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3 Workarounds to Change the Primary Language of your Profile

2/3/2020

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Anca Pîgleșan from Cluj, Romania contacted me asking if she can change her Primary Language on her Linkedin Profile.

YES, she can.

Linkedin is a LOVE OF MY LIVE, but as you I often argue or simply get mad about my love, this happens with me and Linkedin too. Now this is a funny, tricky issue here.

Anca Piglesan from Cluj, Romania (a Passionate HR Professional) asked me. I have searched, and got the results.

Here you can get the feeling I had. Linkedin has no straight way to do something, but only a WORKAROUND. C'mon Linkedin, this is so Mediterranean, or Eastern European; I mean we have workarounds for everything. But the states officially never tell you what is the workaround, not as Linkedin does it here.
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⚠️Changing secondary language to first

FYI, this is a plain Linkedin blabla:
  • Your site preferences allow you to adjust your LinkedIn language settings. You can select a primary language that you’d like to use on LinkedIn and also create your profile in a different language where your primary language profile will be your default profile.
Currently there is no option to change the language of your primary profile, but you can follow the steps below for a WORKAROUND:

To change the primary language of your profile when you have no secondary language profiles:
  1. Create a new secondary language profile in your primary language. For example, if your primary language profile is in English, create the new secondary profile in English.
    Note: This will prompt you to choose a different language for your primary profile.
  2. Select your desired language for your primary profile from the Language of existing profile dropdown.
  3. Fill the required information to complete the new secondary profile.
    Note: The primary language of your profile will be changed to your choice. You can either retain the secondary language profile you’ve created or delete it.

⚠️Change your primary language when you have secondary language profiles

To change your primary language when you have one or more secondary language profiles:
  1. Temporarily save all information from your secondary language profiles to a different source.
  2. Delete all your secondary language profiles.
  3. Create a new secondary language profile in your primary language. For example, if your primary language is in English, create a new secondary profile in English.

Note: This will prompt you to choose a different language for your primary profile.
  1. Select your desired language for your primary profile from the Language of existing profile dropdown.
  2. Fill the required information to complete the new secondary profile.
  3. Create new secondary language profiles referring to the information you’ve saved in step 


⚠️Delete your secondary language profile

You can create your profile in a language that is different from your default profile. While you can't change the language of your primary profile, you can create as many additional language profiles from the options available.
Having multiple language profiles makes it easier for other members and recruiters to find you.

Notes:
  1. Viewers will see your profile in the language that matches the one they're using the site in. If they're using the site in a language that you haven't created a secondary profile for, they'll see your profile in the language of your primary profile.
  2. It's not possible to make a secondary profile your primary profile.
  3. If you've created another language profile, viewers have the option to manually choose the language they want to view your profile in from the dropdown menu on the right rail of the page.
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10 Comments
Luis Henrique
2/23/2022 01:06:22

Thank you! This article saved me

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ANDRE LUIZ BRAGA
5/20/2022 16:06:39

Is not possible to create another profile with the same language of the default, therefore is not possible to get into your steps. I cannot change my default profile.

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Dave
7/23/2022 15:07:16

Hi, I tried to follow your guide on how to change the default language profile. But I did not succeed.

The reason might be that it does not seem to be possible to create a second profile with the same language as an existing profile. (23 July 2022)

Would you happen know any other way perhaps?

Thanks :)

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Fernanda
8/23/2022 16:26:34

It worked! Thanks a lot for your suggestion! <3

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Linkediner
2/7/2023 17:16:03

Thanks a lot, it worked! In case it helps, the option to select the primary language is only given when there one profile (primary one, and not any other one).

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Tamas BANKI
6/16/2023 09:55:32

Thanks very much for your comment!

Might even help others :)

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NATHALIA
6/16/2023 04:51:17

This didn't work for me because when I try to add the other language, the one on my main profile doesn't show up.

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Tamas BANKI
6/16/2023 09:54:41

I will check what could go wrong.

Check the comments as there might be a working process.

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Augusto
6/28/2023 13:29:42

Not working. Deleted my English profile (the default is in Spanish) as recommended in the workaround and when I try to add the other language, the one on my main profile doesn't show up. Please avoid that step! Those are incorrect workarounds.

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TamasBanki.com link
6/28/2023 13:41:09

You can change the primary language on LinkedIn by following these steps:

1. Click the 🙂 Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
2. Select ➡️ Settings & Privacy from the dropdown.
3. Under 👉 General preferences, click 🇺🇳 Language.
4. Under 🇺🇳Language, select the language you want from the dropdown.

The change is saved automatically
Please note that this feature is ❗️not available on the LinkedIn mobile app❗️

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