How do I remove email contacts from Linkedin? - Quora

How do I remove email contacts from Linkedin? - Quora

I have an updated version from November 2016, if anyone is interested. When logged into LinkedIn, just copy the link I provide in the code block below and it should take you to your imported contacts, where you may safely delete each and every entry.

Mark this (which very much scared me, when I was pressing that delete button):

Your contacts are not your connections.
Deleting your contacts and their e-mail addresses (including everything else that was imported) will leave your LinkeIn connections unaffected.

Go to this page and press ‘Delete selected contacts’:

https://www.linkedin.com/people/contacts?sortAction=lastName&showInvited=true&membersOnly=false&trk=ac-manage-contacts

I turned this into code to prevent Quora from automatically converting the link. This way, you can see exactly where the link is taking you and from the info in the URL, you can also see what it does.

EDIT: I just found out how to get there by clicking instead of trusting the link I just provided. Here you go:

• Go to your LI home page
• near the top of the page there is a link bar with ‘Home’ ‘Profile’ ‘My Network’ etc.
• Hover over ‘My Network’ and a dropdown list should appear.
• Click on ‘Add contacts’

You will see a page where it says:

Get started by adding your email address or choosing a service provider

and above that

See who you already know on LinkedIn

• click on the gear wheel icon to the right of ‘See who you already know on LinkedIn’
• Land on the advertised page from earlier and proceed with deleting your contacts.
• Cheer up. Also, read this LinkedIn: The Creepiest Social Network - Interactually. It’s kind of funny, kind of scary.

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Alejandro G. Rodriguez, Contador Público. Usuario de Linkedin.

Answered Sep 23, 2013

You can delete a contact from your Contacts page.

1. Move your cursor over Network at the top of your homepage and select Contacts.
2. Click the Imported Contacts tab.
3. Make sure the Select All box is unchecked by clicking on it.
4. Click the box in front of the contact you wish to remove.
5. At the bottom of the page, click Delete selected contacts.
6. Click Delete to confirm.

On the other hand, "People you may know" feature suggests people based on commonalities between you and other members and those you’ve imported from other address books in your contacts list.