# Why do I keep getting emails from LinkedIn? — Adinand Email Cleaner

Last reviewed: September 27, 2026. HTML version: https://adinandemail.com/answers/why-do-i-keep-getting-emails-from-linkedin

**Because LinkedIn's email settings are switched on category by category, and turning off one kind leaves the others running. The mail usually comes from one of three places: notifications about your own account, invitations sent to an address LinkedIn does not link to you, or messages from other members.** Each has its own off switch, and all of them are on LinkedIn's side, not in Gmail.

## 1. Notification emails, one category at a time <p>LinkedIn describes its email controls as a matter of type and timing: "You can manage the types and frequency of emails from LinkedIn and even choose to stop specific emails by unsubscribing" ([*Manage emails from LinkedIn*](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a517979), LinkedIn Help, read 27 September 2026). The route on a computer:</p> <ol> <li>Click the **Me** icon, then **Settings & Privacy**.</li> <li>Click **Notifications** on the left.</li> <li>Open each category and switch off the email toggle for anything you do not want, then set the frequency for what is left.</li> </ol> <p>In the app it is your profile photo → Settings & Privacy → Notifications (same page). The reason it feels endless is structural: LinkedIn's settings page says that for each type of notification "you can choose to receive notifications in-app, via a push notification, or email", and that email notifications go "to the primary email address you’ve given to LinkedIn" ([*Manage your notification settings*](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1378534), read 27 September 2026). By our reading, switching off a push notification therefore leaves the email version of it alone.</p> <p>For a single message there is a shortcut: LinkedIn's tip is to "click the Unsubscribe link in the footer of that email", with the caveat "(wherever applicable)" (the *Manage emails from LinkedIn* page).</p>

## 2. "Join LinkedIn" invites to an address you already use <p>If you get invitations to join although you are a member, LinkedIn's explanation is that "Often times this happens if you have a second email such as a work or personal email" ([*Stop invitation emails to join LinkedIn*](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1444716), read 27 September 2026). It gives two options: add that address to your account as a secondary email (its recommended one, after which invitations arrive as connection requests instead), or unsubscribe that address. If you are not a member at all, the same page says to use the Unsubscribe link in the footer of the invitation.</p>

## 3. Messages from people, not from LinkedIn <p>Some of the traffic is other members writing to you. LinkedIn lets you refuse InMail, which it describes as messages Premium members send to members "who aren't connected with them": Me → Settings & Privacy → Data Privacy → Messages, then set "Allow others to send you InMail?" to No ([*Opt Out of Receiving InMail Messages*](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a554229), read 27 September 2026). The same page describes Sponsored Messaging from recruiters and businesses as "a form of native advertising", not messages.</p>

## Check that it is really LinkedIn <p>Some "LinkedIn" email is not. LinkedIn names three sending addresses it vouches for, `linkedin_support@cs.linkedin.com`, `linkedin@e.linkedin.com` and `linkedin@el.linkedin.com`, and states that "LinkedIn will never ask you for your password or ask you to download any programs". Suspect mail can be forwarded to `phishing@linkedin.com` ([*Phishing content*](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1339266), read 27 September 2026). Real LinkedIn email also carries a footer with your name and headline, though LinkedIn adds that it "alone doesn't guarantee that an email is legitimate" ([*Security footer message in LinkedIn emails*](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1339250), read 27 September 2026). Do not use the unsubscribe link in a message you suspect is fake.</p>

## The Gmail side, if LinkedIn's settings are not enough <ul> <li>**Unsubscribe in Gmail.** Works per list: it "might only unsubscribe you from a single mailing list from the sender", and stopping "may take a few days" ([*Unsubscribe from an email*](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/15433283), read 27 September 2026). [Both of Gmail's unsubscribe routes.](https://adinandemail.com/answers/how-to-unsubscribe-from-emails-gmail)</li> <li>**A filter.** Tick one LinkedIn email, then More → Filter messages like these, and choose to label, archive or delete ([*Create rules to filter your emails*](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6579), read 27 September 2026). Since LinkedIn sends from several addresses, check what the filter catches before choosing delete.</li> <li>**Block.** "After you block the sender, all future emails from them go to Spam" ([*Block an email address in Gmail*](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/8151), read 27 September 2026). In our view that is heavy-handed for an account you still use, because password and security mail would go to Spam as well.</li> </ul>

## Where we fit <p>[Adinand Email Cleaner](https://adinandemail.com/) lists your Gmail by sender, so LinkedIn's backlog shows up as a group you can clear in one decision, and its Unsubscribe button uses the sender's one-click request, the sender's unsubscribe page, or its unsubscribe address, whichever the sender offers. An auto-trash rule is a native Gmail filter, so it keeps working inside Gmail even if you delete the app. Its limits here: it cannot change your LinkedIn settings, a sender that runs several lists may need more than one unsubscribe, and cleared mail goes to Gmail's Trash rather than being deleted outright.</p>

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