Is there a way to use LinkedIn without seeing ads?
If you use LinkedIn regularly, you've probably noticed sponsored posts appearing alongside updates from colleagues, companies and industry experts.
Sometimes they're relevant. Often, they're simply another distraction when you're trying to catch up with your professional network.
So can you turn off LinkedIn ads completely?
The short answer: LinkedIn provides controls for individual ads and advertising preferences, but it does not offer a standard universal setting that guarantees an ad-free home feed.
However, there are ways to reduce unwanted advertising experiences and alternative approaches for following the information that matters most.
Why are there ads in your LinkedIn feed?
LinkedIn's home feed includes a mixture of content:
- Posts from your connections
- Updates from companies and people you follow
- Recommended content
- Sponsored posts
Sponsored Content is one of the advertising formats available to businesses on LinkedIn.
These ads appear within the feed and are identified as sponsored content.
They are part of LinkedIn's advertising-supported experience.
Can you turn off LinkedIn ads?
LinkedIn allows members to manage aspects of advertising personalisation and hide individual sponsored posts.
However, these controls are not the same as disabling all advertising.
What you can and cannot do
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Hide an individual sponsored post | Removes that particular ad from your view |
| Adjust advertising preferences | Changes aspects of how your data is used for ad personalisation |
| Unfollow an advertiser | Reduces ordinary followed-source updates; does not guarantee its ads disappear |
| Switch to Recent | Changes feed ordering; not an ad-removal setting |
| Disable every LinkedIn feed ad with one standard setting | Not offered as a universal native control |
1. Hide individual sponsored posts
When you see a sponsored post you don't want:
- Open the More menu on the post.
- Select the available Hide this post option.
- Follow any additional prompts if shown.
LinkedIn documents this as a way to manage individual sponsored content.
It doesn't mean you'll never see another advertisement from that business or other advertisers.
2. Review your advertising preferences
LinkedIn provides advertising settings that let you control certain uses of personal data for advertising.
To find them:
- Open your LinkedIn settings.
- Navigate to Advertising preferences.
- Review the available personalisation controls.
- Change the settings that reflect your preferences.
The options may differ by region and account.
Important: Changing advertising personalisation settings does not necessarily reduce the number of ads you see.
It may change how those ads are selected.
3. Reduce other distractions in your feed
Ads are only one source of noise.
LinkedIn also displays recommended posts and updates from a broad professional network.
You can improve the experience by:
- Unfollowing irrelevant people and companies
- Using Not interested on unwanted posts
- Reviewing your Following list
- Changing your feed sorting preference
- Following more relevant professional sources
These actions help you influence the content experience, but they do not guarantee an ad-free LinkedIn home feed.
4. Can you use an ad blocker on LinkedIn?
Some browser extensions claim to hide sponsored content on websites.
Their effectiveness, reliability and privacy practices vary, and website changes can affect how they work.
Before installing any browser extension, review its permissions, data practices and the risks of granting it access to pages you visit.
We do not recommend relying on unverified extensions as a guaranteed way to remove LinkedIn advertising.
5. What about LinkedIn Premium?
Don't assume that paying for a LinkedIn subscription automatically removes sponsored content.
Subscription features and advertising experiences are separate matters, and LinkedIn does not present a standard universal ad-free home-feed setting.
Check the current benefits of your specific subscription rather than relying on claims that Premium always removes ads.
6. A different approach: Stop relying on the main feed for monitoring
If your main frustration is that ads and recommended posts make it difficult to find important professional updates, you may not need a completely ad-free version of LinkedIn.
You may need a different way to follow selected sources.
For example, a B2B sales manager might want to monitor:
- Customer announcements
- Target-account hiring
- Leadership changes
- Competitor developments
- Industry discussions
Those activities don't necessarily require browsing the entire LinkedIn home feed.
How custom feeds can help
LIMA provides a separate monitoring experience for selected LinkedIn companies and people.
You create custom feeds around the sources you want to follow.
LIMA then provides daily briefs and weekly movement reports highlighting relevant activity.
This is not a tool that removes ads from LinkedIn's website.
Instead, it offers another way to consume information from selected LinkedIn sources without depending on the main feed for discovery.
LinkedIn home feed vs LIMA
| Feature | LinkedIn home feed | LIMA |
|---|---|---|
| General professional browsing | Yes | Not its primary purpose |
| Sponsored posts | Part of the feed experience | Focused monitoring briefs rather than an ad-supported home feed |
| Content recommendations | Personalised | Based on selected monitoring sources |
| Separate competitor feed | Not a general native feature | Yes |
| Daily monitoring brief | Not a dedicated custom-watchlist feature | Yes |
| Weekly movement report | Manual research needed | Yes |
Is a feed without ads the real goal?
For some people, the goal is simply a less distracting browsing experience.
For others, it's about reliably keeping up with a defined set of companies and people.
These are different problems.
If you want to browse LinkedIn normally, start by adjusting your advertising and feed preferences.
If you want to monitor specific business developments, consider separating that activity from general feed browsing.
Follow the updates. Skip the endless scrolling.
Create focused monitoring feeds for competitors, customers and industry sources with LIMA.
Receive daily briefs and weekly movement reports from the sources you select.
Frequently asked questions
Can I remove all sponsored posts from LinkedIn?
LinkedIn offers controls to hide individual sponsored posts and manage advertising preferences, but not a standard universal setting that guarantees the removal of all sponsored content from the home feed.
Does LinkedIn Premium remove ads?
Do not assume that a LinkedIn subscription provides an entirely ad-free home feed. Check the current features of your specific plan.
How do I hide a LinkedIn ad?
Open the sponsored post's menu and choose the available hide option.
Does turning off personalised ads remove LinkedIn ads?
Not necessarily. Advertising personalisation controls affect aspects of ad targeting, not whether all ads are displayed.
Can I follow LinkedIn company updates without scrolling through ads?
You can visit company pages directly or use a dedicated monitoring workflow. LIMA provides custom feeds and recurring briefs for selected LinkedIn sources.
Does LIMA block LinkedIn ads?
No. LIMA does not modify LinkedIn's website or block its ads. It provides a separate source-monitoring and intelligence experience.
Further reading
- Custom LinkedIn Feed: How to Create One
- How to Clean Up Your LinkedIn Feed
- How to Filter Your LinkedIn Feed
Sources
- LinkedIn: LinkedIn Feed Overview
- LinkedIn: Advertising controls and sponsored content
- LinkedIn: Best practices to customise your feed
Last reviewed: October 2026.