Project Description

LinkedIn Contacts Manager can regularly synchronize with your contacts from Google Calendar and Google Contacts. Learn more about the privacy of the information you sync.

Note: If you’re syncing a company email account, make sure you’re in compliance with your corporate IT security policy first.

To sync contacts:

  1. Click the  My Network icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
  2. Click See all below Your connections on the left rail.
  3. Click  Manage synced and imported contacts near the upper right corner of the page.
  4. Click  Manage contacts syncing on the right rail of the Manage your contacts page to see your synced sources or click Sync next to any source you’d like sync from the pop-up window.
    • If you change your password for one of these sources, go back to this page and click Changeto update it on LinkedIn.

To import a contacts file:

  1. Click the  My Network icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
  2. Click See all below Your connections on the left rail.
  3. Click More options below the Continue button on the right rail.
  4. Click  Upload a file on the right rail.
  5. Select the file you’d like to upload and click Open.

Note: If you’d like to import a CSV file from a source that’s not listed on the Contacts Settings page, import the file using the Outlook Contacts CSV option. This option is a workaround and may not work for all sources.

Important: Synced contacts are not automatically invited to connect with you on LinkedIn.

Learn more about deleting imported contacts, and why old sources may be missing from the Contacts Syncing page.

LinkedIn Contacts Manager – Overview

Bring together all the contacts from your address books, emails, calendars, and your LinkedIn network by using LinkedIn Contacts Manager. Collecting and storing all your contacts in one place will help to keep them up to date.

Note: Your contacts and connections aren’t the same thing.

You can begin using LinkedIn Contacts Manager by importing and inviting your email contacts, creating and uploading a contacts file, and syncing contacts from other sources. Currently, only Google Calendar and Google Contacts can be synced, so old sources may be missing.

Once you’ve synced and imported your contacts, you can delete specific contacts to remove them from your LinkedIn Contacts Manager address book. If you’ve accidentally sent invitations to the contacts you imported, you can withdraw the invitations.

LinkedIn takes your privacy and the security of your data seriously. Learn more about the privacy of your information in LinkedIn Contacts Manager, and how you can access your account data.