# Connect your LinkedIn account

Source: https://help.ligosocial.com/articles/connect-your-linkedin-account

To connect LinkedIn, go to **Settings**, open **Integrations**, click **Connect** next to LinkedIn, choose **Personal Profile** and approve the request on LinkedIn. It takes about 30 seconds, and you need it to publish or schedule posts from LigoSocial.

## Connect your personal profile

1. Sign in at [app.ligosocial.com](https://app.ligosocial.com).
2. Open **Settings** (bottom of the left sidebar) and click **Integrations**. You can also go straight to [app.ligosocial.com/settings#integrations](https://app.ligosocial.com/settings#integrations).
3. In the **Connect Accounts** card, click **Connect** next to **LinkedIn**.
4. In the **Connect LinkedIn Account** window, select **Personal Profile** and click **Continue**.
5. LinkedIn opens. Sign in if asked, then click **Allow**.
6. You come back to Settings. The LinkedIn row now shows **Connected as: your name** and an **Expires on** date.

You can connect on any plan, including Free. Plan limits only apply when you publish.

You may also be asked to connect from other places, such as the **Connect Now** button when you schedule a post, or the setup checklist for new accounts. They all run the same steps.

## Connect a company page

Pick **Company Page** in step 4 instead. LinkedIn then asks for extra permissions so LigoSocial can post as the page. You must be an admin of the page on LinkedIn. For the full setup, see [Set up your LinkedIn company page](https://help.ligosocial.com/articles/step-by-step-linkedin-company-page-setup).

## What LigoSocial can do with this access

- Read your name, email and profile photo.
- Publish posts you write or approve, at the time you choose.

LigoSocial never posts without you creating or scheduling the post, and it never asks for your LinkedIn password. You sign in on LinkedIn's own page.

## Good to know

- **The connection lasts about 2 months.** LinkedIn ends every app connection after roughly two months. When yours is within 7 days of expiring, Settings shows **Expires in N days** in amber, and we email you 3 days before. To renew early, click **Disconnect**, then **Connect** again. See [Why did LinkedIn disconnect?](https://help.ligosocial.com/articles/why-did-linkedin-disconnect)
- **Team members on delegate access cannot connect.** Only the account owner can. A delegate sees "Please login from the primary account to connect LinkedIn".
- **Disconnecting is safe.** Click **Disconnect** on the same row. Your drafts, scheduled posts and analytics stay in LigoSocial, but scheduled posts cannot publish until you connect again.

## Troubleshooting

- **LinkedIn shows an error or a blank page:** close the tab, sign in to linkedin.com in the same browser, then try again.
- **You land back on Settings but it still says Connect:** refresh the page. If it still does not show **Connected as**, try once more, then [contact support](https://help.ligosocial.com/articles/contact-support).
- **You connected the wrong LinkedIn account:** click **Disconnect**, sign out of LinkedIn, sign in with the right account, and connect again.

## Related articles

- [Why did LinkedIn disconnect, and how do I reconnect?](https://help.ligosocial.com/articles/why-did-linkedin-disconnect)
- [Is LigoSocial safe for my LinkedIn account?](https://help.ligosocial.com/articles/is-ligo-safe-for-my-linkedin-account)
- [Schedule and publish posts](https://help.ligosocial.com/articles/post-scheduling-publishing)