How to export your LinkedIn connections
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- Jorrit van Ginkel, founder of Ziplined
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Connections
1,240 connections- Grace Mensah
- Lotte Vermeer
- Tom Verbeek
In Ziplined
New connections who fit
Grace Mensah
Connected with you today
Ruben Smit
New connection of teammate Anna
To export your LinkedIn connections, go to Settings & Privacy, Data privacy, Get a copy of your data, and pick Connections.
Short answer: LinkedIn's own export gives you a CSV of your 1st-degree connections, with an email address only for connections who allow it, but it does not update or combine your team's lists. Ziplined does not export that existing list: it checks each new connection against your ideal client and shows which rep already knows someone.
How to export your LinkedIn connections and contacts in 5 steps
To export LinkedIn connections, request a copy of your data on desktop, and LinkedIn emails you a link to a CSV file. The download link works for 72 hours.
Click Me, then Settings & Privacy.
On desktop. The export is not available in the mobile app.
Click Data privacy, then Get a copy of your data.
Under How LinkedIn uses your data.
Pick Specific data, then Connections.
It arrives within minutes. The larger archive also has your connections, but takes 24 to 48 hours.
Click Request archive.
LinkedIn emails a download link to your primary email address.
Download the file within 72 hours.
After that the link expires and you request it again.
Get a copy of your data
Data privacyDownload larger data archive, including connections
Emailed within 24 to 48 hours
Specific data
Emailed within minutes
Connections
What is in the LinkedIn connections CSV, and why are emails missing?
The LinkedIn connections CSV has one row per 1st-degree connection: first and last name, profile URL, email address, company, position and connected on. The email cell is empty unless the connection allows their connections to see or download it.
You cannot export 2nd-degree connections or anyone else. The file is a snapshot of the day you asked, so new connections need a new export.
Connections (CSV)
- Grace MensahNorthwind[email protected]
- Ruben SmitBrightwave StudioEmpty
- Lotte VermeerKestrel LabsEmpty
- Tom VerbeekEmpty
Also URL, position and connected on. Email only if they allow it.
LinkedIn facts: LinkedIn Help on exporting connections and on downloading your data, checked 12 November 2026.
How to export LinkedIn connections to Excel or Google Sheets
The LinkedIn connections export is a CSV file, so it opens in Excel and in Google Sheets. In Excel, open the file; in Google Sheets, click File, then Import, and upload it.
LinkedIn notes that its CSV does not support every character, for example Chinese, Japanese or Hebrew names.
How to export LinkedIn connections to HubSpot or another CRM
To get LinkedIn connections into HubSpot, import the export's CSV as contacts; Pipedrive and Attio import a CSV file too. Expect few emails, and import again for every new batch of connections.
How to download LinkedIn connections without the export
Without LinkedIn's export, you can copy connections from My Network by hand or screenshot them for an AI assistant. Both only make sense for a handful of people, because the export gives you everyone at once.
1. Copy them from My Network by hand
Click My Network, then Connections.
Your list of 1st-degree connections.
Copy each connection into a sheet.
Name, job title and company, one row at a time.
Time: minutes for a handful, hours for hundreds. Limit: no emails, and the headline is not always the job title.
2. Screenshot the list and ask an AI assistant
Scroll through your Connections.
And screenshot each screen of names.
Upload them to ChatGPT or Claude.
Add the prompt below.
Check every row.
Then paste the table into your sheet.
Turn these screenshots into a table with name, job title and company.Limit: only what was on your screen. An AI assistant can misread a name or a company, so check the table.
How to export your sales team's LinkedIn connections into one list
LinkedIn has no team export of connections: each rep exports their own file, and someone merges them. Ziplined shows, on each Lead, which rep is already connected.
Every rep requests their own export.
With the steps above, on their own account.
Collect the files and merge them.
Add a column for whose connection each person is, and remove duplicates.
Repeat when you want new connections.
Every file is a snapshot of the day the rep asked.
Anna
1,240Ben
860Chris
2,310
Team sheet, merged by hand
Noor Bakker
Anna's and Chris's connection
Ruben Smit
Anna's connection
Lotte Vermeer
Ben's and Chris's connection
Every rep exports, one person merges, every time.
Limit: it only works if every rep does their part, each time. Sales Navigator shows which teammates are connected to a lead, but LinkedIn Help describes no way to export that.
Sales Navigator facts: LinkedIn Help on Sales Navigator plans, checked 12 November 2026.
Which way to export LinkedIn connections fits you?
For a full file of every connection you have today, LinkedIn's export is the answer. To catch each new connection who fits, and to know who on your team already knows a Lead, Ziplined does it continuously.
| What you get | Updates | Who fits your ideal client | Across the team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LinkedIn's export | Every 1st-degree connection, once, with email only if they allow it | No, a new file each time | You judge each row | One file per rep, merged by hand |
| Copy by hand | What you copy | No | You judge each row | One sheet per rep |
| Screenshots and AI | What was on your screen | No | You judge each row | One sheet per rep |
| Ziplined | Every new connection who fits, plus who is already connected | Up to twice a day | New connections, marked as Leads | Every rep's connections, shown on each Lead |
What is Ziplined and how does it handle your LinkedIn connections?
Ziplined checks each new LinkedIn connection against your ideal client, and shows on every Lead which rep already knows them.
Ziplined is a LinkedIn Lead Radar. It finds people who engage with your team, your competitors and your market, keeps the ones who fit your ideal client, and sends them to your tools while you sleep.
Install it once in Chrome.
From then on it runs in the background.
It reads your connections when you open LinkedIn.
Your whole list once, only to know who you are already connected with: up to 1,000 connections each time, so a large network takes a few days. Then new connections up to twice a day, while LinkedIn is open in Chrome.
New connections who fit land in your list and tools.
Each one is checked against your ideal client. Download your Leads as a CSV, or sync them to Slack, Google Sheets or HeyReach.
A connection costs no credit. For a file of your whole existing network, LinkedIn's own export stays the way.
For connections you need the extension; the rest of Ziplined works without it.
Tools that click, send or crawl inside your LinkedIn account can get it restricted. The Ziplined extension only reads your profile viewers, new followers and connections, the lists LinkedIn already shows you, at most twice a day, and never clicks, likes, connects or sends.
How to filter new LinkedIn connections on your ideal client
Ziplined checks each new LinkedIn connection against one sentence that describes who you sell to (Ziplined suggests it from your website), and the ones who fit become Leads. Students, recruiters and your own colleagues rarely get through; to be sure, exclude job titles such as recruiter.
You can also exclude seniorities, industries, company sizes and countries. A saved list in Ziplined narrows your Leads further, on job title, company, company size, country, industry or seniority.
How to get a Slack alert when a new LinkedIn connection fits your ideal client
Ziplined posts each new LinkedIn connection who fits your ideal client to a Slack channel, through a saved list you sync to Slack. Email works the same way, both on every plan.
You choose hourly, daily or weekly, see how to send LinkedIn alerts to Slack.
Only people who invite you can become Leads and alerts. Someone who accepts an invitation you sent shows as connected, but you picked them yourself, so they are not news.
How to get new LinkedIn connections who fit into your CRM automatically
Ziplined sends each new LinkedIn connection who fits to your CRM through a webhook on Team, from $99 a month, for example with Zapier or Make into HubSpot. A CSV download comes with every plan, up to 10,000 people at a time.
On Team a saved list also syncs to Google Sheets, HeyReach or Clay, see how to send LinkedIn leads to Google Sheets. Your AI agent reads the same list through the Ziplined MCP, a link between Ziplined and your AI agent. Native HubSpot, Pipedrive and Attio connections are coming soon, as are Instantly and Waalaxy.
How to see which teammate is already connected to a lead
Ziplined shows on each Lead which teammate is already connected, such as "Connected with Anna", so you never cold-pitch someone a colleague already knows. Every rep who installs the extension adds their connection list to the same workspace, on Solo and on Team.
A saved list can filter on "Is connected to" a teammate or your team, or on "Is not connected to anyone on your team" for a list without warm paths. The Lead's card says "Connected with Anna" for every connection, old or new; only a new one also sends an alert, such as "connected with Anna today".
Ruben Smit
Lead · Connected with Anna
Lotte Vermeer
Lead · Connected with Ben and Chris
Noor Bakker
Lead · Not connected to your team
Filter a saved list on it
- Is connected to your team
- Is connected to Anna
- Is not connected to anyone on your team
What to do with your new LinkedIn connections
Act on the new connections who fit, and use the warm paths your team already has. For more ways to start from who already engages, see the social selling tools guide.
Find the new connections who fit
Every new connection is checked against your ideal client, and the ones who fit are Leads.
Follow up on new connections
The alert tells you the day they connect, so you write while it is fresh.
Ask the teammate who knows them
A Lead connected with Anna gets an intro from Anna, not a cold message.
Ask your AI agent who to contact
Claude or ChatGPT reads the same list through the Ziplined MCP, a link between Ziplined and your AI agent.
The LinkedIn Lead Radar
- Watch your market for buying signals
- Analyze your own audience
- Takes no action on LinkedIn
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Grok Bot
- Cursor
- Slack
- HeyReach
- Google Sheets
- Clay
FAQ
How do I export my LinkedIn connections?
On desktop, click Me, then Settings & Privacy, then Data privacy, then Get a copy of your data. Pick Specific data, then Connections, and click Request archive. LinkedIn emails you a download link.
Does Ziplined export all my existing LinkedIn connections?
No. It reads your existing list to know who you and your teammates are already connected with, so a Lead shows "Connected with Anna". New connections are checked against your ideal client and the ones who fit become Leads. For a file of every connection you have today, use LinkedIn's own export.
How long does the LinkedIn connections export take?
LinkedIn says specific data arrives within minutes and the larger archive within 24 to 48 hours. The download link works for 72 hours.
How do I get email addresses from my LinkedIn connections?
LinkedIn's export includes the email address only of a connection who allows their connections to see or download it. For everyone else the email cell is empty, and no setting on your side changes that. Work emails in Ziplined are coming soon.
What is in the LinkedIn connections file?
First and last name, public profile URL, email address, company, position and the date you connected, for each 1st-degree connection (LinkedIn Help, checked 12 November 2026).
Can I export my LinkedIn connections to Excel or Google Sheets?
Yes. The export is a CSV file: open it in Excel, or import it in Google Sheets with File, then Import. The file does not update, so you export again for new connections.
Can I export my LinkedIn connections to HubSpot?
Yes, as a CSV file you import as contacts. With Ziplined on Team, from $99 a month, new connections who fit your ideal client go to HubSpot through a webhook, for example with Zapier or Make. A native HubSpot connection is coming soon.
Can I export 2nd-degree connections from LinkedIn?
No. LinkedIn only exports your 1st-degree connections. Ziplined only reads your 1st-degree connections too.
Is it allowed to export my LinkedIn connections?
Yes, with LinkedIn's own export: Get a copy of your data is LinkedIn's feature for your own data. Tools that click, send or crawl inside your LinkedIn account can get it restricted; the Ziplined extension only reads lists LinkedIn already shows you, at most twice a day, and never clicks, likes, connects or sends.
Can I export my whole sales team's LinkedIn connections into one list?
Not from LinkedIn: each rep exports their own file and someone merges them. With Ziplined, every rep who installs the Chrome extension adds their connections to the same workspace, on Solo and on Team, and each Lead shows which rep is already connected.
Can I see which teammate is already connected to a lead?
Yes, in Ziplined. When every rep installs the extension, each Lead shows who on the team is connected, such as "Connected with Anna", and a saved list can filter on "Is connected to" a teammate.
Do I get an alert for every new LinkedIn connection?
For every new connection who fits your ideal client and who invited you. Someone who accepts an invitation you sent shows as connected, but does not become a Lead or an alert.
Do LinkedIn connections cost credits in Ziplined?
No. A connection costs no credit. Ziplined Solo is $49 a month with 3,000 credits. 7 days free with 3,000 credits: a card is needed at checkout, and the first charge comes when the 7 days end.
How does the extension work with my LinkedIn account?
You need it for connections; the rest of Ziplined works without it. It only reads your profile viewers, new followers and connections, the existing ones only to know who you are already connected with, and never clicks, likes, connects or sends.
