Reorder LinkedIn Profile Sections (Featured Above About)

LinkedIn ships every profile in the same order: About, then Featured, then Experience. That order was designed for résumé-style profiles where About is the thesis and Experience is the proof. If your profile is a conversion asset rather than a CV, it is the wrong order — and it is drag-and-drop editable on desktop, which almost nobody knows.

Key Takeaways

• Sections are reorderable on desktop via a drag handle LinkedIn never surfaces prominently — mobile displays the new order but cannot change it
• Featured above About flips the first fixation from a wall of text to three clickable cards
• Experience is locked: you cannot move Featured below it, so Featured must sit between the header and Experience
• Do not reorder an empty Featured section — a lone card above About looks unfinished and is worse than the default
• The right order depends on your job to be done: salespeople, job seekers and creators each want something different at the top

Video Guide

Section order is editable, and almost nobody changes it. This shows the "Edit sections" drag handle on desktop and why Featured belongs above About:

Why Section Order Matters More Than It Sounds

About is a bounce point; Featured is a click-in. About is a wall of paragraph text. Visitors scan three lines and either expand it or scroll past. Featured is a row of thumbnails — scannable in under two seconds and clickable without commitment. When About comes first, a meaningful share of visitors never reach Featured at all.

Almost nobody knows the affordance exists. Sections have been drag-and-drop reorderable for years, but LinkedIn does not advertise it, and the entry point has moved between UI revisions. It is the profile-design equivalent of a keyboard shortcut nobody teaches.

The default was built for a different job. LinkedIn's default assumes you are being read like a CV. If your profile exists to convert a stranger into a conversation, the call to action should not be below the thesis.

What Most Guides Get Wrong About Section Order

Wrong: "always put Featured first." Not always. If you are job hunting, About genuinely is your cover letter, and recruiters read it that way — About-first still wins. The right order is a function of who is visiting and what you want them to do, not a universal rule.

Wrong: "reorder instead of fixing the content." Moving a stale Featured section higher just makes the staleness more visible. If your pinned items are six months old and the links are dead, reordering is the wrong job — fix the Featured section first, then move it.

Wrong: "you can put sections anywhere." You cannot. Experience is locked in place, as are the header and the Activity module. Featured has to live between the header and Experience, which limits how creative you can get.

How to Reorder Your Profile Sections

Step 1: Open LinkedIn on desktop

Reordering is desktop-only. The mobile app renders the order you saved, but it does not expose the handle.

Step 2: Find the reorder control

Go to Me → View Profile, then look in the top-right area of your profile column. Depending on which UI variant your account is on, this is either a small double-arrow icon or an "Edit sections" entry.

If you cannot see it, try the two other places it has lived: click the pencil at the top right of your profile header and look for "Section order" in the sheet, or open the "More" menu and look for "Reorder profile sections." LinkedIn has moved this control several times, so check all three.

Step 3: Drag Featured above About

LinkedIn switches into a compact list view with a six-dot drag handle beside each section. Grab the handle next to Featured, drag it above About, and release.

Step 4: Save, then check in a private window

Click Save. The change goes live immediately on both desktop and mobile. Open your public profile URL in a private browsing window to confirm Featured now sits directly under the header.

Which Sections Can Actually Move

Experience being locked is the real constraint. It means Featured cannot be pushed down the page — only up.

Recommended Orders by Role

Salesperson — the goal is a booked call

1. Featured — pinned case study, a booking link, a proof post
2. About — three paragraphs at most, with the hook in the first three lines
3. Experience — current role first
4. Recommendations — recent and specific
5. Skills — endorsed by buyers, not peers

Job seeker — the goal is a recruiter InMail

1. About — this genuinely is your cover letter, and recruiters read it first
2. Featured — portfolio pieces, published work, headline wins
3. Experience — dense and achievement-led
4. Education — high only if recent or prestigious
5. Skills — comprehensive, because recruiter search hits this field

Creator — the goal is a follow

1. Featured — your three best posts as a greatest-hits reel
2. About — one paragraph, one call to action
3. Activity — recent posts
4. Experience — as brief as you can stand
5. Recommendations

When Not to Bother

• Featured has one item or none. A single card above About reads as incomplete. Populate it first.
• Your Featured items are stale. Reordering is not maintenance.
• You are job hunting. The About-first default is genuinely better for résumé-style visits.

Gotchas

• The control moves between UI revisions. If you cannot find it, check the standalone icon, the pencil sheet and the "More" menu before concluding your account does not have it.
• The Activity module ignores you. On profiles LinkedIn classifies as high-engagement, recent post activity gets inserted near the top regardless of your saved order. You cannot suppress this.
• PDF export ignores your order. LinkedIn's "Save to PDF" always exports in the default order, so anyone saving your profile sees the stock layout.
• Preview cards do respect it. The profile preview shown in Sales Navigator, alumni tools and share cards reflects your current order, so the change propagates further than the profile page itself.

What to Expect

Creator-community measurements — not LinkedIn-published data — put the Featured click-through lift at roughly two to three times when Featured sits above About rather than below it. Visitors who click a Featured item also stay noticeably longer than visitors who skim About and leave.

The honest framing: this is a three-minute change with a real but modest effect, and it only pays if the Featured section it promotes is worth promoting. Sequence it after the content work, not before.

Where This Fits

Reordering is the last of the three profile-layout moves. Your banner makes the promise, the Featured section carries the proof, and your About section explains it for the people who scroll. Reordering just decides which of the last two a visitor meets first.

The broader sequence lives in our LinkedIn profile optimization guide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I reorder sections on my LinkedIn profile?

On desktop, open Me → View Profile and find the reorder control — a double-arrow icon, an "Edit sections" entry, or "Section order" inside the pencil-edit sheet, depending on your UI variant. Drag the six-dot handle next to a section and save.

Can I reorder LinkedIn profile sections on mobile?

No. The mobile app displays whatever order you saved on desktop, but it does not expose the drag handle. You have to make the change on a desktop browser.

Should Featured go above or below About on LinkedIn?

Above, if your profile exists to convert visitors into conversations and your Featured section has three current items. Below, if you are job hunting and About is functioning as your cover letter.

Why can't I move the Experience section on LinkedIn?

LinkedIn locks Experience, the profile header and the Activity module in place. Everything else in the sections column is drag-and-drop, which means Featured can only be moved up, never below Experience.

Does reordering sections affect my LinkedIn search ranking?

No. Section order is a presentation setting and is not a ranking input. It changes what visitors see first, not who finds you.

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