Take a second and scroll through that long list of your LinkedIn connections – how many of those folks do you actually consider colleagues? How many do you even recognize? Most people have dozens of LinkedIn connections with people to whom there's really no need to be connected.
If you've sent a LinkedIn invite you are now second-guessing, you should by all means cancel it and keep your account less cluttered. Note, however, that you won't be able to resend an invite to the same recipient for three weeks after you've canceled an invitiation to them.
That said, here's how to cancel a LinkedIn invitation.
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How to cancel a LinkedIn invitation you've sent
1. Log into your LinkedIn account in a browser on your Mac or PC and click on "My Network" at the top of the page.
2. In the "Invitations" box in the middle of the page, click "See all."
3. Under the "Manage invitations" box on the next page, click "Sent."
4. Click "Withdraw" beside the invite you want to cancel.
5. Confirm the withdrawal on the popup window.
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