# How to hide your email address on LinkedIn

I have a catch-all email address for my domain name email and I noted a lot of spam from LinkedIn for random usernames (like alex@mydomain.com - that do not even exist), and I have figured out they are leaking my email address! And my bad: I hadn't used [HideMail.app](https://hidemail.app) or Hide My Email service from Apple for it...

As I know now, LinkedIn has the option to control who can see your email address on your profile and in this small guide I will show you how.

To open this section, on the desktop version of their site click "**Me**":

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Click "**Settings & Privacy**":

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Click "**Visibility**":

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And only now you can change your email visibility and hide it from robots and spammers:

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1692202754877/27c0da70-0913-4265-9c50-4d3cda854ee2.png align="center")

Click "**Only visible to me**" and you are done.

There is another option, that works for any website – you can also generate an email alias with my [HideMail.app](https://hidemail.app) or its browser extension ([Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hidemail-privacy-email-fo/mddolicabhpkinbdmdgbeajjcpckinhe), [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hidemail-app/)). In case of email leaks leading to spam or unwanted messages, you have the option to switch to a new email alias and deactivate forwarding for the previous one.