How Do I Make a QR Code for My LinkedIn Profile?
Open the LinkedIn app, tap the QR icon in the search bar, then My code. For print, make a code from your profile URL, and lock that URL first.
Nookesh Karri · 7 min read 
LinkedIn already gives you a QR code. Open the LinkedIn app, tap the QR icon in the search bar, then the My code tab, and save or share the image. For anything printed, like a business card or a conference slide, make your own code from your public profile URL, and set a custom URL you won’t change before you print it.
How to find your LinkedIn QR code in the app
The built-in code lives in the mobile app, behind a small icon in the search bar. LinkedIn’s Help Center says: “Each LinkedIn member has their own unique QR code.” Anyone who scans it lands on your profile.
- Open the LinkedIn app on your phone.
- Tap the QR code icon in the search bar at the top of the homepage.
- Tap the My code tab.
- Save the code to your photos, or share it through a message or email.
On Android, the help article lists sharing as coming soon, so you may only be able to save the image. Update the app if you can’t find the icon.
The feature has been around since mid-2018. MacRumors reported on June 29, 2018 that the app gained a scanner opened by tapping the QR icon in the Home tab search bar, and that QR codes could now be used to connect with other profiles.
How to scan someone else’s code
Scanning a LinkedIn code happens from the same screen. Tap the QR icon, switch to the Scan tab, and hold your phone over the other person’s code. You can also pick a code that’s saved in your photos.
LinkedIn then opens their profile, and you can send an invitation to connect. That’s what it’s for: you meet someone at an event and connect before either of you forgets a name.
How to make a LinkedIn QR code on a computer
LinkedIn doesn’t offer a built-in QR code on desktop. Its help article only covers the mobile app. On a computer, you make the code yourself from your profile link:
- Go to your profile and copy the public profile URL (it looks like linkedin.com/in/your-name).
- Open it in a private browser window to check it loads the right person.
- Paste it into a QR code generator as the destination.
- Download an SVG or a high-resolution PNG.
- Print a test copy at real size and scan it with an iPhone and an Android phone.
LinkedIn’s QR help page only describes a code per member. For a company page, copy the page URL and generate a code from it.
Lock your custom profile URL before you print
Your custom profile URL is the part most guides skip, and it decides whether a printed code keeps working. A code made from your profile URL stores that exact URL. If you change the URL later, the printed code still points at the old one.
LinkedIn’s rules for this are on its public profile URL help page:
- “You can change your custom public profile URL up to five times within six months.”
- After a change, the previous URL “is still linked to you for six months unless you unlink it.”
- Custom URLs “are available on a first come, first serve basis.”
Say you print cards with linkedin.com/in/jane-smith-marketing, then shorten it to jane-smith a year later. For six months the old link still reaches you. After that, the cards you handed out can lead nowhere, or to whoever claims that URL next.
Pick the short, permanent version first. Your custom URL can be between 3 and 100 characters, and shorter URLs also make a less dense code that’s easier to scan.
Built-in, static or dynamic: which code to use
The right LinkedIn code depends on where it will live and whether you need to change it later.
| Situation | Best option | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Showing your phone at an event | Built-in code in the app | Free, already there, nothing to set up |
| Slide on a one-off talk | Static code from your profile URL | Lives as long as the slide does |
| Business cards, badges, printed CVs | Dynamic code pointing to your profile URL | You can update the URL without reprinting |
| You want to know if anyone scans it | Dynamic code | It counts scans |
A dynamic code holds a short link that redirects to your profile. If your URL changes, you update the destination once and every printed code follows. Changing a QR code’s destination after printing covers how that works, and dynamic vs static QR codes explains the trade-off. You can make one in the dynamic QR code generator.
My take: if the code goes on more than a hundred business cards, make it dynamic. A reprint costs more than the tool, and job titles change more often than people expect.
What a LinkedIn QR code can’t do
A scan is not a connection. Your code opens your profile, but the other person still has to tap Connect, and a scan count from a dynamic code can’t tell you who did.
Non-members may also hit a wall. LinkedIn’s public profile help page says “people who aren’t LinkedIn members may be prompted to sign up or sign in to LinkedIn to view parts of your public profile.” Check your public profile settings so the sections you care about are visible to people who aren’t signed in.
A dynamic code adds a step, too. With QRAnalytica, dynamic codes run through QRAnalytica’s redirect servers, which is what makes editing and scan counts possible. Codes keep working if a subscription or trial ends. Still, that’s one more service between the scanner and your profile, and LinkedIn’s own code has none.
Printing tips for business cards and slides
A LinkedIn code on paper needs the same care as any printed code.
- Keep a clear border. DENSO WAVE, which invented the QR code, says “QR Code requires a four-module wide margin at all sides of a symbol.” Keep logos and text out of that space.
- Print the URL under the code. Some people would rather type it than scan.
- Say why to scan. “Connect with me on LinkedIn” tells people what they’ll get.
- Test the real print. If it fails, QR code not scanning? lists the usual causes.
For layout and size on a card, see how to put a QR code on a business card.
FAQ
Where is my QR code in the LinkedIn app?
Tap the QR code icon in the search bar at the top of the LinkedIn homepage, then open the My code tab. From there you can save the code to your photos or share it.
Can I get my LinkedIn QR code on a computer?
Not from LinkedIn itself. LinkedIn’s help article only covers the mobile app. On a computer, copy your public profile URL and turn it into a QR code with a generator.
What happens to my LinkedIn QR code if I change my profile URL?
A code you made from your profile URL holds that URL. LinkedIn keeps the previous URL linked to you for six months unless you unlink it, so after that a printed code can stop finding you. A dynamic code lets you swap in the new URL.
Does LinkedIn have a QR code for company pages?
LinkedIn’s QR code help article describes a code for each member’s profile. For a company page, copy the page’s URL and make a QR code from it with a generator.
Do people need LinkedIn to see my profile after scanning?
Not always, but LinkedIn says people who aren’t members may be prompted to sign up or sign in to view parts of your public profile.