Why I have two LinkedIn accounts

If you search for my name on LinkedIn you’ll find out there are two of me.

Both of these are me. So why do I have two LinkedIn accounts?

This isn’t some elite growth hacking method, its just bad software on LinkedIn’s side.

I don’t have the LinkedIn app on my phone for reason that aren’t relevant here. I do occasionally receive a link to something on LinkedIn I would like to read.

Unfortunately, LinkedIn seems to think that because I have a google account that I want to immediately create an account using my gmail address account. It doesn’t ask whether I want to do this, it just happens. Sometimes I manage to back out of the browser before it can go through but I’m already on the fourth extra account created.

At some point I get annoyed enough to attempt to delete this account, which involes the following:

1. Logging in with said gmail account (no need to do anything special, I just go to LinkedIn web)
2. Navigate to Settings & Privacy -> Close & Delete Account
3. Encounter the following issue:

4. Go through the process of resetting my password
5. Go back into LinkedIn, navigate again to Settings & Privacy -> Close & Delete Account
6. Provide my password and specifically tick the unsubscribe option so I don’t receive marketing emails
7. All done, until the next time I mistakenly navigate to LinkedIn on my phone

No other service I know of pro-actively signs me up without any confirmation.