Add or remove participants in a group chat

Last updated: 5 months ago

Your ability to add or remove participants depends on the type of group chat:

  • In member-created group chats, any participant can add or remove others.

  • In Community chats, participants can’t add or remove others. These chats are invite-only, and managed by LinkedIn.

To add a participant:

  1. Click the  Messaging icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.

    • You can also click on the messaging conversation window at the lower-right corner of your LinkedIn homepage.

  2. Open the group chat.

  3. Click the  More icon in the upper-right corner of the group chat.

  4. Click Add / Remove people.

  5. In the Conversation details pop-up window, type the name of the member and select the right member from the dropdown.

  6. Click Add.

  7. Click Done.

Here's a tip

You can also add a participant within the conversation by mentioning the name of your first-degree connection with ‘@’ as prefix in the message.

To remove a participant:

Important to know

The participant will be notified when they are removed from the group chat.

  1. Click the  Messaging icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.

    • You can also click on the messaging conversation window at the lower-right corner of your LinkedIn homepage.

  2. Open the group chat.

  3. Click the  More icon in the upper-right corner of the group chat.

  4. Click Add / Remove people.

  5. In the Conversation details window, click the  More icon next to the participant's name.

  6. Click Remove and confirm your action.

  7. Click Done.

Notes:

  • All participants in a group chat share the same conversation history, even if they join later.

  • Member-created group chats can have up to 50 participants.

  • Group chats should be used to create conversations with your connections and not for mass messaging.

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