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title: "Why can’t you connect with someone on LinkedIn?"  
description: "Why can’t you connect with someone on LinkedIn?"  
author: "Steilla Mitchel"  
published: 2022-03-21  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96418/why-can-t-you-connect-with-someone-on-linkedin  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "linkedin"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why can’t you connect with someone on LinkedIn?

Why can’t you [connect](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/369/what-is-jquery-connect) with someone on LinkedIn?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

**Reasons you can't connect with someone on [LinkedIn](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96439/is-linkedin-premium-worth-it-for-job-seekers):**

- The most typical reason is that their privacy settings are set to private.
- You must have successfully validated your account's primary email; you will not be able to connect to other accounts until this is done.
- You can check if you're already linked to that member by looking at the connection level; if it's first, you're already connected and can message them instead!
- You've already made a connection request to the member. You won't be able to send any more connection requests if the linkedin invitation isn't accepted.

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**Read More: [Are connections and followers the same thing in LinkedIn?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96422/are-connections-and-followers-the-same-thing-in-linkedin)**


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