# How to find and share your LinkedIn QR code (and when a contact QR works better)

Every LinkedIn member already has a QR code. It takes three taps to find, and it does one job well. Here is where it is, how to share it, and the situations where a different code serves you better.

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Your LinkedIn QR code is in the LinkedIn mobile app. Tap the QR code icon on the right side of the search bar at the top of the home screen, then open the My code tab. From there you can share the code in a message or email, or save it to your photos. The same screen has a Scan tab for reading someone else's code.

There is no QR code option on the LinkedIn desktop site. Each member has one unique code, and scanning it takes the other person to your profile, where they can connect, follow or message you. It does not add your phone number or email to their contacts.

That last point decides whether the LinkedIn code is the right one to print. Below: the steps for iPhone and Android, the ways to share the code, how to make your own LinkedIn QR code from your profile URL, and when a QR code that saves your contact details does the job better.

## Where to find your LinkedIn QR code

The code sits behind a small QR icon inside the search bar of the LinkedIn app. The steps are almost the same on both platforms.

### Part 1: Open the LinkedIn app

Stay on the Home tab so the search bar shows at the top.

### Part 2: Tap the QR code icon

It is on the right end of the search bar.

### Part 3: Open My code

Your code shows with your photo and name. Tap <strong>Share my code</strong> to send it, or <strong>Save to photos</strong> to keep a copy.

### Part 1: Open the LinkedIn app

The search bar is at the top of the Home tab.

### Part 2: Tap the QR code icon

Same place as on iPhone, at the right end of the search bar.

### Part 3: Open My code

Tap <strong>Save to gallery</strong> to store the image, or use the share option to send it.

LinkedIn's own <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a525286">help page on QR codes</a> documents these steps. It is a few years old, and the Android wording has shifted since, so the button labels on your phone may differ slightly. The location of the icon has not changed.

### Why can't I find it on desktop?

LinkedIn only puts the QR code in the mobile app. On a laptop, the closest equivalent is your profile URL, which you can turn into a QR code yourself (section 04).

## How to scan someone else's LinkedIn QR code

Use the same icon. Tap the QR code in the search bar, switch to the <strong>Scan</strong> tab, allow camera access the first time, and point the phone at the other person's code. Their profile opens and you can connect from there.

If someone sent you their code as an image, the Scan tab also reads codes from your photo library. On iPhone it is <strong>Scan from photos</strong>. On Android it is the option to add a code from your gallery.

Scanning with the phone's ordinary camera app is less predictable. Some guides say it opens the profile in a browser, others say the code only works inside LinkedIn. LinkedIn does not document it either way. If you are printing the code, test it with a plain camera app on an iPhone and an Android phone before you commit.

## Ways to share your LinkedIn QR code

- <strong>Show it on your phone.</strong> Open My code and hold the screen up. This is the quickest way at a meetup, and it needs nothing printed.
- <strong>Send it.</strong> Share my code sends the image by text, email or any messaging app on your phone.
- <strong>Save and print it.</strong> Save the image to your photos, then add it to a slide, a name badge, a table sign or the back of a paper card. Print it at 2 x 2 cm or larger. Our guide on <a href="/blog/how-small-can-a-qr-code-be/">how small a QR code can be</a> explains why.
- <strong>Put it on your lock screen.</strong> Set the saved image as your lock screen for the event day, so the code is one press of the side button away.

The LinkedIn code cannot be restyled. There is no logo, colour or frame option. The only choice is whether your photo appears next to it.

## Make your own LinkedIn QR code from your profile URL

Any LinkedIn QR code generator does the same thing. It takes your public profile address, linkedin.com/in/your-name, and turns it into a code. You can do that yourself with any QR code maker, and you get a code you can colour, add a logo to, and download as a vector file for print.

### Part 1: Copy your profile URL

On the desktop site, open your profile and choose <strong>Edit public profile &amp; URL</strong>. The address on the right is the one to use.

### Part 2: Tidy the URL first

If it still ends in a string of numbers, set a custom URL before you make the code. LinkedIn lets you change it five times in six months, and an old URL stays linked to you for six months unless you unlink it.

### Part 3: Generate and test

Paste the URL into a QR code generator, export SVG for print or PNG for screens, then scan the result with two different phones.

