Where Does LinkedIn Store Profiles and Messages?
Where the LinkedIn app keeps profiles and messages on Android and iPhone, and what syncs online. Exact folders are covered below.
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LinkedIn is network cloud with phone viewing. Profiles, posts, and messages live in your account. The phone caches feeds, images, and drafts.
Same email means same network. Social versus email login splits accounts often. Exact cache names shift with learning versus jobs builds. For moves, sign in covers everything while unpublished drafts need posting first. Recruiter threads verify against cloud, so a charged phone with login beats file hunts. When in doubt, verify paths inside the app before trusting a remembered folder.
Where LinkedIn stores this, by platform
/sdcard/Android/data/com.linkedin.android
Network follows your LinkedIn login. Phone holds media cache plus drafts. Messages live in cloud threads. Match the login method exactly.
On My iPhone/LinkedIn
Profile lives in the LinkedIn container plus cloud. Sign in to restore messages. Phone reinstall never touches cloud posts or recruiter threads.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move LinkedIn messages to a new phone?
Sign in on the new phone with the same email and feed returns from the account. Phone holds login and media cache only. Messages read from cloud threads. Check the email before wiping, since a second account shows empty and hides Premium features.
Do LinkedIn messages survive reinstalls?
Yes, in the cloud profile once posted or sent. The phone holds a working copy plus draft posts. Drafts pending upload stay local until signal returns. Reinstalls restore the same network after sign in. Export data from settings for records.
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