A free LinkedIn post preview that shows your post in the feed on a phone and a laptop side by side, cut where LinkedIn cuts it, with what to fix before you post.
See your post in LinkedIn's feed on a phone and a laptop at once, cut where LinkedIn cuts it, before you post.
Write your post
Try another opening
Write up to 2 other openings. Each one takes the place of your first paragraph in the preview, so you can see which reads best above … more.
Your name, photo and badges
A photo, video or document
What to fix
This free LinkedIn post preview shows your post the way LinkedIn's feed shows it. You see a phone and a laptop side by side, cut at the exact spot where LinkedIn adds "… more".
That spot decides whether anyone reads the rest.
Most people guess where it is. I measured it on LinkedIn itself, so the preview cuts where LinkedIn does, and tells you when the cut falls mid-sentence.
Here's what a LinkedIn post preview is, the rule LinkedIn follows, why your phone shows less, and how to write an opening that earns the tap.
What is a LinkedIn post preview?
A LinkedIn post preview is a tool that shows your draft the way LinkedIn's feed will show it, before you post.
LinkedIn's own post box doesn't show where the feed cuts your post. This one does, on a phone and a laptop, with your name, photo and picture on the card.
How to preview a LinkedIn post
Where LinkedIn cuts a post
I measured LinkedIn's feed on September 26, 2026, signed in, on a laptop and at an iPhone's width. Here's the rule it follows:
- Up to 3 lines, then "… more", on phones and laptops alike.
- Blank lines at the end of those 3 don't count. A 2-line first paragraph with a blank line after it shows 2 lines and stops.
- A blank line in the middle counts as a line. A 1-line hook, a blank line, then your next paragraph: LinkedIn shows the hook, the blank line and 1 line of the next paragraph.
- "… more" goes right after the last word shown, covering the rest of that line.
- Ads show only 1 line.
I checked the rule against 15 real posts at both widths. It held for every one.
Why your phone shows less
LinkedIn's text is 14 pixels on both. But the column is 526 pixels wide on a laptop and only 366 on a phone.
So the same 3 lines hold far fewer words on a phone:
| Device | Text width | Lines before … more | Characters before … more |
|---|---|---|---|
 Laptop | 526 px | 3 | About 230 |
| Phone | 366 px | 3 | About 160 |
I measured the characters in a browser with Apple's system font, the font a Mac and an iPhone use. A post with blank lines shows fewer, since each blank line takes 1 of the 3.
Here's 1 post on both, written the way LinkedIn posts are: a 1-line hook, a blank line, then short lines.
The phone wraps the hook onto 2 lines and stops, since the blank line after it doesn't count. The laptop shows the hook and the blank line, then cuts the next sentence in half:
LinkedIn uses each device's own font, so an Android phone or a Windows laptop fits slightly different words. The preview draws with your device's font too, so it shows what your own feed shows.
How to write an opening that earns the tap
- Finish the thought before the cut. The checks tell you when the cut lands mid-sentence.
- Write for the phone first. A phone shows the fewest words, so an opening that works there works everywhere.
- Mind the blank line. A blank line after a 1-line hook costs you a line. Sometimes that's what you want: the hook alone, then … more.
- Test more than 1 opening. Write 2 more in Try another opening and switch between them.
Photos, videos and documents
Add a photo and it runs edge to edge under the text, the way LinkedIn shows 1 photo. It keeps its shape up to 4:5, so a 1200 × 1500 photo shows at its full height.
A taller photo gets white bars at its sides, the way LinkedIn fits it, instead of being cropped.
A video shows its cover with a play button.
A document shows its pages side by side with the page count. Make the pages with my LinkedIn carousel generator.
Press Download PNG under the phone or the laptop to save the preview, for a client to approve or for a slide.
Your name, badges and how people see you
Paste your LinkedIn profile link and the preview fills in your name, headline and photo.
Some profiles are shown only to members who are signed in. For those, paste 1 of your posts instead: a public post always shows its author.
Or add your photo yourself: drag it in, paste a link to it, or upload it.
Turn on Verified or Premium to show those badges after your name. Then pick how readers see you: Following, 1st, 2nd or 3rd+, the way LinkedIn writes it.
For 2nd and 3rd+, the card shows LinkedIn's "+ Connect" or "+ Follow" button, where LinkedIn puts it.
Reactions, comments and reposts
Type the counts you want, or let the preview roll them. Move the virality slider from a quiet post to a viral one, and press Randomize for a new set.
The bar under the post shows them the way LinkedIn does: each count by its icon, and the top reactions at the right.
Format and count before you post
The preview shares its box with my LinkedIn text formatter: bold, italic and lists that keep accents and hashtags working.
The count under the box is LinkedIn's own. Each bold letter and most emoji count as 2 toward the 3,000 limit, which I tested in LinkedIn's post box.
LinkedIn Post Preview FAQs
Questions about previewing LinkedIn posts? Here's what to know.
A LinkedIn post preview is a tool that shows your draft the way LinkedIn's feed will show it before you post. This one shows a phone and a laptop side by side, cut at the spot where LinkedIn adds "… more", with checks on where the cut falls.
To preview a LinkedIn post before posting, paste your draft into the LinkedIn post preview. LinkedIn's own post box doesn't show where the feed will cut your post; the preview shows it on a phone and a laptop, the way LinkedIn does.
LinkedIn shows up to 3 lines of a post before "… more", on phones and laptops alike, and drops blank lines at the end of those 3. I measured it on LinkedIn's feed on September 26, 2026, across 15 posts. Ads show only 1 line.
About 160 characters show before "… more" on a phone, and about 230 on a laptop, measured in a browser with Apple's system font on ordinary sentences. LinkedIn cuts by lines, not characters, so the number moves with the device's font and your blank lines.
Your LinkedIn post is cut in a different place on your phone because the text column is 366 pixels wide on a phone and 526 on a laptop, at the same text size. The same 3 lines hold fewer words on the phone.
Yes, a blank line inside the first 3 lines takes 1 of them. Blank lines at the end of the 3 don't count, so a 2-line paragraph followed by a blank line shows as 2 lines, with "… more" right after it.
Yes, you can add a photo, a video cover or a document's pages, and the preview shows them the way LinkedIn does: a photo edge to edge at its own shape up to 4:5, a video with a play button, and a document's pages side by side with the page count.
Yes, paste your LinkedIn profile link and the preview fills in your name, headline and photo. If LinkedIn shows your profile only to members who are signed in, paste 1 of your posts instead: a public post always shows its author, headline included.
Yes, press Download PNG under the phone or the laptop to save that preview as a sharp PNG, drawn at twice the pixels. It's made in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.
Yes, the LinkedIn post preview shares its box with the LinkedIn text formatter, so bold, italic, underline and lists are on the toolbar above your post.
The LinkedIn post preview is for anyone who posts on LinkedIn and wants the opening to land: creators, founders, ghostwriters checking a post before a client approves it, and marketers testing hooks.
For LinkedIn posts, the LinkedIn text formatter makes bold and italic text, the LinkedIn character counter checks the 3,000 limit, and the LinkedIn video downloader saves a video from a public post. See all my free tools.
No, your draft stays in your browser: the preview is drawn on your device and saved in this browser only. Filling in your name from a profile or post link asks LinkedIn for that 1 public page, through my site.
Navid Moazzez
AI business strategist & AI OS builder
Navid Moazzez helps creators and founders master AI and build their own AI Operating System (AI OS) to automate their business and life.
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