A code you make this way points at your public profile URL. If you later change that URL, every printed copy still points at the old one, which is the same risk as printing any link.

## When a contact QR code works better

A LinkedIn QR code is good for one thing: getting a connection request. It does not put you in the other person's phone. Your number and email stay behind LinkedIn's privacy settings, and by default your email is visible only to first-degree connections. After a busy event, the people who scanned you have a list of new connections and no way to call or text you.

A contact QR code, also called a vCard QR code, does the opposite. Scanning it opens a contact card with a <strong>Save contact</strong> button, and one tap adds your name, phone, email, company and profile link to their address book. Your LinkedIn link travels inside it, so they can still connect.

**LinkedIn QR code and contact (vCard) QR code compared**

|  | LinkedIn QR code | Contact QR code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What a scan opens | Your LinkedIn profile | A contact card with a Save contact button |
| Saves your phone and email | No | Yes, in one tap |
| Needs LinkedIn | Documented for the LinkedIn app | No, any phone camera |
| Custom colours or logo | No | Yes |
| Available on desktop | No, mobile app only | Yes |
| Best for | Connection requests | Calls, texts and email follow-up |

### Use the LinkedIn QR code when

- You want a connection request and nothing else, for example at a large meetup where you will never call most people
- Both of you already live in LinkedIn and will message there
- You are recruiting or job hunting and your profile is the pitch

### Use a contact QR code when

- You want a call, a text or an email back, as with clients, suppliers and sales leads
- The person may not use LinkedIn, or not on that phone
- You are printing the code on a business card, name badge or booth sign and want it to save you, not just show you
- You want to choose what is shared, such as email but not your mobile number

You can make one free with the <a href="/tools/vcard-qr-code/">vCard QR code generator</a>. Add your LinkedIn link as one of the fields and you cover both cases with a single code. Organising an event? The <a href="/tools/event-badge-maker/">event badge maker</a> puts a contact QR on every attendee's badge, and our guide to <a href="/blog/conference-name-badges/">conference name badges</a> covers where it should go.

[Create a contact QR code](/tools/vcard-qr-code/)

## Tips before you print a LinkedIn QR code

- Add a line of text next to the code saying what it opens, such as "Scan to connect on LinkedIn". People scan more when they know where it goes.
- Update your headline and photo before the event. The profile is what they see first.
- Keep a quiet margin around the code and print it on matte stock. Glare from glossy card stops scans under event lighting.
- Match your LinkedIn banner to the event or your current offer. The <a href="/tools/linkedin-banner-maker/">LinkedIn banner maker</a> does this in a few minutes.
- If you print one code only, make it the contact code with your LinkedIn link inside. It does both jobs.

## Frequently asked questions

### Where is my LinkedIn QR code?

In the LinkedIn mobile app. Tap the QR code icon on the right side of the search bar at the top of the Home tab, then open My code. It is not available on the desktop site.

### How do I share my LinkedIn QR code?

Open My code in the app and tap Share my code to send it by message or email, or save it to your photos or gallery and share the image from there. You can also hold your phone up for someone to scan.

### Can I get a LinkedIn QR code on desktop?

Not from LinkedIn. On desktop, copy your public profile URL from Edit public profile and URL, then paste it into any QR code generator.

### Can you scan a LinkedIn QR code with the phone camera?

Sometimes. LinkedIn documents scanning from inside the app, using the Scan tab. Reports on the ordinary camera app differ, so test a printed code on both iPhone and Android before relying on it.

### Does a LinkedIn QR code share my phone number or email?

No. It opens your profile. Your contact details stay behind LinkedIn's visibility settings, and by default your email is shown only to first-degree connections. A vCard QR code is the type that saves your number and email to the other person's phone.

### Can a company page have a LinkedIn QR code?

LinkedIn only generates codes for personal profiles. For a company page, copy the page URL and make a code with any QR code generator.

### Can I customize my LinkedIn QR code?

Not inside LinkedIn. The only option is saving it with or without your photo. To add colours or a logo, make your own code from your profile URL.

## Share a card that saves your contact, LinkedIn included.

ConnectMachine gives you a QR code that puts your name, number, email and LinkedIn into the other person's phone in one tap. Free to start, nothing for them to download.

[Create your free card](/download-app)