UPDATE 1/1/19 !!!: Apparently LinkedIn changed their user interface and my post below is obselete. I am actively searching for a new solution for deleting all messages in a LinkedIn inbox. Please email me at [email protected] if you have this solution and I’ll update this blog post. Thanks!
I came across a great trick to solve a problem I had today.
I have thousands of LinkedIn connections and periodically my inbox gets over-full. However, there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to clear your inbox with LinkedIn.
So I turn to Google!
In this great post How to Delete Multiple LinkedIn Messages [LinkedIn Hack], Peter Abilla explains a great trick using Google Chrome’s Inspect tool to quickly clear your inbox!
I tried it and it worked great.
Here are the steps…
1. Go to your LinkedIn inbox (you must use Google Chrome for this hack)
2. Right-click (or double-tap if you are on a Mac) and select INSPECT
3. Click on the CONSOLE tab in Chrome Inspect
4. Copy and paste the following code into the console’s command line and press return
[code]$('.action.delete-action').each(function(){this.click();var found = "";while(found == ""){var found = $('.yes-btn');found.click();}});[/code]
You may have to do this several times to totally clear your inbox due to the fact that you might have more than one page of messages.
I hope you found this post valuable in taking the pain out of clearing your LinkedIn inbox!
Cheers,
Eric
