I upgraded my iPhone to iOS 7. Previously, when I clicked on a link from an e-mail telling me about a group discussion in LinkedIn, it opened LinkedIn in Safari and took me right there. Now, Safari launches, but then as it processes, it then launches the LinkedIn app. The problem is, most times the discussion in LinkedIn is really just a link to a webpage. I'd rather just stay in Safari, especially since the LinkedIn app takes forever to load. I'm sure Safari does this with other apps, however, the circumstances haven't come up yet for me. I can't find it in the Safari settings or LinkedIn settings to stop this. Updated to add: I have found that if I go back to Safari after it tries launching LinkedIn and force a page refresh, Safari will load the mobile (rather than app) version of LinkedIn as desired.
11k 1 1 gold badge 35 35 silver badges 55 55 bronze badges asked Oct 11, 2013 at 18:26 Jay Marshall Wolman Jay Marshall Wolman 351 1 1 gold badge 3 3 silver badges 4 4 bronze badgesIn iOS 9, I've had success doing a long tap on the link and selecting "Open" from the pop-up menu. That opens a link and keeps it in Safari rather than jumping into an app (recently tested with an IMDB link from Google search results).
answered Dec 15, 2015 at 16:21 101 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges I can confirm this works on iOS 10 for both YouTube and Reddit. Commented Apr 19, 2017 at 17:13I would uninstall the LinkedIn app. That would solve the issue - however you may not want to do that. LinkedIn data mines your phone, contacts and emails, I use linkedIn but do not trust the company.
answered Oct 11, 2013 at 18:34 3,215 4 4 gold badges 28 28 silver badges 49 49 bronze badges Thank you, but that is not the route I was looking for. Commented Oct 11, 2013 at 19:00@JayMarshallWolman This is the non-jailbreak solution since iOS 7 increases the ability of apps to ask for URL to be handed to them directly instead of ending in Mobile Safari. Unless Apple adds a layer for you to disable these URL handlers on a per-app basis or you have an MDM solution that lets you configure / limit open-in activity.