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Best Practices for LinkedIn Safety: How To Protect Your LinkedIn Account

Protecting your LinkedIn account, Built with safety in mind, Keep your outreach safe, natural, and consistent

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When you’re using automation, protecting your LinkedIn account is your top priority. That’s why We-Connect was built with safety in mind from the start.

Before we start, it’s important to recognize that LinkedIn doesn’t detect automation tools directly; it monitors behavior. That means it’s watching for things like unusual activity patterns, multiple logins from different places, or using the same IP as known bot tools. We-Connect helps you avoid these issues by giving you tools to keep your outreach safe, natural, and consistent with how real people use LinkedIn.

This guide is an overview of every safety feature in We-Connect. We’ll link you to detailed how-to articles for each one, so you can dive deeper when you need to.

Sleep Hours

Sleep Hours tell We-Connect when to pause your campaigns for the day, mimicking normal offline behavior. You can still manually use LinkedIn during this time if you want to, but no automated actions will run.

Refresh Your IP When Needed

If LinkedIn ever sends you a warning or requests a security PIN, it could be because of IP activity. We-Connect uses real, residential IPs, not data center proxies—but if you ever feel like LinkedIn is checking too closely, you can refresh your IP in one click.

Account Warm-Up and Global Limits

Account Warm-Up automatically builds your LinkedIn activity slowly over time, just like a new user would. Once your account is warmed up, you can also set global limits to control how many connection requests, messages, or other actions are sent in total across all campaigns.

Know Your LinkedIn Limits

LinkedIn has daily and weekly limits for actions like connection requests, messages, and invites. These limits can vary depending on your account age, activity, and LinkedIn plan. We-Connect lets you stay in control with usage guidelines and recommendations.

Use Your Own IP (Optional)

If you want full control over the IP We-Connect uses, you can bring your own IP. This is especially useful for teams running multiple accounts or agencies managing client profiles.

Auto-Resolve 2FA PINs

LinkedIn may occasionally ask for security PINs when your location changes or they want to verify your activity. Connecting your two-factor authentication (2FA) through We-Connect allows you to automatically resolve these PINs without interruption.

Use AI Spintax to Personalize Messages

Sending the same message to everyone can make your outreach feel robotic. With AI Spintax, We-Connect automatically creates variations of your LinkedIn messages so they sound more natural and personalized.

Withdraw Pending Invitations

Old pending connection requests can raise red flags with LinkedIn. We-Connect lets you automatically withdraw connection invites after a set time, or you can clean them up manually at any time.

Pause Automation During Manual LinkedIn Activity

If you’re manually using LinkedIn, like scrolling, commenting, or sending messages, it’s a good idea to pause your campaigns. We-Connect makes it easy to pause and resume with one click.

Other Best Practices

In addition to the features above, here are a few extra tips for staying safe on LinkedIn:

  • Avoid multiple active sessions. Try not to stay logged into LinkedIn on multiple devices at the same time. Stick to one IP when running automation. You can check your active sessions here.

  • Avoid Chrome plugins. Browser-based automation tools often store data locally, which can make your activity easier to track. We-Connect operates independently of your browser.

If you get a LinkedIn warning, let us know. Our team can help review the situation and recommend next steps.

If you have any questions about We-Connect’s safety features or best practices, our support team is always here to help. Just reach out using the chat in the bottom right corner of our website or app.

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