Does your LinkedIn feed feel increasingly irrelevant?
You open LinkedIn to catch up with your industry. Instead, you scroll past unrelated conversations, repetitive posts, sponsored content and updates that have little to do with your work.
Somewhere in that mix are the announcements you actually wanted to see.
The good news is that you have more control over your LinkedIn feed than you might think.
Here are seven practical ways to clean it up.
Why is your LinkedIn feed full of irrelevant posts?
LinkedIn's feed is personalised.
It uses information about your professional profile, connections, followed sources and activity to recommend content.
In March 2026, LinkedIn announced further improvements to its feed ranking systems, including models designed to better understand post topics and members' changing interests.
But personalised doesn't necessarily mean useful for every task.
Your interests may have changed. You may follow too many accounts. Or you may be using LinkedIn for a very specific purpose, such as monitoring competitors, while the feed is optimised for a much broader professional experience.
Cleaning up your feed starts with understanding that distinction.
1. Unfollow people whose posts are no longer relevant
You don't need to disconnect from someone to stop seeing their updates.
LinkedIn allows you to unfollow people while remaining connected.
To review followed accounts:
- Go to My Network.
- Select Following & followers.
- Open your Following list.
- Unfollow people whose content is no longer relevant.
This is a useful first step because it directly changes the sources influencing your feed.
2. Review the companies you follow
Company pages can accumulate in your following list over time.
You might still follow a company because you attended its event three years ago or once researched its products.
Ask yourself:
- Is this company still relevant to my work?
- Do I need to follow its announcements?
- Does it provide information I regularly use?
- Would I notice if its posts disappeared?
Keep the companies that matter. Unfollow the rest.
For B2B professionals, a smaller, more intentional watchlist can be easier to manage than a long list of unrelated organisations.
3. Use "Not interested" on unwanted posts
When you encounter irrelevant content, don't just scroll past it.
Open the post menu and select Not interested, where available.
LinkedIn says this feedback can help improve future feed recommendations.
You may also see options to hide the post or reduce content from its author.
This doesn't guarantee that every similar post will disappear, but it provides a clearer signal about your preferences.
4. Change your feed to Recent
LinkedIn's Top feed prioritises posts using its recommendation systems.
If you prefer a more time-oriented experience, try Recent.
On desktop, use the Sort by control above your feed, where available.
You can also review Settings & Privacy → Account preferences → Preferred Feed View.
Keep in mind that LinkedIn documents regional differences in how its Most Recent view works.
Recent can change the experience, but it doesn't automatically create a perfectly filtered feed.
5. Follow sources you genuinely want to hear from
A cleaner feed is not just about removing posts.
It's also about making your interests more explicit.
Follow relevant:
- Industry experts
- Companies
- Customers
- Partners
- Professional communities
- Executives whose insights you value
For example, if you work in B2B technology marketing, following product leaders, industry analysts and relevant software vendors may make your feed more useful.
6. Be intentional about your LinkedIn activity
LinkedIn considers how members interact with content when personalising recommendations.
That includes activity such as viewing, engaging with and skipping posts.
If you want to see more professional analysis and fewer unrelated topics, spend more time engaging with the subjects you actually value.
This is not an instant reset button. Think of it as gradually improving the signals you give the platform.
7. Separate browsing from monitoring
This is the step most people overlook.
Sometimes the problem isn't that your LinkedIn feed needs cleaning.
It's that you're trying to use one general-purpose feed for several different jobs.
You might want to:
- Network with colleagues
- Discover interesting industry discussions
- Monitor competitors
- Follow customer announcements
- Identify sales opportunities
Those are different objectives.
Even a well-personalised LinkedIn feed may not be the best way to accomplish all of them.
Create dedicated feeds for business-critical updates
With LIMA, you can create custom feeds around selected LinkedIn companies and people.
For example, keep competitor announcements in one feed and customer updates in another.
LIMA provides daily briefs and weekly movement reports, helping you follow relevant developments without relying entirely on the main LinkedIn feed.
A quick LinkedIn feed clean-up checklist
| Action | Why it helps |
|---|---|
| Unfollow irrelevant people | Reduces updates from unwanted sources |
| Review followed companies | Makes your source list more intentional |
| Use Not interested | Gives feedback on irrelevant content |
| Try Recent | Changes how updates are ordered |
| Follow relevant experts | Strengthens the relevance of followed sources |
| Engage intentionally | Helps align recommendations with your interests |
| Create focused monitoring feeds | Separates business intelligence from browsing |
Can you completely reset your LinkedIn feed?
LinkedIn provides controls for managing your feed preferences, followed sources and individual recommendations.
However, it does not document a universal one-click reset that guarantees a completely fresh home feed.
You can improve the experience gradually by reviewing followed accounts, changing preferences and giving feedback on unwanted posts.
If you need a strictly focused view of selected sources, a separate monitoring workflow may be more appropriate.
Make LinkedIn useful again
LinkedIn can be a valuable source of professional information.
But getting value from it shouldn't require endless scrolling.
Start by cleaning up your followed sources and using the controls already available.
Then consider which information is important enough to monitor separately.
LIMA helps you follow selected companies and people through custom feeds, daily briefs and weekly movement reports.
Create focused LinkedIn monitoring feeds
Daily briefs and weekly movement reports from the companies and people you select.
Frequently asked questions
How do I stop seeing irrelevant posts on LinkedIn?
Unfollow irrelevant sources, use Not interested on unwanted posts and review your feed preferences. These actions can influence what appears in your feed.
Can I unfollow someone without disconnecting?
Yes. LinkedIn allows you to unfollow a connection without removing the connection.
How do I reset the LinkedIn algorithm?
There is no documented universal one-click reset for the entire LinkedIn home-feed algorithm. You can influence recommendations through your followed sources, activity and feedback.
Why do I see posts from people I don't follow?
LinkedIn's feed can include recommended content from outside your immediate network, alongside updates from followed sources and connections.
Will cleaning up my feed remove LinkedIn ads?
No. Feed preferences and advertising controls are separate. You can hide individual ads and manage advertising preferences, but these actions don't guarantee an ad-free feed.
Further reading
- How to Filter Your LinkedIn Feed
- How to Change Your LinkedIn Feed
- Custom LinkedIn Feed: How to Create One
- LinkedIn Feed Without Ads
Sources
- LinkedIn: Best practices to customise your feed
- LinkedIn: Hide content in your feed
- LinkedIn: Manage your feed preferences
- LinkedIn: How LinkedIn is improving the feed in 2026
Last reviewed: October 2026.