<\/span><\/h2>\nThis usually means the number has already been connected to another LinkedIn account. It doesn\u2019t necessarily mean anything suspicious happened, but it does suggest the number may not be a good fit for your current attempt.<\/span><\/p>\nBefore switching numbers, check whether you might be dealing with an older account or a forgotten login path.<\/span><\/p>\nWhen the number is tied to another account<\/b><\/h3>\n
This happens more often than people think. The number may have been used on an old profile, recycled across signups, or attached to another verification flow.<\/span><\/p>\nIf that\u2019s the case, repeating the same number rarely solves it.<\/span><\/p>\nRecovery paths before changing numbers<\/b><\/h3>\n
Try account recovery or old login checks first if that seems possible. If that goes nowhere, move to a fresh number path instead of forcing the old one.<\/span><\/p>\nA clean reset is often faster than wrestling with a reused number.<\/span><\/p>\n
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