How To Find, View, and Access LinkedIn Saved Posts

LinkedIn Saved Posts are one of the most underrated features on LinkedIn. In effect, they act as a bookmark, a method to save a post, or piece of content, for later viewing. Given that LinkedIn has seen an explosion of interest from content creators combined with the general firehose approach of social media content, the news feed becomes ephemeral. Every day there is new content to consume. But if you want to save a particular piece of content to view at a later time, LinkedIn has a bookmark feature they call ‘Saved Posts’.

In this article, we’ll cover that LinkedIn Saved Posts are, how to use the feature, where to find them, as well as common issues users face. Let’s dig in.

What are LinkedIn Saved Posts?

Every piece of content, whether it is a post or article, on your LinkedIn news feed can be saved for later viewing, either on your desktop or mobile app.

Suppose you’re scrolling on LinkedIn during your lunch break at work (we don’t judge) to see what open roles there are that might be a fit for you. But before you get to any job openings, you see a great piece of content from a top LinkedIn influencer. You want to read the post in detail but your lunch break is only 30 minutes and you need to slam down your Chipotle Burrito Bowl and hopefully find a new job before you’re back on the clock. That’s where Saved Posts come in.

You can save that LinkedIn post to your Saved Posts section on LinkedIn, and view it later at your leisure. This allows you to easily return to content that caught your eye but that you didn't have time to consume in the moment. The Saved Posts feature acts as a personal content library, letting you curate and revisit valuable LinkedIn posts whenever convenient.

Unlike other popular LinkedIn features, Saved Posts are both tricky to find and incredibly useful. But compared to other features like Jobs, Messages, and Reposts, the Saved Post feature is wildly underutilized.

How to Save Posts on LinkedIn

Saving a post on LinkedIn is straightforward. Here’s what you do:

1. Click the … More icon on the upper right of the content you want to save.

2. Click Save from the dropdown.

Here’s the thing about Save Posts—you can save as many as you’d like. Now, this might be fine if you consider yourself a data hoarder but if you want to avoid absolute clutter, you might want to approach saving posts with a bit of discretion.

With Dewey, you’re able to review, search, and organize your Saved Posts on LinkedIn. There’s basically two approaches to saving posts on LinkedIn:

1. Triage — save everything that looks remotely interesting, than go into a bookmark manager like Dewey to use as a triage to discard whatever is no longer interesting or that you’ve read, and organize for saving everything that passes an initial quality assessment (your judgement).

2. Only save what you think you’ll want to keep forever. This approach requires more work from you upfront, which may be difficult if you’re in between tasks, but ultimately you’re making the decision that what you want to save is only content you think you’ll want access to forever.

Both approaches are valid.

Where to Find Saved Posts on LinkedIn

1. Click Saved Items on the left pane of your LinkedIn Homepage

2. Click Saved posts and articles from the list under Saved items.

3. Click the  More icon on the upper right of the content you want to unsave, and then click  Unsave. The content is unsaved.

The Saved Posts on LinkedIn isn’t obvious to find but the good news is that it’s actually easier than it used to be. Before, to find Saved Posts a user would need to go to their Profile and then scroll down to find Saved Posts. Now, Saved Posts are on the main homepage of LinkedIn where you normally find the news feed. Could it be easier to find? Sure. But it’s a step in the right direction.

Tips for Using Saved Posts Effectively

Saved Posts are good for reading later as well as creating a bank of posts and articles you want to save indefinitely. Both use cases work and given the plethora of interesting content on LinkedIn, Saved Posts are going to become an important aspect of the content experience on LinkedIn.

Here are a few tips for using LinkedIn Saved Posts effectively:

Organize your Saved Posts by creating folders or tags on a bookmark manager such as Dewey in order to group similar content. This makes it easier to find and review specific posts later. Regularly review your Saved Posts and remove any that are no longer relevant. This will keep your library clean and manageable. Use the search function within Saved Posts to quickly find content on a particular topic or by a specific creator. Leverage your Saved Posts as a personal knowledge base to revisit valuable insights and information

Common Issues with LinkedIn Saved Posts

While the Saved Posts feature is incredibly useful, there are a few common issues users face. Until recently, this was the only way to find and view your Saved Posts:

Laptop/Desktop Browser Instructions:

1. Access Your Profile: Click your profile picture in the top right corner, labeled 'Me,' and select 'View Profile.'

2. Locate the Resources Section: On your profile page, scroll until you find the 'Resources' section. This section can be positioned anywhere on your profile, so you may need to scroll up or down to locate it.

3. View All Resources: At the bottom of the 'Resources' section, click the 'See all 5 resources' link to view all your resources.

4. Find Bookmarked Content: Bookmarked content is stored in 'My Items.'

- To the left of your content list, you'll see 'My Jobs,' 'My Learning,' and 'Saved Posts.'

- Your bookmarked content will be in the 'Saved Posts' section, where you can view all content types.

- If you want to see only saved articles, click 'Articles' at the top.

5. Manage Your Saved Articles: To remove an article you've read and no longer want to keep, click the '...' at the top left of the article and select 'Unsave' from the menu. This helps prevent an endlessly growing saved list.

Smartphones and Tablets Instructions:

1. Access Your Profile: Tap your profile picture in the top left corner to open your profile.

2. View Profile: Tap 'View Profile' below your name.

3. Locate the Resources Section: Scroll to the 'Resources' section on your profile.

4. View All Resources: Tap 'See all 5 resources.'

5. Find Bookmarked Content:

- Choose 'My items' from the resources list.

- To the left of the list of content, you'll see 'My Jobs,' 'My Learning,' and 'Saved Posts.'

- Your bookmarked content will be in the 'Saved Posts' section, where you can view all content types.

- If you want to see only saved articles, tap 'Articles' at the top.

6. Manage Your Saved Articles: To remove an article you've read and no longer want to keep, tap the '...' at the top left of the article and select 'Unsave' from the menu. This helps prevent an endlessly growing saved list.

LinkedIn Saved Posts are just starting to grow in adoption but they remain one of the most underrated and underutilized features on the platform. As the user adoption grows on LinkedIn and content creators and influencers continue to create platform specific content, the need to bookmark great content will only grow.

Knowing how to navigate the platform to quickly save and then find and view that saved content will be key. Hopefully, LinkedIn continues to improve on this feature and make it a more ubiquitous part of the LinkedIn content experiencd.

If you want a bookmark manager to help you organize, search, and export your LinkedIn Saved Posts and bookmarks, give Dewey a try. We’re currently serving X and BlueSky bookmarks but will be adding LinkedIn shortly. We’'ll update this article once we do.