Your contact information is an important part of your LinkedIn profile. This topic tells you how to use a screen reader to add your phone number, address, and more to your profile. We have tested the topic with JAWS, Narrator, NVDA in Microsoft Edge, VoiceOver, the built-in iOS screen reader, and TalkBack, the built-in Android screen reader which adheres to common accessibility standards and techniques. Different screen readers and web browsers might behave differently.
Important to know
You must be signed in to your LinkedIn account.
To edit your contact info with screen reader support:
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To open the Me menu on the LinkedIn homepage, press the Tab key until you hear “Me button, collapsed,” and then press Enter.
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To open your profile, press the Tab key until you hear “View profile,” and then press Enter. Your profile page opens.
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To open your profile intro, press the Tab key until you hear “Edit intro button,” and then press Enter. The Edit intro pop-up window opens.
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To edit your contact info, press the Tab key until you hear “Edit contact info,” and then press Enter. The Edit contact info pop-up window opens.
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To edit your phone number, press the Tab key until you hear “Phone number,” and then type your phone number.
Note: We recommend that you use the internationally compatible format, starting the number with a plus sign (+) and your country code.
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To select whether your phone number is your home, work, or mobile number, press the Tab key until you hear “Phone type,” and then press Enter. Use the Down and Up arrow keys to browse the options, and then press Enter to select the option you want.
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To edit your address, press the Tab key until you hear “Address,” and then type your address.
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To add a link to your website, press the Tab key until you hear “Add website button,” and then press Enter. Press Shift+Tab until you hear “Website URL,” and then type or paste the URL.
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To select what kind of a website it is, press the Tab key until you hear “Website type,” and then press Enter. Use the Down and Up arrow keys to browse the options, and then press Enter to select the option you want.
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To add your instant messaging contact info, press the Tab key until you hear “Add messaging option button,” and then press Enter. Press Shift+Tab until you hear “Username,” and then type your instant messaging username.
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To select which instant messaging service the username is for, press the Tab key until you hear “Service,” and then press Enter. Use the Down and Up arrow keys to browse the options, and then press Enter to select the service you want.
Note: All instant messaging services are not supported.
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To finish editing your contact info, perform one of the following:
- To save your changes, press the Tab key until you hear “Save button,” and then press Enter. To close the Edit contact info pop-up window, press Esc.
- To exit without saving, press the Tab key until you hear “Dismiss button,” and then press Enter.
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To exit the Edit intro pop-up window, press Esc.
The Edit intro pop-up window closes and the focus returns to your profile page.
To edit your contact info with screen reader support:
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Open the LinkedIn mobile app. By default, the focus is on the Menu button in the upper-left corner of the screen, and you hear “Access my profile and other navigation links.” If you hear something else, swipe left until you hear “Menu, button.”
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To open the menu, double-tap the screen. You hear “Close menu button.”
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To open your profile, swipe right once, and then double-tap the screen. You hear “Back button.”
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To open your profile intro, swipe right until you hear “Edit intro button,” and then double-tap the screen. The Edit intro pop-up window opens, and you hear “Close button.”
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To edit your contact info, swipe right until you hear “Edit contact info button,” and then double-tap the screen. The Edit contact info pop-up window opens.
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To edit your phone number, swipe right until you hear “Phone number,” and then double-tap the screen. Type your phone number with the on-screen keyboard.
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To select whether your phone number is your home, work, or mobile number, swipe right until you hear “Phone type,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe right and left to browse the options, and then double-tap the screen to select the option you want.
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To edit your address, swipe right until you hear “Address,” and then double-tap the screen. Type your address with the on-screen keyboard.
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To add a link to your website, swipe right until you hear “Add website button,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe left until you hear “Website URL,” and then double-tap the screen. Type or paste the URL with the on-screen keyboard.
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To select what kind of a website it is, swipe right until you hear “Website type,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe right and left to browse the options, and then double-tap the screen to select the option you want.
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To add your instant messaging contact info, swipe right until you hear “Add messaging option button,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe left until you hear “Username,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the username with the on-screen keyboard.
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To select which instant messaging service the username is for, swipe right until you hear “Service,” and double-tap the screen. Swipe right and left to browse the services, and then double-tap the screen to select the service you want.
Note: All instant messaging services are not supported.
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To finish editing your contact info, perform one of the following:
- To save your changes, swipe right until you hear “Save button,” and then double-tap the screen.
- To exit without saving, swipe left until you hear “Dismiss button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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To exit the Edit intro pop-up window, swipe left until you hear “Close button,” and then double-tap the screen.
The Edit intro pop-up window closes and the focus returns to your profile.
To edit your contact info with screen reader support:
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Open the LinkedIn mobile app. By default, the focus is on the Menu button in the upper-left corner of the screen, and you hear “Menu button, access my profile and other navigation links.” If you hear something else, swipe left until you hear “Menu button.”
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To open the menu, double-tap the screen. You hear “Menu, view my profile button.”
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To open your profile, double-tap the screen. You hear “LinkedIn, Back button.”
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To open your profile intro, swipe right until you hear “Edit basic profile information, button,” and then double-tap the screen. The Edit intro pop-up window opens, and you hear “Dismiss button.”
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To edit your contact info, swipe right until you hear “Edit contact info button,” and then double-tap the screen. The Edit contact info pop-up window opens, and you hear “Dismiss button.”
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To edit your phone number, swipe right until you hear “Phone number,” and then double-tap the screen. Type your phone number with the on-screen keyboard.
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To select whether your phone number is your home, work, or mobile number, swipe right until you hear “Phone type,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe right and left to browse the options, and then double-tap the screen to select the option you want.
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To edit your address, swipe right until you hear “Address,” and then double-tap the screen. Type your address with the on-screen keyboard.
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To add a link to your website, swipe right until you hear “Add website button,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe right until you hear “Website URL,” and then double-tap the screen. Type or paste the URL with the on-screen keyboard.
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To select what kind of a website it is, swipe right until you hear “Website type,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe right and left to browse the options, and then double-tap the screen to select the option you want.
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To add your instant messaging contact info, swipe right until you hear “Add messaging option button,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe right until you hear “Username,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the username with the on-screen keyboard.
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To select which instant messaging service the username is for, swipe right until you hear “Service,” and double-tap the screen. Swipe right and left to browse the services, and then double-tap the screen to select the service you want.
Note: All instant messaging services are not supported.
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To finish editing your contact info, perform one of the following:
- To save your changes, swipe right until you hear “Save button,” and then double-tap the screen. To dismiss the save notification, swipe right until you hear “Dismiss button,” and then double-tap the screen.
- To exit without saving, swipe left until you hear “Dismiss button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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To exit the Edit intro pop-up window, double-tap the screen.
The Edit intro pop-up window closes and the focus returns to your profile.
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