LinkedIn Banner Size

What the LinkedIn banner is

The cover image (still widely called the background photo or banner) is the wide image at the top of your personal LinkedIn profile. It’s the first thing recruiters see after your photo, so a sharp, well-framed banner makes a good first impression.

LinkedIn banner rules

How to do it here

1. The recipe is set to 1584 × 396, JPG.
2. Drop your photo or design. Because the shape is so wide, the bright box shows a thin strip: drag it up or down to choose the part that stays.
3. Hit Repixel it ✨. The badge confirms exactly 1584 × 396 px; then upload it from your profile’s cover image settings.

Design tips

• Mind the profile photo. On desktop, your round photo sits over the lower-left area. Put text and logos in the right half.
• Keep it calm. A busy banner competes with your name and headline. Simple textures, a city skyline or a clean brand colour work well.
• One short line of text. Something like your speciality or a tagline, in large letters.
• Check on mobile. The phone app shows the banner smaller and slightly cropped; look at it after uploading.
• PNG for text-heavy designs. If your banner is mostly text and flat colour, change Save as to PNG for crisper edges. It will still be far below 8 MB.

Resizing a design from Canva or PowerPoint

If you made the banner in another tool at a different size, export it as large as you can, then drop it here. Upscaling small exports makes text look soft, while scaling down from a bigger file keeps it crisp. Your file is processed on your own device; nothing is uploaded to us.

PNG or JPG?

For a photo banner, JPG gives a small file with no visible difference. For a banner made of text and flat colours, PNG keeps letters sharp; at 1584 × 396 even a PNG is only a few hundred kilobytes, far below LinkedIn’s 8 MB limit. You can switch between them under Save as without changing anything else.