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How to Export LinkedIn Profile Data: PDF, Resume, and Archive
Yes, you can export a LinkedIn profile. The three real ways: save it as a PDF, download your full data archive, and where scraping others crosses a line.
By Animesh Kudake, Co-founder, Apna Project
The short version
- You can export your own profile two official ways: Save to PDF for a resume-style copy, and Download your data for a full archive of what LinkedIn holds on you.
- Save to PDF lives under the More or Resources button on your profile. It is desktop only, English profiles only, and capped at 200 downloads per month.
- The data archive comes by email: basic profile categories arrive within minutes, and heavier data like messages and connections can take up to 48 hours.
- Exporting your own profile is fine. Scraping other people's profiles in bulk with automation runs against LinkedIn's User Agreement and carries real account risk.
Download your full LinkedIn data archive
The PDF is a summary. The data archive is the complete file: everything LinkedIn has recorded about your account, not just what shows on your public profile.
On desktop:
- Click the Me icon, then Settings and Privacy.
- Open Data Privacy in the left sidebar.
- Under how LinkedIn uses your data, click Get a copy of your data (also shown as Download your data).
- Choose specific categories or request the larger, full archive, then select Request archive.
Timing depends on what you ask for. Basic categories (profile info, positions, education, skills, endorsements, certifications) are emailed to you within minutes. Heavier categories (messages, connections, login history, saved items, search history) come in a second file within 48 hours. LinkedIn sends a download link that stays live for a limited window, so grab the files when the email arrives.
Two honest caveats. LinkedIn only sends the categories that apply to your account, and it does not hand over "People You May Know" logic or who viewed your profile. So the archive is your data, not LinkedIn's inferences about you.
Exporting someone else's profile, and where scraping crosses a line
You can Save to PDF on a public profile the same way you do your own, one at a time, for legitimate personal reference. That is fine.
The trouble starts at scale. Tools that promise to export hundreds of profiles, harvest emails, or mirror an entire search result work by automating a browser, and that runs against LinkedIn's User Agreement, which prohibits unauthorized scraping and third-party automation. We build tools in this space, so we will be direct instead of selling you one: LinkedIn actively detects and restricts accounts doing bulk extraction, and no vendor can honestly promise otherwise. If you are weighing any automated approach on your account, our breakdown of whether LinkedIn automation is safe lays out the real risk picture, and none of it is risk-free.
If you genuinely need many profiles for research, the defensible path is manual and small: save the specific public profiles you need, one at a time, and keep it to what you would be comfortable explaining.
Which export to use for which job
Match the method to the goal:
- Applying for a role or sharing offline? Save to PDF. It is the resume-style copy.
- Backing up before a big profile rewrite? Save to PDF first, then a data archive if you want the full record.
- Leaving LinkedIn, or auditing what it knows? Download your data for the complete archive.
- Moving your content elsewhere? The archive includes your posts and articles as data you can reuse.
One last thing worth saying: an exported profile is a static file, and your LinkedIn presence is not. A PDF captures the words, but not the activity, the comments, or the relationships that make the profile work. If you are exporting because you are job hunting, spend at least as much energy on staying visible, which our profile template and the surrounding posts get into. The export is a safety net. Showing up is the strategy.
Sources
- LinkedIn Help, "Save a profile as a PDF", verified August 2026.
- LinkedIn Help, "Download your data", verified August 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Is it possible to export a LinkedIn profile?
Yes. For your own profile you have two official routes: Save to PDF, which gives a resume-style document, and Download your data, which delivers a full archive of your account data by email. Both are on desktop. There is no one-click official way to bulk-export other people's profiles.
How do I save my LinkedIn profile as a PDF?
On desktop, click the Me icon, open View profile, then click the More or Resources button in your introduction section and choose Save to PDF. The download is a resume-style version of your profile. It is limited to English-language profiles and to 200 downloads per month per member.
How do I download all my LinkedIn data?
Go to Settings and Privacy, then Data Privacy, then Get a copy of your data. Pick specific categories or request the full archive and select Request archive. Basic profile data is emailed within minutes; larger requests including messages and connections can take up to 48 hours.
Can I export someone else's LinkedIn profile?
You can save an individual public profile to PDF the same way you save your own, for personal reference. Bulk exporting or scraping many profiles with third-party tools is a different matter: it runs against LinkedIn's User Agreement and can get an account restricted. There is no fully safe automated way to do it.
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Co-founder, Apna Project
Co-founder at Apna Project, where he helps founders and agencies turn ideas into products. Writes here on LinkedIn growth and what actually earns attention in a comment section. Commenti is the LinkedIn comment automation tool by Ampliflow.
"Is it possible to export a LinkedIn profile?" is one of those questions with a short answer and a longer one worth reading. The short answer is yes, for your own profile, in two official ways. The longer answer covers which export to use for which job, and where exporting other people's profiles quietly crosses a line.
We will keep this practical. Both methods below are current as of August 2026 per LinkedIn's own help pages, and both live on desktop rather than the mobile app.
Yes, you can export your LinkedIn profile: three real options
There are three things people mean by "export a LinkedIn profile," and they are not the same:
The first two are supported and simple. The third is where automation and LinkedIn's terms collide, so we handle it last and honestly.
Save your profile as a PDF (the fast, resume-style export)
This is the export most people actually want. It produces a clean, resume-shaped document of a profile.
On desktop:
A few limits are worth knowing before you rely on it. It is desktop only, so it will not appear in the mobile app. It works on English-language profiles, and LinkedIn caps it at 200 PDF downloads per month per member. The button placement has shifted over time, which is why so many people search for it, so if you do not see Save to PDF, look under both More and Resources.
This PDF is a genuinely useful thing to keep. It is a snapshot you can hand to someone who is not on LinkedIn, attach to an application, or archive before you make big edits. If you are actively rewriting your profile, save a PDF first so you have the old version to compare against. Our LinkedIn profile guide walks through the edits worth making, and a before-PDF makes it easy to see what changed.