How to Hide & Exclude Companies from LinkedIn Job Search

The challenge of unwanted companies

Job boards take wildly different approaches to company filtering. LinkedIn gives you Boolean search operators to exclude companies, but this only works on LinkedIn and you need to type your exclusion list into every search. Indeed, Glassdoor, Monster, ZipRecruiter, and Seek have no company exclusion features at all.

If you search across multiple platforms (and most people do), you end up with a patchwork of solutions. LinkedIn has one method, and everywhere else you just have to deal with it.

How to Exclude Companies from LinkedIn Job Search

You have two options for excluding companies from LinkedIn job search: use HideJobs for automatic filtering, or use LinkedIn's Boolean search operators to manually exclude companies from each search.

Here's what a Boolean search looks like when you're excluding just 25 companies:

And that's just 25 companies—imagine maintaining this for 50 or 100 companies you want to avoid. Plus, this Boolean method only works on LinkedIn. When you search on Indeed or Glassdoor, you have to start over with no exclusions.

How to Hide Companies Across All Platforms (LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor & More)

Here's the problem with LinkedIn's Boolean method: it only works on LinkedIn. When you search on Indeed, Glassdoor, Monster, ZipRecruiter, or Seek, those platforms have no company exclusion features at all—no Boolean operators, no filters, nothing.

HideJobs solves this by working the same way across all platforms: LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, Monster, ZipRecruiter, and Seek. You maintain one exclusion list, and it applies everywhere you search automatically—no typing Boolean strings, no platform-specific workarounds.

When you turn on the Companies filter, it works across all job platforms automatically. An eye icon appears on every job listing. Clicking it marks a company, which brings up a Hide Company button. Clicking that button adds the company to your list and all jobs from that company disappear right away.

The list builds naturally as you search. No need to set everything up in advance or maintain it manually. The list syncs across devices, so it works the same on every computer you use.

The badge lives in the toolbar so you can flip company hiding on and off instantly. It also shows how many listings are hidden at the moment, so you always know what the filter is doing. Want to peek at the full results? Tap the badge again and the jobs reappear.

Managing your filtered companies

The Companies panel shows you everything you've filtered. Here's what you can do:

• View all the companies on your exclusion list
• Remove companies from your hiding list if you change your mind
• Add companies manually without searching for them first
• Sync everything to your HideJobs account so it works on all your devices

You spend less time managing filters and more time finding jobs. Your preferences stay the same whether you're searching from home, work, or anywhere else.

Why this approach saves time

The difference between using HideJobs and other methods comes down to how much effort you put in versus what you get back. Without any filtering, you're scrolling past the same unwanted companies every single day. With LinkedIn's Boolean search, you're copying and pasting long exclusion strings into every search. With HideJobs, you set it once and forget it.

Here's what changes when you use a unified filtering system across all platforms:

• One list everywhere. Your exclusions work on LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, Monster, ZipRecruiter, and Seek automatically. Hide a company on LinkedIn, and it's hidden on Indeed too. No more platform-specific workarounds or typing Boolean strings on LinkedIn.
• Natural growth. Your list builds as you search. See a company you don't want? One click and it's gone forever across all platforms. No planning required.
• No maintenance burden. Unlike Boolean strings that grow unwieldy at 25+ companies and only work on LinkedIn, HideJobs handles hundreds of exclusions across every platform without slowing you down.
• Cleaner results immediately. The moment you hide a company, every job from them disappears on every platform. You see only what matters.
• Combined filtering. Use company exclusions alongside hiding applied jobs and filtering reposted jobs for a completely clean search experience across all platforms.
• Portable preferences. Switch computers and your list comes with you. Search from your work laptop, from your home desktop - same clean results everywhere.

Most job seekers waste hours each week scrolling past companies they've already decided to avoid. Some give up on certain platforms entirely because the noise is too much. A simple filtering system changes that. You get back to what actually matters - finding roles that fit your goals and applying to companies that align with what you want.

The job search is hard enough without fighting your tools. When your filtering works across every platform you use, you spend more energy on applications and less on managing your search process.