Manage custom fields in Recruiter

Last updated: 1 year ago

As a Product Settings admin, you can add or edit custom fields from the Products settings page in LinkedIn Recruiter. This allows users to add custom fields to a candidate’s profile to track details such as expected salary, willingness to relocate, candidate interest, and more.

Important to know

If you delete a custom field from your Recruiter dashboard, the field is deleted from any profile.


If you edit a custom field from your Recruiter dashboard, the name of the field changes on any profile.


If you add a custom field to a search, save the search (so that is becomes a Saved Search) and/or the custom filter, then delete the fields, the candidates in the Saved Search/custom filter will appear when you return to them. The custom fields will not appear in the profile slide out, since you have deleted the fields.

Add a custom field

To add a custom field:
  1. Move your cursor over your profile picture at the top of your Recruiter homepage and select Product settings from the dropdown.
  2. Click Custom fields under Recruiting Settings on the left rail.
  3. Click Add new field.
  4. Enter the field name (up to 40 characters).
  5. Enter an optional description (up to 100 characters).
  6. Select one of the following input types from the dropdown.
    • Short text
    • Number
    • List of options (single select)
    • List of options (multi select)
    • Date
  7. Click Save.

Important to know

The Input type is fixed after creating a custom field to ensure data consistency and cannot be changed later (available in create mode only). It will be greyed out and disabled when editing an existing field. However, you can always edit the Field name and Description.

Edit or delete a custom field

To edit an existing custom field:
  1. Move your cursor over your profile picture at the top of your Recruiter homepage and select Product settings from the dropdown.
  2. Click Custom fields under Recruiting Settings on the left rail.

  3. Click the Edit icon next the custom field you’d like to change. To delete a custom field, click the Delete icon.

  4. Make changes.
  5. Click Save.

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