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LinkedIn Premium offers a one-month free trial to new subscribers
LinkedIn Premium’s free trial lasts exactly 30 days. During this month, you get full access to premium features including InMail messaging, detailed profile viewer history, and LinkedIn Learning courses. The trial requires a valid payment method on file, but you can cancel anytime within the 30 days without being charged.
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What you actually get during the trial period
The free trial grants access to specific tools unavailable on LinkedIn’s free tier. You can send InMail messages directly to any LinkedIn user, regardless of connection status—this alone opens doors to recruiters, mentors, and industry contacts you couldn’t otherwise reach. According to LinkedIn’s data, members who use InMail get response rates around 30-40%, compared to standard connection requests.
You’ll see your complete profile viewer history for the past 90 days instead of just the five most recent visitors. This matters for job searching: you can identify which companies have viewed your profile multiple times, signaling genuine interest. You also get access to LinkedIn Learning, with over 15,000 courses covering professional skills, technical topics, and industry certifications.
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The trial includes salary insights for your role and location, application status tracking with detailed candidate comparison metrics, and priority customer support. These features are valuable for active job seekers—members using salary insights report negotiating higher offers by an average of 10-15% because they enter conversations with market data.
Eligibility requirements you need to meet
Only new LinkedIn Premium subscribers qualify. If you’ve ever subscribed to any LinkedIn paid service—Premium, Sales Navigator, Recruiter Lite, or Recruiter—you’re ineligible for the trial. LinkedIn checks this across your entire account history.
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You must provide a valid payment method. LinkedIn accepts major credit cards, debit cards, and PayPal. This requirement exists because after 30 days, your account automatically converts to a paid subscription at the current Premium rate (typically $39.99 monthly for monthly billing, $240 annually for annual billing) unless you cancel before the trial ends.
Geographic and promotional restrictions apply. Trial availability varies by country and LinkedIn sometimes limits trials based on active campaigns. If you don’t see a trial offer in your account settings, availability may not extend to your location.
How to cancel before charges start
Set a calendar reminder for day 28 of your trial. This buffer prevents accidental charges if LinkedIn’s system processes cancellation requests with a one-day delay.
To cancel, go to your Account Settings, select “Subscriptions and Payments,” and choose your active Premium subscription. Click “Manage” next to Premium, then select “Cancel subscription.” LinkedIn asks for a cancellation reason but doesn’t require one to proceed. Confirm the cancellation—you’ll receive an email confirmation immediately.
Keep that confirmation email. If LinkedIn charges you after cancellation, you have proof of when you canceled. Contact LinkedIn Support with the confirmation, and they typically issue refunds within 5-7 business days for erroneous charges within 30 days of purchase.
During your trial, test features intentionally rather than passively exploring. If you plan to use InMail, send 3-5 messages to target contacts during week one. If you’re job searching, review salary data for your target roles and check your profile viewers daily. This active approach tells you whether Premium genuinely solves problems in your professional life or just provides nice-to-have features you won’t use.
Making the decision to upgrade or cancel
After 30 days, decide based on specific metrics, not general impressions. Did you get responses to InMail messages? Did profile viewer data help you identify job leads? Did LinkedIn Learning courses teach you skills you use regularly?
Premium makes sense if you’re actively job searching (the salary and application insights pay for themselves with one better negotiation), actively recruiting talent on your own behalf, or regularly need to contact people outside your network. Premium doesn’t add value if you already have strong connections, rarely job search, and don’t need external outreach.
If you want to share your experience testing LinkedIn Premium’s features and trial process, LinkedIn Daily accepts contributed articles from professionals and marketers. Visit our write-for-us page to submit your story about optimizing LinkedIn strategy for career growth.
Before your 30 days expire, document which Premium features you actually used. This data prevents decision fatigue—you’re choosing based on behavior, not enthusiasm about possibilities. If you used InMail three times and got two responses leading to meaningful conversations, that’s worth $40. If you opened LinkedIn Learning once and never returned, it isn’t.
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