How to download your LinkedIn data

The short answer

1. On LinkedIn, open Me → Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → Get a copy of your data.
2. Choose Want something in particular? and tick Connections, Messages and Invitations.
3. Tap Request archive and confirm with your password.
4. When LinkedIn e-mails you, download the ZIP from the same page.

Quick archive or full archive?

• Want something in particular? You pick the files. It’s usually ready in about ten minutes. This is the one to choose for connections and messages.
• Download larger data archive. Everything LinkedIn has, including your account history and what it infers about you. It can take up to 24 hours.

Step by step

1. Click Me under your photo at the top. In the app, tap your photo, then Settings.
2. Open Data privacy → Get a copy of your data. You can also open the page directly.
3. Choose the quick or the full archive. For the quick one, tick Connections, Messages, Invitations, Profile and Positions.
4. Tap Request archive and enter your LinkedIn password. You only do this on LinkedIn itself.
5. LinkedIn sends an e-mail when it’s ready. Go back to the same page and tap Download archive. The link stays available for about 72 hours.

What’s inside the ZIP

• Connections.csv: every connection with first and last name, company, position and the date you connected. Most e-mail addresses are empty, because members hide them by default.
• messages.csv: your conversations with sender, recipients, date and text.
• Invitations.csv: invitations you sent and received.
• Profile.csv, Positions.csv, Skills.csv and endorsements: your profile as LinkedIn stores it.

What you can do with it

• See who you know at each company and how your network grew year by year on Unwrapped for LinkedIn.
• Find out who removed you as a connection by comparing two downloads.
• Sort and filter your connections as a spreadsheet.
• Prepare for a job search with a social media clean-up.

Drop the ZIP on Unwrapped for LinkedIn as it is, no need to unzip it. Everything is read on your device and nothing is uploaded.

Keep it safe

The archive holds your private messages and your contacts’ names. Don’t upload it to sites that process it on their servers, and delete extra copies when you’re done.

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