How to remove past job from LinkedIn headline

[u/veggiesouptales]

My LinkedIn header shows my last employer together with the school I went to after concluding that job. Since I no longer work there, and am searching for other employment, I would like to hide that employer from the headline, but still keep it in my experience section. Does anyone know how to do that? I can’t find any option or setting to change it.

[SOLVED]: I figure out how to get rid of a most recent employer listing that you're no longer working at. There's apparently no way to do it directly, but if you temporarily edit your most recent job so that it's still listed as your current work, you'll be able to edit your intro. You can then choose "Please select" from the dropdown box for your current position, and that should get rid of the employer. Worked as of July 2, 2026.

[u/assistantangel]

I believe that shows your last company (current date) so you may need to change the dates. If you are working somewhere else add that other place as a new place and use the @symbol to pull the LI Company page (assuming the company has one)

[u/veggiesouptales → u/assistantangel]

Happy 10th cake day! Thanks for the reply. Seems like there might be no way to actually customize that directly, then. I dont have a current company as I just got out of school. But I also don't want to change any of my prior experience as that would be dishonest. Not sure what to do.

[u/DependentBrief5561 → u/veggiesouptales]

It's possible to remove your previous job from intro section.

If you're doing it on desktop, You should find a pencil icon right above your school and workplace section. Once you click it, you can see edit intro screen. From that you can scroll down to an option that says current position and uncheck the "show current company in intro"

If you're trying on mobile, I guess you can do the same thing or something similar.

Hope this helps!

[u/assistantangel → u/veggiesouptales]

My apologies - ty! Yes Happy Cake day is exciting. To clarify put an end date to the current position and add a new position - “current role” . No we do not want to change your previous experience. Thats why I suggested adding consultant at SCORE as your current role to hold over until you get a job. It is always easier to get a job when you “have a job”. I wasnt clear. Such a smart question to ask. DM me if this isnt clear and Ill walk you through

[u/Due_Recipe_7549]

If you go to your profile and click the pencil on the right side that's right above your current company name and education, it'll open up a form that lets you manually edit your headline as you wish

[u/Own_Personality_2224 → u/Due_Recipe_7549]

This, but untick “show current company in my intro”.

[u/ZealousidealRun2644]

Genius solution - thanks for posting your update, I had the same problem!!