How to Delete a LinkedIn Company Page (and What to Do If You Can't)
LinkedIn no longer offers a delete button for company pages: what it offers instead is deactivation, which only a super admin can do, and only on desktop. To delete a LinkedIn company page in practice, sign in on a computer as a super admin, open the page's settings and choose deactivate. If the option is missing, the page is ineligible, usually because of its size, an acquisition, or linked Showcase or Product Pages.
The rest of this guide walks through the steps, the full list of blockers and how to clear each one, and what to do with a page LinkedIn will not let you remove.
Delete versus deactivate: what LinkedIn actually offers
Many older guides still describe a "Delete" menu item. That option was replaced some time ago, and the current wording is deactivation. According to LinkedIn Help: Deactivate a LinkedIn Page or Showcase Page, LinkedIn Page super admins can deactivate their Page for a company, school, or Showcase Page.
For someone closing a business or tidying up a duplicate, deactivation does the job you want: the page stops representing your firm on LinkedIn. The important point is the vocabulary. If you search the settings for "delete", you will not find it.
Who can deactivate a company page
Only a super admin. LinkedIn Help: LinkedIn Page admin roles explains that super admin gives access to every Page admin permission available, including adding and removing any type of admin, editing Page information, creating job postings, and deactivating the Page. Content admins and analysts cannot do it, however long they have managed the page.
Every page has at least one person in this role. As LinkedIn Help: Pages Admins and Permissions puts it, all Pages must have at least one super admin. If that person has left the firm and nobody else holds the role, you will need to recover access first; our guide to getting admin access when the only admin has left covers that process.
How to delete a LinkedIn company page on desktop
Page deactivation is only available on desktop, so put the phone down before you start. The steps are short:
- Sign in to LinkedIn on a computer with the account that holds super admin rights.
- Open the company page in its admin view.
- Go to the page's settings.
- Look for the option to deactivate the page and select it.
- Confirm. LinkedIn may ask you to tick a box acknowledging what deactivation means.
If you don't see the option to deactivate while on desktop, your Page is ineligible for deactivation. That is not a bug or a missing permission in most cases; it means one of the conditions below applies.
Rule of thumb: super admin plus desktop plus a missing deactivate option means the page itself is blocked, not you. Work through the eligibility checklist rather than hunting through menus.
Why you can't deactivate your page: the eligibility checklist
LinkedIn publishes its conditions in LinkedIn Help: Before and after you deactivate a LinkedIn Page or Showcase Page. The ones most likely to catch a small or mid-sized firm are these.
Too many associated employees
The Page has fewer than 100 associated employees. A page above that number cannot be deactivated by its admins. Associated employees are members who list the company as their employer on their profiles, so a firm that has closed may still count former staff who never updated their experience.
Active Showcase Pages
The Page doesn't have any active Showcase Pages. If you have active Showcase pages, a super admin of the Showcase Page(s) can deactivate them at any time to deactivate your company Page. Deactivate each Showcase Page first, then return to the parent. If you are unsure whether you have any, our explainer on Showcase Pages versus company pages shows where they sit.
Published Product Pages
The Page doesn't have any published Product Pages. If you have published Product Pages, a super or content admin of the Page can unpublish Product Page(s) at any time to deactivate your company Page. This one is easy to miss on software and equipment firms.
The company has been acquired
The company hasn't been acquired is also on the list, and it is the blocker you cannot clear yourself. LinkedIn Help: Manage Pages (Acquired LinkedIn Pages) states that as a LinkedIn Page super admin, you can manage your organization's brand through an acquired Page, but LinkedIn won't delete the LinkedIn Page of an acquired organization.
| Blocker | Can you fix it? | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Not a super admin | Yes | Ask a current super admin to upgrade your role, or recover access |
| Using the mobile app | Yes | Switch to desktop |
| Active Showcase Pages | Yes | Deactivate each Showcase Page first |
| Published Product Pages | Yes | Unpublish them |
| 100 or more associated employees | Not directly | Consider dormancy or contact LinkedIn |
| Company acquired | No | Manage it as an acquired page |
Alternatives when deactivation is not possible
Merging or redirecting after a merger
When two firms combine, the cleaner outcome is often one active page and one clearly retired one. Where the acquisition has been recorded, the acquired page stays visible but points people towards the new owner. If the deal has not been recorded on LinkedIn, contact LinkedIn through its help centre and describe the situation; it handles duplicate and merged organisations case by case.
If the firms are keeping one page and renaming it, read our piece on changing a company page name after a rebrand before you touch the other page, so you keep the followers you have.
Letting the page go dormant, properly
A dormant page is fine if it is honest. Update the description to say the business has closed or joined another firm, change the website link to wherever customers should go now, and publish one final post explaining what happened and who to contact. Then remove admins who no longer need access, leaving at least one trusted super admin so the page cannot be orphaned.
A quiet page with a clear note is better than a confusing one that looks abandoned.
Duplicate pages from the same firm
Duplicates often appear when a former employee creates a page by accident. If you can reach super admin on the duplicate and it meets the checklist, deactivate it. If you cannot, report it to LinkedIn as a duplicate from the page you do control.
And if the real reason you wanted the page gone is that it has sat quiet for months, deletion is not the only fix. Tools such as Helio Posts exist to keep a company page posting with a named person approving every draft; how Helio Posts turns company material into posts is worth a look before you retire a page that customers still find.
Common questions about deleting a LinkedIn company page
Can I delete a LinkedIn company page from my phone?
No. LinkedIn only offers company page deactivation on desktop, so the option will not appear in the mobile app however your admin rights are set. Sign in on a computer with a super admin account, open the page's settings and look for deactivate. If it still does not appear there, the page fails one of LinkedIn's eligibility conditions.
What happens to followers when a LinkedIn company page is deactivated?
Once a LinkedIn company page is deactivated it stops being available as an active page, so followers can no longer see or engage with it. If you are moving those followers to another page, post an announcement linking to the new page well before deactivating, because followers do not transfer automatically.
Why does LinkedIn say my page has too many employees when we only had a few staff?
LinkedIn counts associated employees, meaning any member who lists the company as an employer on their profile. People sometimes pick the wrong company from the dropdown, or tag a similarly named firm. Asking anyone wrongly listed to correct their profile can reduce the count, though LinkedIn sets the eligibility threshold at fewer than 100.
Written by Helio SEO, for Helio Posts.
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