Bulk Delete LinkedIn Notifications

[@alex.jr2002]

Cannot tell how much you have help the community with this tool, man. Really handy for people like us that we like to keep things tidy and clean

[@dhruvigupta2035]

Oh my god! Thank you so much. The satisfaction in toggle selecting all and deleting them cannot be described in words. All these notifications were giving me so much stress. I cannot thank you enough.

[@S2B]

I had this EXACT issue today - wondering how to do this. I've always just clicked on each notification and left them. I accidentally found the DELETE option by swiping left on one of them! I then realised I've got YEARS of notifications to delete, as I've NEVER done it until today!😉

[@ianandersongray]

That's so funny that you had this issue today, just as I published the video. Hope you find the bookmarklet helpful.

[@S2B]

@@ianandersongray Yeah: Spooky!👻

[@parvjoshi3399]

Most amazing thing I have seen. Thanks a lot!

[@ianandersongray]

Glad you like it!

[@imogenjonesuk]

I LOVE you!!! I didn't realise you could delete them until recently and the list is never ending - I've sent this to my email so i can do at my desk later. Thank you, thank you, thank YOU!

[@ianandersongray]

Glad you like this! Let me know when you've tried it and if it works for you!

[@milenadziebaj1300]

You just saved me so much time!

[@scottadkins9859]

This is great, thank you! Question: what if I don't want to delete them -- I just want to mark them as read? It takes a while to click on each one and then hit the back button.

[@ianandersongray]

That's a great question. Unfortunately LinkedIn doesn't provide a way to mark a notification as "unread" through the user interface, so it's not possible to build a tool to do that. I wish it was possible, though.

[@ErikMBerg]

This is fantastic, thank you! It's so amazing what you can accomplish with bookmarklets.

[@ianandersongray]

Glad you like it! And yes, I love bookmarklets.

[@michaelpfarley]

Super helpful! Thank you!

[@winchesternathan]

Thank you! It boggles my mind why LinkedIn doesn't include some of these capabilities on their website.

[@Matt_JPearce]

This is brilliant. Much appreciated

[@LindyTalbotStuff]

Great solution, Ian. Thank you so much. Can you quickly tell us a bit about what might be going on behind the button, from a privacy perspective? Or is this just doing its javascript magic on the page and revealing nothing to anyone about ME?

[@ianandersongray]

Thanks, Lindy. Great question. It's just Javascript - nothing magical. The first solution adds some text and checkboxes to the page and then simulates clicks. The second solution just makes all the trash cans appear so you can click on them. So there are no privacy concerns because it's just very simple code that works on your browser. Hope that makes sense.

[@marileigh9178]

I googled this exact issue, i.e., how to bulk delete? And boom, I found you. Thank you, thank you thank you. Now do you have a way to stop all the solicitations? My inbox is filled with Ads for series or good I don't want.

[@ianandersongray]

That's great - glad it is working for you. As for your inbox, I assume we're talking about DMs here. That's a more difficult problem to solve. Have you got any thoughts?

[@tinavalenti6279]

So helpful! Thank you!

[@ianandersongray]

Glad you found it useful!

[@ThePierreguillaume]

Fantastic! Thanks a lot.

[@bradgierhart3830]

Thank you!

[@BPAIZZY]

Wow, that is crazy. Everyone said it couldn't be done.

[@ianandersongray]

Thanks! I heard that too, and I thought to myself that it must be possible...

[@monsen31]

Very handy. Thanks a ton

[@mminieri1]

I would be more helpful if the instructions for getting the scripts were in the comments as well.

[@ianandersongray]

Thanks. The instructions are in the blog post because that's where you need to grab the scripts from - it's not possible to put them in the video description unfortunately.