LinkedIn’s 48-hour cooldown makes this . By forcing a waiting period, the platform ensures that blocking is a thoughtful boundary , not a tactical nuke you can toggle on and off like a light switch.
of a group you are in. Similarly, if you are a group owner, you must remove the member from your group before you can block their individual profile. Shared Recruiter Accounts : If you share (or previously shared) a LinkedIn Recruiter account LinkedIn’s 48-hour cooldown makes this
If the user is spamming you via InMail, you cannot block them, but you can: Similarly, if you are a group owner, you
LinkedIn’s engineers decided it was safer to just for 48 hours rather than risk a bug where a suppressed notification slips through (e.g., "Your connection liked your post" from someone you just re-blocked). That leak would be a privacy violation. The lockout is a safety shield. The lockout is a safety shield
If the person deleted their LinkedIn profile between the time you unblocked them and tried to re-block, the system cannot find a target profile to block. You’ll see an error: “Profile no longer exists.”
While LinkedIn hasn't publicly disclosed the exact reasons behind this limitation, there are a few possible explanations: