LinkedIn Search Export
Export LinkedIn search results to a list, no Sales Navigator needed.
How to export LinkedIn search results in 3 steps
The link check is free. The export runs in a Replygrow trial, with no card.
1. Run your search and copy the URL
Search People on LinkedIn, add location and connection degree filters, and put a boolean string in the keyword box. Then copy the address.
2. Paste it into the checker above
The checker reads the keywords and filters in your link. It opens nothing on LinkedIn, so it can't count the results.
3. Export it in a free Replygrow trial
Start the 7-day trial and paste the URL into a new search. Download the results to CSV or Excel.
Which LinkedIn search links can you export?
Any people search, with or without filters.
| What you paste | Works? | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| A people search results page | YesYes | Copy it from the address bar |
| A search with filters set | YesYes | Filters travel in the link |
| A boolean keyword search | YesYes | Paste it as it is |
| A companies, posts or jobs search | NoNo | Switch the tab to People |
| A company page | NoNo | Search People at that company |
Write the keyword string in the LinkedIn boolean search builder and run it from there. The search it opens is the link this page takes, filters and all.
What a LinkedIn search export includes
Seven fields for every person in the results.
| Field | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Name | First and last name |
| Headline | The line under their name |
| Job title | Current position, where shown |
| Location | City or metro area |
| Current company | Where LinkedIn shows it |
| Profile URL | A link to the profile |
| Connection degree | 1st, 2nd or 3rd, from your account |
If your messages lean on job title, check a few people in the results first. Where the title is missing, the headline usually carries it.
Sort by connection degree before you reach out. 2nd-degree people share a connection with you, which gives your note an easy first line.
Free search or Sales Navigator: which should you export?
Both export the same way. They differ in filters and in how far one search goes.
- Any account
Free people search
Keyword and boolean search with filters for location, company and connection degree. Up to 1,000 people per export, and a monthly search cap.
- Paid seat
Sales Navigator
Adds filters such as seniority, headcount and recent job changes, and shows up to 2,500 results a search. Job title comes as its own field more often.
Pick by how you describe your market. If words on a profile define it, the free search is enough. If company size or a job change defines it, you need the seat: compare plans in LinkedIn Sales Navigator vs Premium.
Already on a seat? The same export works on a lead search, and Sales Navigator lead export shows what it adds.
How many results can you export from one search?
Replygrow collects up to 1,000 people per search. Split a bigger market into several searches.
| Limit | Number |
|---|---|
| People Replygrow collects per search | 1,000Replygrow, not LinkedIn |
| Searches a month, free account | Not published by LinkedInUnpublished |
A free account also has a monthly cap on searches, and LinkedIn shows a notice when you reach it. The LinkedIn search limits guide lists every cap and when each one resets.
How to export LinkedIn search results to CSV without a tool
LinkedIn has no export button on people search. Three routes work instead.
- Free, any search
Copy each results page
Scroll to the bottom so every result loads, select the list and paste it into a sheet. Each person spreads over several lines, so plan a cleanup.
- Free, connections only
Download your LinkedIn data
Under Settings, then Data privacy, ask for a copy of your data. You get a proper CSV of your 1st-degree connections, not of a search.
- Needs Sales Navigator
Save leads to a lead list
Saved leads stay live inside Sales Navigator and follow people who change jobs. The list stays there, though, and never becomes a file.
For one search of a couple of hundred people, copying by hand works. Repeating it every month is where it stops being worth the time.
Is exporting LinkedIn search results legal?
It depends on three sets of rules, and on what you do with the list.
| What you do with the list | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Message people who fit your market | YesFine with a lawful basis |
| Say where you found them | YesRequired in the EU and UK |
| Drop anyone who objects, for good | YesRequired |
| Export searches you'll never work | NoHard to justify |
| Sell or publish the list | NoDon't |
Three sets of rules apply, and they answer differently. LinkedIn's User Agreement restricts automated collection, which is a contract matter: the risk is to your account. In the US, a court held in hiQ v. LinkedIn that scraping public pages likely isn't unauthorized access under the CFAA. In the EU and UK, GDPR applies to names and job titles whether a profile is public or not.
Now that you have the list, start the conversations
Replygrow runs the outreach from the same LinkedIn account that ran the search.
- Send the connection requestsFrom your account, at your daily pace
- Follow up until they replyPauses for each person who replies
- One inbox for every accountFilter replies by campaign, status or unread
Frequently asked questions
1) Is this LinkedIn search export really free?
2) Can you export LinkedIn search results to Excel?
3) Can you get emails from a LinkedIn search export?
4) Why does my LinkedIn search stop before all the results?
5) Can you use boolean operators in the search you export?
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