Adjust profile privacy settings

I need to tighten my profile privacy before I apply to several confidential roles this week. Turn off profile viewing history, set who can see my connections to only me, prevent others from seeing when I’m active, and make sure recruiters can still message me. Confirm the changes are saved.

Before I change privacy settings for these confidential applications, make the impact clear — list which recruiters or hiring contacts will lose visibility into my activity, warn if turning off profile history hides me from some recruiter searches, and suggest the minimal settings that keep me discreet while allowing headhunters to message.

I switched off profile viewing history and set connections to only me, but I need recruiters to still find and message me for roles this week. I’m worried I might have made myself invisible to recruiter searches or InMail. What likely happened, how can I verify recruiters can still contact me, and what’s the immediate safest configuration if I need discretion but maintain outreach?

Each time I run a confidential job search I turn off visibility and restrict connections; afterward I often forget to revert settings and miss inbound recruiter messages for weeks. Where am I losing opportunities — no post-search checklist, poor memory of what changed, or lack of a standard setting — and what one habit or simple checklist item will stop me from staying hidden after the search ends?