Is LinkedIn: Community & Network Safe for Kids?
Age rating is set by Google Play, not by Unstar. This page explains it and adds what parents report in reviews. Not affiliated with LinkedIn.
What LinkedIn: Community & Network's age rating means
LinkedIn: Community & Network holds a family-friendly Everyone rating on the Google Play. It is broadly appropriate, but a low age rating does not remove every risk: check whether it has chat, ads, or in-app purchases below.
Things for parents to check
- LinkedIn: Community & Network offers in-app purchases. Without a purchase password or spending limit, a child can run up charges. Set up Ask to Buy (iOS) or a Play purchase PIN (Android).
- LinkedIn: Community & Network shows ads. Ads inside kids' apps can lead to unexpected content or accidental taps that open other stores or links.
What parents and users report about LinkedIn: Community & Network
Users frequently complain about account access issues, including being locked out without reason and slow or unresponsive customer support. Many express frustration with the app's performance, citing slow loading times, bugs, and excessive ads. Others criticize LinkedIn's shift from professional networking to a content-heavy platform filled with irrelevant posts and influencer content.
Summarized from 278 recent 1-3 star reviews. These are user reports, not verified claims.
How to keep your child safe with LinkedIn: Community & Network
Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions. Set an age limit for apps, require Ask to Buy for purchases, and restrict or remove LinkedIn: Community & Network if it is above your child's age.
Use Google Family Link to approve installs, set a Play Store content rating limit, require purchase approval, and block or uninstall LinkedIn: Community & Network on your child's device.
LinkedIn: Community & Network for kids: frequently asked questions
Is LinkedIn: Community & Network safe for kids?
LinkedIn: Community & Network carries a family-friendly official rating (Everyone) on the Google Play. That makes it broadly suitable, but even family-rated apps can include chat, ads, or in-app purchases, so check the factors below.
What age rating does LinkedIn: Community & Network have?
The Google Play rates LinkedIn: Community & Network as Everyone. This is the store's own content rating, set from the app's features and content, not our opinion. Use it as the starting point for whether it fits your child's age.
Can my child use LinkedIn: Community & Network safely?
If you decide to allow it, use device parental controls: Screen Time and Content & Privacy Restrictions on iPhone, or Family Link and Play Store parental controls on Android. Turn on purchase approval, set age-appropriate content limits, and keep the account under your family group so you can see activity.
How do I block or remove LinkedIn: Community & Network from my child's phone?
On iPhone, open Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions, then restrict or delete the app and block reinstalling it. On Android, open Family Link, select your child, find LinkedIn: Community & Network and block or uninstall it. You can also set a store age limit so apps above your child's age cannot be installed.