How to export your LinkedIn connections

The short answer

1. On LinkedIn, click Me → Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → Get a copy of your data.
2. Choose Want something in particular? and tick Connections.
3. Click Request archive and enter your password.
4. LinkedIn e-mails you a download link, usually within about ten minutes. Inside the ZIP is Connections.csv.

Step by step

1. Click your photo (Me) at the top of LinkedIn, then Settings & Privacy. In the app, tap your photo → Settings.
2. Open Data privacy and then Get a copy of your data.
3. Pick Want something in particular? Select the data files you’re most interested in.
4. Tick Connections. Adding Messages, Invitations and Profile gives you more to work with, but the connections-only file is the fastest.
5. Click Request archive. LinkedIn asks for your password to confirm.
6. Open the e-mail from LinkedIn and download the ZIP from the same settings page.

A connections-only request is usually ready in minutes. The full archive with everything can take up to a day.

What’s in Connections.csv

One row per connection, with these columns: First Name, Last Name, URL (their profile link), Email Address, Company, Position and Connected On. The first lines of the file are a short note from LinkedIn, so the table starts a few rows down.

Why are most e-mail addresses missing?

Each member decides whether their connections can download their e-mail address, and most people leave it off. Expect e-mails for only a small share of your network. The profile URL is always there, so you can still reach everyone on LinkedIn.

Make sense of the list

A spreadsheet of hundreds of names is hard to read. Drop the ZIP on Unwrapped for LinkedIn and you see your network sorted: which companies you know the most people at, how many recruiters and founders you’re connected to, your roles by seniority, how your network grew by year, and a searchable list. Add your messages to the request and you also get inbox insights, like the messages you never answered.

Everything is read in your browser. Your connections are never uploaded, which matters, because they’re other people’s data too.

Good uses for the export

• Job search: find everyone you know at the companies you’re applying to.
• Clean-up: spot old or irrelevant connections before you reposition your profile.
• Backup: keep your network if you ever lose access to your account.

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