How to Find a Post on LinkedIn

You remember seeing a great post on LinkedIn - a brilliant insight from an industry leader, a super useful statistic, or a perfect case study - but when you go back to find it, it’s completely vanished into the feed. This guide will walk you through several easy and effective methods for tracking down any post, whether it’s one you published yourself, one you saved, or one you briefly interacted with and need to see again.

Finding Your Own LinkedIn Posts and Activity

Let's start with the easiest one: finding your own content. Whether you want to repurpose an old idea, share a previous post with a new connection, or just review your content history, LinkedIn makes this straightforward once you know where to look.

Your Profile’s "Posts & Activity" Section

The most direct way to see everything you’ve done on the platform is right on your own profile. It’s your complete content archive.

Here’s how to get there:

1. Navigate to your own LinkedIn profile by clicking "Me" in the top navigation bar and selecting "View Profile."
2. Scroll down past your main intro card and your “Analytics” section until you see a box labeled "Activity."
3. Click on "Show all activity" at the bottom of this box. You might also see a "Posts" filter button directly in the box to jump straight there.
4. Once on your Activity page, you can filter by content type. The default view is All activity, which includes your likes, comments, and shares. To see only what you’ve published, click the "Posts" button at the top.

This view shows all your original posts in reverse chronological order. It’s the quickest and cleanest way to review your publishing history without any distractions.

Using the Search Bar to Find Your Content

What if you wrote a post about a specific topic a few months ago and don’t want to scroll endlessly to find it? You can use the search bar to search your own content timeline.

Follow these steps:

1. Go to the main LinkedIn search bar at the top of the page.
2. Type a keyword or phrase that you know was in your post (e.g., “leadership tips” or “email marketing”).
3. On the search results page, click the "Posts" filter button.
4. Now, look to the right side of the screen (or under "All filters" on mobile) and find the "From author" section. Click on "Add" and start typing your own name. Select your profile.

This command tells LinkedIn to only show posts from you that contain your chosen keywords. It's a powerful and fast way to find specific content you've created in the past, effectively turning your post history into a searchable database.

How to Find Someone Else’s Post

This is the more common challenge. You see a valuable post from someone in your network but forgot to save it. When you return to LinkedIn later, the algorithmic feed has refreshed, and the post is gone. Don’t worry, you can still find it with a little digital detective work.

The "Posts" Filter: Your Best Friend for Search

The general search bar is your starting point, but the filters are where the real power lies. This is the go-to method for narrowing down the entire universe of LinkedIn content to find that one specific post.

Imagine you’re looking for a post from a fictional marketing guru named Jane Doe about "customer retention strategies."

Step-by-Step Guide:

1. Start with Keywords: In the top search bar, type a keyword or phrase you remember from the post. Be as specific as possible. For our example, you'd type "customer retention strategies". Press Enter.
2. Filter by Posts: The initial search results will include people, jobs, groups, and more. Immediately click the "Posts" button directly below the search bar to filter out everything else.
3. Use the "All Filters" Pane: Now for the important part. On the right-hand side of the results page, you’ll see several filter options. This is what you'll use to pinpoint the post.
   • From author: This is the most effective filter. Click "Add" and start typing the person's name ("Jane Doe"). Select their profile from the dropdown list.
   • Date posted: If you have a rough idea of when you saw the post, use this. You can filter by "Past 24 hours," "Past week," or "Past month." Narrowing the timeframe dramatically reduces the number of results you have to sift through.
   • Sort by: You have two options here: Top match and Latest. By default, LinkedIn shows you "Top match," which surfaces posts based on relevance and engagement. If you're looking for something brand new, switch this to "Latest" to see results in chronological order. This is incredibly helpful for finding something you saw just a day or two ago.
   • Mentioned member: Do you remember the post mentioning another specific person or company? You can add their names here to narrow your search even further.

By combining these filters - keyword, author, and date - you can find almost any post you’re looking for in less than a minute. The "From author" filter alone is a game-changer that many people overlook.

Finding Posts You Interacted With or Saved

Sometimes you can't remember who posted something or what it said, but you know you liked or commented on it. In that case, your own activity log is the next place to check.

Revisiting Your Recent Activity History

Your likes and comments create a chronological trail of your journey through the LinkedIn feed. It’s often the fastest way to re-discover a post you recently engaged with.

1. Go back to your own Profile and click "Show all activity" just like we did for finding your own posts.
2. This time, stay on the "All activity" tab.
3. Simply scroll down. You'll see every post you’ve liked, commented on, or shared, in order of when you did it.

If you remember interacting with the post within the last day or two, it will likely be near the top of this list. This is your personal audit trail and a surprisingly effective way to find lost content.

The Proactive Method: Saving Posts for Later

Instead of relying on your memory or search skills, the best way to keep track of valuable content is to save it. Think of this as a "read later" function built right into LinkedIn.

1. On any post you find interesting, click the three dots (...) in the top right corner of the post box.
2. From the dropdown menu, select "Save." A small confirmation will appear at the bottom-left of your screen.

So, where do these saved posts go? To find them, go back to your LinkedIn homepage. In the left-hand navigation pane, under your profile info, you’ll find a section called "My Items." Click on that, and you'll see your "Saved posts & articles." This is your private library of curated content, accessible anytime you need it.

Advanced Search: Using Boolean Operators

If you're still coming up empty or perform research on LinkedIn regularly, it’s worth learning a few advanced search techniques. Boolean operators allow you to create more specific, powerful search queries.

You can use them directly in the LinkedIn search bar. Here are the basics:

• Quotes: Use quotation marks to search for an exact phrase. For example, searching for "creating a successful content strategy" will only return posts containing that specific phrase in that exact order.
• AND: This lets you find posts that include multiple keywords. A search like sales AND analytics will find posts containing both "sales" and "analytics."
• OR: Use this to find posts containing one of several terms. For example, freelance OR contractor will surface posts that mention either word.
• NOT: This allows you to exclude a term from your search results. A query like content marketing NOT jobs finds posts about content marketing but filters out any that also mention the word "jobs."

Combining these can create highly specific searches. For example, you could search for (SaaS AND growth) NOT hiring to find posts discussing growth at SaaS companies while excluding job listings.

Final Thoughts

Finding a specific post on LinkedIn doesn't have to feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. By mastering the core tools - the search filters, your own activity log, and the "Save" feature - you can quickly track down valuable content from both your own history and from others in your network.

While finding past content is one piece of the puzzle, organizing your forward-looking content calendar is another challenge entirely. Many social media managers wrestle with spreadsheets or clunky tools to keep track of what's been posted on LinkedIn, X, and Instagram. Over the years, we've found that having a single, visual place to see everything is the best way to stay organized. That’s why we built Postbase with a clean, drag-and-drop calendar at its core. It lets you plan, schedule, and see all your multi-platform content in one place, so you never lose track of what’s coming up or what went live.