How to ask for and give a recommendation on LinkedIn

On desktop:

1. Go to the connection's profile (for example from My Network, then Connections).
2. Click the More icon in the top section of their profile.
3. Select Request a recommendation.
4. Choose the Relationship and your Position at the time.
5. Add a personal note if you like, then click Send.

• From your own profile: click Me, View profile, then the Plus icon in the Recommendations section and Ask for recommendation.
• In the app: open your profile, go to Recommendations, tap See all, then Ask to be recommended.

Source: LinkedIn Help: Request a recommendation, checked 15 October 2026

LinkedIn's help page sets out:

• You can have only one open request with each connection at a time, but there's no limit to the total you can send or receive.
• You can't change the relationship after sending. The connection has to delete the request, then you send a new one.
• Requests go in your primary profile language. To ask in another language, change your primary language first.
• The Recommendations section only appears on your profile once you've given or received at least one recommendation that isn't hidden.
• Recommendations only show on a profile if they were requested through LinkedIn and both people have profiles. An email testimonial can't be added as one.

Sources: LinkedIn Help: Request a recommendation, checked 15 October 2026; LinkedIn Help: Recommend someone on LinkedIn, checked 15 October 2026

You can only recommend 1st-degree connections. On desktop:

1. Go to the connection's profile.
2. Click More in their introduction section.
3. Select Recommend.
4. Choose the Relationship and their Position at the time, then click Next.
5. Write your recommendation and click Send.

• If they asked you: open Messaging, select the Write [member name] a recommendation message, follow the link, then choose Write recommendation, or Ignore to decline.
• You'll find recommendations you've written under Given in your Recommendations section.

Source: LinkedIn Help: Recommend someone on LinkedIn, checked 15 October 2026

When someone recommends you, on desktop:

1. Open Messaging and select the recommendation message.
2. Follow the link in the message.
3. Accept it to show it on your profile, or click the More icon beside it to ask for a revision or dismiss it.

• Accepting adds it to your profile and posts an update to your network.
• A dismissed recommendation can't be restored. The writer would have to delete theirs before you could ask again.
• You can hide or unhide one after accepting it. Recommendations are listed by date and can't be reordered.
• To change one you wrote: open your profile, click the edit icon in Recommendations, go to Given, click the More icon and select Revise recommendation. The other person reviews it again before it updates on their profile.
• Only signed-in 1st, 2nd and 3rd-degree connections see your recommendations. Your public profile shows how many people have recommended you and up to two of them.

Sources: LinkedIn Help: Accept or dismiss recommendations, checked 15 October 2026; LinkedIn Help: Revise a recommendation you've given, checked 15 October 2026; LinkedIn Help: Visibility of recommendations on your profile, checked 15 October 2026

Common problems:

Sources: LinkedIn Help: Request a recommendation, checked 15 October 2026; LinkedIn Help: Recommend someone on LinkedIn, checked 15 October 2026; LinkedIn Help: Accept or dismiss recommendations, checked 15 October 2026

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