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Index Cards: What Transfers When You Leave LinkedIn

Blue-topped cards travel easily. Red-topped cards stay behind.

Resume text

Copy it into a new profile on Indeed, Wellfound or a personal site.

Transfers

Education history

Plain text that is simple to re-enter anywhere.

Transfers

Work samples

Portfolio files and links can live on GitHub or your own page.

Transfers

Connections

The connection graph rarely transfers automatically.

Stays behind

Messages

Conversation history does not move to another platform.

Stays behind

Endorsements

These remain unless the people who wrote them recreate them.

Stays behind
Copy portable cards Rebuild network cards

In 2026 the practical approach is to export or copy the portable pieces before reducing activity on LinkedIn, then rebuild the network-specific pieces over time. How much carries over depends on how much of your professional identity lives in files rather than in the connection graph.

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