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What Happened to Creator Mode on LinkedIn? The 2024 Change
LinkedIn removed the creator mode toggle in 2024 and folded its tools into every profile. Here is exactly what happened to creator mode and what replaced it.
By Animesh Kudake, Co-founder, Apna Project
The short version
- LinkedIn removed the creator mode on/off toggle in March 2024, so the feature no longer exists as a switch you flip in your profile settings.
- The tools creator mode used to bundle, like the Follow button, newsletters, and post analytics, were not deleted. They were folded into standard profiles instead.
- Profile hashtags and topics were removed in February 2024, which is why the "talks about" line vanished from many profiles around the same time.
- Your primary button now defaults to Follow, but you can still choose Connect as the main action if you prefer, so nothing about your reach was forced on you.
- If you are searching for the creator mode toggle and cannot find it, that is expected. The absence is the change working as intended, not a bug on your account.
What actually got removed
A few things did go, and knowing which ones prevents confusion.
Profile hashtags, the "talks about" topics that showed under your name, were removed in February 2024 to simplify the profile introduction. If you noticed those topic tags disappear, that was the reason, and it happened slightly before the toggle removal. The About section also moved toward the top of the profile so a visitor grasps your story faster.
None of these were framed as punishments or downgrades. They were part of a cleanup meant to make profiles read more like professional stories and less like a settings panel. Whether you liked the old topic tags or not, they are not coming back through creator mode, because creator mode is no longer the container for them.
Follow versus Connect is the setting that matters now
With the toggle gone, the one decision worth revisiting is your primary button. When someone lands on your profile, do you want them to Follow or to Connect? Follow is one directional and better suited to broadcasting, while Connect builds a mutual link and puts you in each other's networks. LinkedIn leans toward Follow for people who publish a lot, but you are not locked in.
If you are unsure which fits you, we broke down the tradeoffs in LinkedIn followers versus connections and in why LinkedIn profiles say follow instead of connect. The right pick depends on whether you are trying to grow an audience or deepen a network, and it is a two minute change in your settings either way.
How we read this change at Commenti
We build Commenti, an assisted commenting tool, so we pay attention to how LinkedIn shifts the surface people grow on. The creator mode retirement is a small but honest signal: LinkedIn keeps moving levers, renaming features, and folding things together, and any growth habit that depends on one specific button is fragile by design.
That is why we push the boring, durable stuff instead. Showing up in comment sections, saying something worth reading, and being early to the posts that matter does not care whether creator mode is a toggle or a default. LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits third-party automation and our category sits in that gray zone, which is why Commenti runs with daily caps, pacing, and an approve step to reduce account risk rather than pretend the risk is not there. Features come and go. Consistent, thoughtful participation is the part that keeps working after the settings panel changes again.
If you remember creator mode fondly, the good news is that the parts that helped you, the analytics, the Follow button, the publishing tools, are still yours. You just do not switch them on anymore. They are simply how LinkedIn works now.
Frequently asked questions
Is creator mode on LinkedIn still available in 2026?
Not as a toggle. LinkedIn retired the on/off switch in March 2024 and made the underlying tools part of the standard profile. You still get the Follow button, analytics, and creator tools if you qualify, but there is no separate mode to turn on or off anymore.
Where did my creator mode features go?
They moved into the normal profile. Post analytics live in the analytics section, the Follow or Connect choice sits in your profile settings, and LinkedIn Live, Audio Events, and newsletters stay available to anyone who already had access. Nothing was taken away, it was just relocated.
Why did LinkedIn remove creator mode?
LinkedIn said the goal was to simplify profiles and stop treating creators as a separate class. Many senior professionals never identified as creators, so LinkedIn made the tools available by default rather than behind a toggle. The change rolled out between February and March 2024.
Do I need to do anything now that creator mode is gone?
Usually no. Your profile kept its features and follower count. The one thing worth checking is whether your primary button shows Follow or Connect, since that affects how new visitors interact with you. You can switch it in your profile settings at any time.
Written by the team building Commenti on real LinkedIn growth data. Found an error? Tell us and we’ll fix it. Accuracy beats winning.
Co-founder, Apna Project
Co-founder at Apna Project, where he helps founders and agencies turn ideas into products. Writes here on LinkedIn growth and what actually earns attention in a comment section. Commenti is the LinkedIn comment automation tool by Ampliflow.
If you toggled on creator mode a couple of years ago and went looking for the switch recently, you probably found nothing. No toggle in the Resources section, no clear on or off state, just a profile that quietly kept some of the features you remember. So the honest question people keep typing is simple: what happened to creator mode on LinkedIn?
The short answer is that LinkedIn retired the toggle in early 2024 and moved its features into the standard profile. Creator mode did not get deleted so much as absorbed. Here is what actually changed, when, and what it means for how you show up.
Creator mode is no longer a toggle
The single biggest change is that the on/off switch is gone. LinkedIn removed the creator mode toggle from the Resources section of the profile in March 2024, according to its own help documentation. Before that, you flipped a switch and your profile changed shape. Now there is no switch to flip.
That is why the search traffic for this question spiked. People who set up creator mode once expected to manage it the same way and could not find the controls. The controls were not hidden or broken. They were removed on purpose, and the features they governed were redistributed across the normal profile experience.
We think this framing matters because a lot of older advice still tells you to "turn on creator mode" as step one. Following that today sends you hunting for a button that does not exist. If you are curious about the mechanics of the old flow, our walkthroughs on how to turn on creator mode and how to turn off creator mode on LinkedIn explain what the toggle used to do and where those settings live now.
The features did not disappear
This is the part that reassures most people. The tools creator mode used to bundle stayed available, they just stopped living behind a mode.
So the practical takeaway is that your reach mechanics were preserved. Nothing about your follower count or your published newsletters was reset when the toggle went away.