Want to change what appears in your LinkedIn feed?
Whether you're tired of recommended posts, want to see newer updates or need to follow different professional topics, LinkedIn provides several controls to adjust your feed.
The key is knowing which setting does what.
Here's how to change your LinkedIn feed and what to expect from each option.
Quick answer: How to change your LinkedIn feed
On LinkedIn desktop:
- Open your LinkedIn homepage.
- Find the Sort by dropdown above your feed.
- Select Top or Recent.
- To save a persistent preference, open Settings & Privacy → Account preferences → Preferred Feed View.
- Choose your preferred feed view.
These are LinkedIn's documented controls. Interface availability and the precise behaviour of Recent can vary by region.
How to switch LinkedIn from Top to Recent
LinkedIn normally displays Top posts by default.
This view uses personalisation to prioritise content that LinkedIn believes is relevant to you.
The Recent view prioritises recency.
Step-by-step instructions
Step 1: Sign in to LinkedIn on your desktop.
Step 2: Open the home feed.
Step 3: Look for Sort by above the feed.
Step 4: Choose Recent instead of Top.
Step 5: Scroll through the updated feed.
If you want the setting to persist, use Preferred Feed View in your account preferences.
What is the difference between Top and Recent?
| Setting | How it works |
|---|---|
| Top | Uses LinkedIn's relevance and personalisation systems |
| Recent | Prioritises newer posts, with regional differences in source selection |
| Preferred Feed View | Saves your chosen default feed preference |
Important: LinkedIn notes that the Most Recent view can behave differently inside and outside the European Economic Area. Don't assume that Recent always displays every post from every followed account.
How to change who appears in your LinkedIn feed
Your followed sources influence your feed.
If you want to see fewer posts from particular people or companies, unfollow them.
To manage your list:
- Go to My Network.
- Select Following & followers.
- Open the Following tab.
- Review the people and companies listed.
- Unfollow sources you no longer want to prioritise.
You can also follow new companies and people whose updates are relevant to your work.
How to change LinkedIn's content recommendations
When you see an unwanted post:
- Open its menu.
- Choose Not interested or another available hide option.
- If offered, select a more specific preference.
LinkedIn may use this feedback to improve future recommendations.
You can also unfollow or hide posts from particular authors.
These controls help shape the feed over time, but they don't provide a guarantee that every unwanted topic will disappear.
Why does LinkedIn keep changing my feed?
LinkedIn's feed is not a fixed list of posts.
Its recommendation systems continuously evaluate content using professional context and user activity.
In March 2026, LinkedIn announced a newer feed ranking system designed to better understand post topics and members' changing interests.
That means your feed can evolve as your network and activity change.
If the content you're seeing no longer matches your goals, review your followed sources and preferences.
Can you make LinkedIn show only certain companies?
You can follow particular company pages and visit them directly to review their posts.
However, the standard LinkedIn home feed is not designed as a set of separate company-specific monitoring feeds.
If you need to follow a defined group of competitors, customers or partners, manually visiting their pages may be more reliable than expecting the home feed to surface every important announcement.
A dedicated monitoring tool can make that process more manageable.
What if you need more control than LinkedIn offers?
LinkedIn's native controls are helpful for personalising everyday browsing.
But business monitoring often requires a different level of organisation.
Imagine you want to follow:
- Six direct competitors
- Ten strategic customers
- Five technology partners
- Several industry experts
You could follow them all on LinkedIn, but their updates would still appear within a broader feed experience.
With LIMA, you can organise selected companies and people into separate custom feeds and receive daily briefs and weekly movement reports.
You don't need to change your main LinkedIn feed to create a dedicated monitoring workflow.
Keep your LinkedIn feed. Add a more focused view.
LIMA helps B2B teams monitor the companies and people that matter without relying entirely on LinkedIn's home-feed ranking.
Frequently asked questions
How do I change LinkedIn to chronological order?
Use Recent in the desktop Sort by menu or select Most Recent under Preferred Feed View, where available. The exact behaviour varies by region.
How do I permanently change my LinkedIn feed?
Open Settings & Privacy, go to Account preferences and look for Preferred Feed View. LinkedIn documents this as the setting for saving your preferred feed view.
Why can't I see the Recent option?
Controls can differ by platform, interface and region. Check LinkedIn's current help documentation and your account settings.
How do I change the people shown in my feed?
Follow relevant people and companies, unfollow unwanted sources and use the feedback options on individual posts.
Can I customise LinkedIn into separate feeds?
LinkedIn's standard home feed does not provide general-purpose named feeds for competitors, customers and other business monitoring objectives. LIMA offers a separate custom-feed experience.
Further reading
- How to Filter Your LinkedIn Feed
- How to Clean Up Your LinkedIn Feed
- Custom LinkedIn Feed: How to Create One
Sources
- LinkedIn: Sort your feed by Top or Recent
- LinkedIn: Manage your feed preferences
- LinkedIn: Engineering the next generation of LinkedIn's Feed
Last reviewed: October 2026.