LinkedIn banner size and dimensions

These numbers come from LinkedIn's help for your profile and for Pages. An image of another shape still uploads: LinkedIn lets you crop it, move it, resize it and add a filter before you apply it.

On a computer the banner shows at about 792 × 198, half its size, as ManyPixels measured it. High resolution screens fit two pixels into each one you see, so the full 1584 × 396 is what keeps it sharp there.

The Brand Kit draws your profile banner at 1584 × 396 and your company page cover at 2256 × 382. That second one is the shape LinkedIn asks for, drawn larger, so it stays crisp on a sharp screen too.

“Your cover image appears behind your profile photo,” says LinkedIn's help. On a computer the photo covers the area from about 56 to 360 pixels across and from 212 pixels down to the bottom edge, measured on the full 1584 × 396 image by ManyPixels. Anything you put there is hidden. ManyPixels suggests keeping text between about 420 and 1424 pixels across, and 40 and 356 down.

LinkedIn also warns that the banner can look different depending on the size of your browser window and your screen. Leave a margin on every edge as well as that corner.

On a phone, the app lays out the top of your profile its own way and the banner shows much smaller. A short line in large letters holds up best there. Look at it on your own phone after you upload it.

The Brand Kit leaves the lower left corner empty, about a quarter of the width and a little more than half the height, and sets your words in the rest.

Your brand. Your company's logo and colors, so people recognize you from your email signature to your business card.

One line. What you do and who for, in a few words: “Tax returns for freelancers in Austin” or “Wedding photographer in Maine”. If your website already has a line like that, use it.

Where to find you. Your website, small and easy to read. Your phone number belongs in your LinkedIn contact info instead.

A calm background. One of your own photos (your shop, your work, your city), a texture, or a flat color behind the words. A busy collage turns to noise at that size.

On a computer

1. 01Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage, then View Profile.
2. 02Click the Camera icon in the upper right corner of your introduction section.
3. 03Choose Upload a single photo and pick your file.
4. 04Crop it, move it or resize it if you need to, then click Apply.

In the LinkedIn app

1. 01Tap your profile photo, then tap it again to open your profile.
2. 02Tap the Camera icon in the upper right corner of your introduction section.
3. 03Choose Upload a single photo, then your image.
4. 04Crop it or adjust it if you need to, then tap Save.

To change or delete it later on a computer, click the Edit icon in the upper right corner of the banner, then Change photo or Delete photo. These steps follow LinkedIn's help, which also lists a Create Slideshow option for some Premium plans.

LinkedIn recommends 1512 × 256 pixels, as a PNG or JPEG of 3 MB at most, and gives the same size as the minimum (LinkedIn Help). It asks you to keep key details away from the edges, especially the lower right corner, and to put what matters in the middle, since the image may be cropped on different screens. Older guides still give 1128 × 191, which is now below LinkedIn's minimum.

If your company has a page and you have a profile, make the two match: the same colors, the same typeface, the same line.

Type your website's address. esigna reads your logo, colors, fonts and tagline from it, then draws your LinkedIn banner at 1584 × 396 and your company page cover, along with your business card, letterhead, covers for X, Facebook and YouTube, and your email signature, all in the same look.

When you pick another look, every piece changes with it. Each file downloads at full size, ready to upload to LinkedIn.

Look through the three sample Kits first, for free, like the one for a law firm. You pay for the Brand Kit itself once, with no subscription.