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My Network is the LinkedIn tab where members build, nurture and use their professional network, manage their connections and invitations, and find people to connect with.123 People You May Know suggests members based on commonalities such as shared connections, employers or schools, and on imported email and mobile contacts.4 Members can remove suggestions, withdraw invitations that recipients have not acted on, ignore unwanted invitations and report senders they do not know.456
What the My Network tab is for
LinkedIn Engineering describes the My Network tab as an entry point to other experiences such as invitations and games.2 Members use it both to reconnect with people they know and to make new connections.3 It splits into a Grow section, which helps manage connections and find relevant people to add, and a Catch Up section, which looks for reasons to start a conversation with existing connections, such as a new job or a work anniversary.3
Connecting and handling invitations
LinkedIn's Official Blog says you can manage your invites and current connections in your network tab.1 If you send an invitation from People You May Know, LinkedIn's Help Center says you can withdraw it as long as the recipient has not taken any action on it.4 For unwanted invitations, the Help Center says to click the My Network icon and click Ignore, which removes the invitation without accepting it.6 A pop-up then offers an I don't know this person option, and reporting someone you don't know stops that member from sending you more invitations and gives LinkedIn feedback it may use to restrict the sender's account.6
Connection suggestions in People You May Know
The People You May Know section of the My Network tab suggests members to connect with, and LinkedIn's Help Center says the suggestions are based on what you have in common with other members and on contacts you imported from your email and mobile address books.4 Examples it gives include shared connections, working at the same company or industry, and attending the same school, and it says LinkedIn does not scan the content of your messages for this feature.4 Imported contacts who have not joined LinkedIn can appear with their email addresses, and invitations to them cannot be personalized.4 You may see no suggestions if you have invited or removed them all, if there are none at the moment, or if your profile lacks details such as companies, positions, schools or industries.4
How it has changed
- 2020
September
LinkedIn Engineering described a system that helps members discover communities around interests, after the My Network tab had first focused on connecting people through People You May Know.7
- 2024
December
LinkedIn Engineering described a rebuilt My Network page that loads faster and stops content from jumping around, after load time for its main section had grown to almost two seconds.2
What you can do
- To remove a People You May Know suggestion, scroll to that section on My Network, move your cursor over the suggestion and click the Close icon in its upper right corner.5