How long does a LinkedIn account restriction last?

Match the timer to the notice. LinkedIn Help on invitation limits says you typically wait one week, and that Support will not shorten it. Sales Navigator's usage page says some feature restrictions from unusual activity generally lift after about 24 hours. Those two sentences describe different products of the same company. Read yours.

A checkpoint that asks you to confirm a phone number or photo can clear in minutes once you finish it, or it can stall if the photos do not match. Do the check once, correctly. Fake documents are how people turn a warning into a closed account.

Repeated restrictions last longer in practice because the account is now in a hole. The official timer might still say a week. The unofficial reality is that your safe volume after the third lock is much lower than after the first.

Permanent restrictions are uncommon relative to invite pauses, and they are the ones that follow scraping, bought accounts, or a long pattern of spam. Appeals sometimes work when the cause was a tool you have since removed. They rarely work when you argue with the policy.

After any timed restriction, run a quieter month: complete the profile, talk to existing connections, send fewer invites, and keep pending low. If you jump back to the old cadence on day eight, you will meet the same wall.