news
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/suggested-conversations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/highlights-from-followed-companies
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/career-and-professional-insights
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/special-reports
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/workplace-insights
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/year-in-review
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/profile-recommendations
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/new-skill-endorsements
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/tips-for-using-linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/get-verified
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/game-play
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/billing-reminders
https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-subcategories/education-and-best-practices

Now that I’ve turned off email notifications for the majority of subcategories, my inbox can exist in peace.