Can You Have Multiple LinkedIn Accounts? The Rules and What to Do Instead

No. LinkedIn's User Agreement says you "will only have one LinkedIn account, which must be in your real name", and it bans creating a profile for anyone other than yourself. A second personal profile breaks that rule even with a different email address, and LinkedIn can restrict, suspend or close accounts that breach the agreement. What you can do: put several email addresses on one account, run Company and Showcase Pages from your profile, and, as a team, manage each member's own account from a shared tool.

Here's what the rules say exactly, the questions people ask most (different email, same phone, personal vs. business), how to fix a duplicate account, and how sales teams handle several accounts without fake profiles.

What LinkedIn's User Agreement says about multiple accounts

Three clauses of the current User Agreement (effective November 3, 2025) cover this:

• Section 2.1 (eligibility): you will only have one LinkedIn account, in your real name.
• Section 8.2 (Don'ts): don't create a false identity, misrepresent your identity, or create a Member profile for anyone other than yourself (a real person).
• Section 2.2 (your account): keep your password confidential and don't share or transfer your account. You're responsible for anything that happens through it.

The consequence is in section 3.4: LinkedIn can restrict, suspend or terminate your account if you breach the agreement or misuse the services. In practice, a duplicate created by mistake is fixed by merging or closing it (see below). A second profile kept on purpose leaves both accounts exposed to those sanctions, since the breach is yours, not the profile's.

Can I have two LinkedIn accounts with different email addresses?

No. The rule is one account per person, not one per email address. If you want to keep a personal and a work address, add both to the same account: LinkedIn lets you sign in with your primary email or any additional address on your account. Our guide on how to change or add an email on LinkedIn walks through it.

Can I have two LinkedIn accounts on the same phone?

Same answer: one person, one account, whatever the device. LinkedIn documents account switching for some of its products (Recruiter contracts, LinkedIn Learning accounts), but not a switcher for two personal profiles in the LinkedIn app. The legitimate "second identity" you can manage from the app is a LinkedIn Page you administer.

Personal profile and business: you don't need a second account

Most people looking for a second account actually want one of these:

To create a Page, click For Business in the top-right corner of LinkedIn, then Create a Company Page. You need a LinkedIn account and must confirm you have the right to act on behalf of the company. LinkedIn notes that Page creation works on desktop and iOS, but not in the Android app. Showcase Pages are created by a super admin of the parent Page.

Found a duplicate LinkedIn account? Merge or close it

Duplicates are common: an old account created with a former work email, or one created by accepting an invitation years ago. To find them, search your own name on LinkedIn: the profile with the You icon is the one you're signed in to, and any other profile with your details is a duplicate.

Merging (desktop only), according to LinkedIn's help center:

• you need access to both accounts, with a confirmed primary email on each, plus both profile URLs;
• only the connections and the email address of the account you close are transferred, not the profile content, endorsements, recommendations or group memberships;
• accounts with zero connections or more than 30,000 connections can't be self-merged;
• InMail credits are lost in the merge, so cancel subscriptions, job posts and ad campaigns, and transfer group ownership first.

Closing a duplicate that has no connections: sign in to it, go to Settings & Privacy > Account preferences > Account management > Close account, and follow the prompts. Then wait 48 hours and add that email address to your main account, which LinkedIn says helps prevent new duplicates from being created.

Using several LinkedIn accounts for prospecting

A lot of automation tutorials suggest creating extra profiles to get around LinkedIn's weekly invitation limits. Don't. Profiles that don't belong to a real person who uses them break sections 2.1 and 8.2, and it's the fastest route to a restricted LinkedIn account. The limits are per account for a reason: see how many LinkedIn invitations you can send per week.

The legitimate way to scale is more real people, each on their own account: founders, salespeople, SDRs. The team then coordinates from one place so two colleagues don't message the same prospect.

One thing to know before choosing a tool: section 8.2 also prohibits using "bots or other unauthorized automated methods" to add contacts or send messages. Any LinkedIn automation therefore carries some risk, so keep volumes modest and the pace human.

That's how useArtemis is built. Each team member connects their own LinkedIn account through a secure connection, and you run multichannel sequences (invitations, messages, profile visits, likes and email steps) with safe sending limits and a human-like pace, with every reply in one unified LinkedIn and email inbox. As of October 2026, plans include 2 LinkedIn accounts (Starter, $69/month), 5 (Scale, $159/month) or 10 (Agency, $399/month); see pricing. For a broader comparison, read our list of LinkedIn automation tools.

FAQ

Can I have 2 LinkedIn accounts with different emails?

No. LinkedIn's User Agreement allows one account per person, whatever email you use. Add your second email address to your existing account instead: you can sign in with either one.

Can I have 2 LinkedIn accounts on the same phone?

LinkedIn's rules allow only one personal account per person, on any device, and the LinkedIn app doesn't document a way to switch between two personal profiles. If you need a second presence, create a LinkedIn Page and manage it from your own profile.

How do I create a second LinkedIn account?

You shouldn't: a second personal profile breaks LinkedIn's one-account rule and can get restricted. For a business, create a LinkedIn Page via For Business > Create a Company Page. If you already have two accounts, merge them or close the one you don't use.

Can you have a personal and a business LinkedIn account?

You have one personal account, and the business presence is a LinkedIn Page that you manage from it as an admin. There's no second login: you switch between posting as yourself and as the Page from the same account.

What happens if LinkedIn finds out I have two accounts?

LinkedIn can restrict, suspend or terminate accounts that breach its User Agreement. If the duplicate was accidental, the fix is to merge it into your main account or close it before it becomes a problem.