> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.carousify.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect your LinkedIn account

> Authorize Carousify to publish on your behalf using LinkedIn's official API.

Carousify uses LinkedIn's official OAuth flow — you log in on LinkedIn, approve the permissions, and get redirected back. **We never see or store your password.**

You can connect your LinkedIn from two places:

* During [onboarding](/quickstart#step-3-%E2%80%94-connect-your-linkedin-account), at step 3
* Any time after, from **Manage Workspace › Social Integrations**

This page covers the post-onboarding flow.

## Open the Social Integrations page

Go to **Manage Workspace › Social Integrations** in the left sidebar. If no LinkedIn account is connected yet, you'll see this:

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/carousify-c7aa6aca/fZzX0w5QKpuhYCB8/images/connect-linkedin/integrations-empty.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=fZzX0w5QKpuhYCB8&q=85&s=30e7a959639ee42a1c73277d686b8631" alt="Social Integrations page with no LinkedIn account connected" className="rounded-xl border" width="3024" height="1618" data-path="images/connect-linkedin/integrations-empty.png" />

Click **Add New Account** (top right) — or **Connect Account** in the empty state.

## Pick what to connect

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/carousify-c7aa6aca/fZzX0w5QKpuhYCB8/images/connect-linkedin/connect-modal.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=fZzX0w5QKpuhYCB8&q=85&s=e1725c03041cd53aac5c07e18fa07ac7" alt="Connect your LinkedIn modal showing Personal Account, Business Page, and Collaboration Links" className="rounded-xl border" width="3024" height="1618" data-path="images/connect-linkedin/connect-modal.png" />

You get three options:

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Personal Account" icon="user">
    Your individual LinkedIn profile. Used to publish posts and carousels under your name.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Business Page" icon="building">
    A LinkedIn company page you admin. Posts publish as the page, not as you.
  </Card>
</Columns>

<Note>
  Connecting **LinkedIn Pages** is a plan-specific feature. Personal accounts work on every paid plan; pages start on Startup and up. See [carousify.com/pricing](https://carousify.com/pricing/) for the breakdown.
</Note>

## Connect a personal account

<Steps>
  <Step title="Click Personal Account">
    Carousify opens LinkedIn's official sign-in page in the same tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign in to LinkedIn">
    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/carousify-c7aa6aca/fZzX0w5QKpuhYCB8/images/connect-linkedin/linkedin-oauth.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=fZzX0w5QKpuhYCB8&q=85&s=dde542df5fbac450078844a4e278e996" alt="LinkedIn OAuth sign-in page" className="rounded-xl border" width="3024" height="1618" data-path="images/connect-linkedin/linkedin-oauth.png" />

    Enter your LinkedIn email and password. If you're already signed in, LinkedIn skips this and goes straight to the permissions screen.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Approve permissions">
    LinkedIn shows the scopes Carousify is requesting (read profile, read connections size, post on your behalf, manage company pages you admin). Click **Allow**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Land back in Carousify">
    LinkedIn redirects you to Carousify. Your account now appears in **Manage Workspace › Social Integrations** with your name, headline, and avatar.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/carousify-c7aa6aca/fZzX0w5QKpuhYCB8/images/connect-linkedin/integrations-connected.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=fZzX0w5QKpuhYCB8&q=85&s=fe4c4959cdefc541672f4277a63ad677" alt="Social Integrations page showing a connected LinkedIn personal account" className="rounded-xl border" width="3024" height="1618" data-path="images/connect-linkedin/integrations-connected.png" />
  </Step>
</Steps>

That's it — you can now schedule, publish, and pull analytics for that profile.

### Edit account info

Click **Configure** on a connected account to set interests (used to tune AI-generated content) and tweak the description Carousify uses for context:

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/carousify-c7aa6aca/fZzX0w5QKpuhYCB8/images/connect-linkedin/configure-modal.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=fZzX0w5QKpuhYCB8&q=85&s=6878d23e9effcd117cef9ad4bd68f5c4" alt="Configure account modal — interests and description" className="rounded-xl border" width="3024" height="1618" data-path="images/connect-linkedin/configure-modal.png" />

## Let clients connect *their* LinkedIn — without sharing logins

This is the part that makes Carousify usable for agencies and ghostwriters.

<Info>
  **You never need your client's LinkedIn email or password.** Carousify generates a secure, one-time link your client opens themselves. They sign in on LinkedIn, approve the permissions, and the account lands in *your* workspace — fully managed by you, never touching your client's credentials.
</Info>

### Generate a Collaboration Link

In the same **Connect your LinkedIn** modal, scroll to **Collaboration Links**:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Pick an expiry">
    Choose **24 hours**, **7 days**, or **30 days**. The link stops working after that — even if no one used it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Generate Secure Link">
    Carousify creates a unique URL bound to your workspace.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/carousify-c7aa6aca/fZzX0w5QKpuhYCB8/images/connect-linkedin/secure-link-generated.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=fZzX0w5QKpuhYCB8&q=85&s=0490466d57c537737b118e9beb326b7a" alt="Generated Carousify secure invitation link with Copy Link, Generate New, and Deactivate buttons" className="rounded-xl border" width="3024" height="1618" data-path="images/connect-linkedin/secure-link-generated.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Send it to your client">
    Copy the link and share it however you like — email, Slack, WhatsApp. They don't need a Carousify account.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Client connects from their side">
    They open the link, click through LinkedIn's official OAuth, and approve permissions. Their account appears in *your* Social Integrations list as soon as they finish.
  </Step>
</Steps>

If you ever need to revoke access early, click **Deactivate** on the link — anyone who hasn't used it yet is locked out instantly. Use **Generate New** to rotate to a fresh link without expiring the old one.

<Tip>
  Use shorter expiries (24h or 7d) for one-off onboarding. Use 30 days only when you know exactly when the client can sit down to do it.
</Tip>

## What Carousify can do once connected

* **Publish and schedule** carousels, single-image posts, text posts, and videos
* **Auto-plug** a follow-up comment on your own post after a delay
* **Pull analytics** — impressions, engagement, clicks — into the [Analytics dashboard](/analytics/dashboard)
* **Track outbound links** with shortened, attributable URLs (Business plan and up)

## Disconnect or reconnect

From **Manage Workspace › Social Integrations**, click the menu on a connected account to disconnect it. LinkedIn permissions are revoked immediately. To reconnect later, just run the flow again.

<Note>
  If LinkedIn ever invalidates the connection (password change, revoked third-party app, etc.), Carousify shows a banner asking you to reconnect. Scheduled posts pause until you do.
</Note>