--- title: "Download your LinkedIn saved posts as a CSV" description: "LinkedIn’s own export is a list of links. This is the twelve-column version with the post text, the media and the author still attached." canonical: "https://www.linkedmash.com/blog/download-linkedin-saved-posts-csv" last-updated: "2026-07-28" --- # Download your LinkedIn saved posts as a CSV LinkedIn’s own export is a list of links. This is the twelve-column version with the post text, the media and the author still attached. Canonical HTML: https://www.linkedmash.com/blog/download-linkedin-saved-posts-csv Agent-readable Markdown: https://www.linkedmash.com/blog/download-linkedin-saved-posts-csv.md Last updated: 2026-07-28 By [Karthikeyan Kumar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/krtkeyan/) · 2026-07-28 · 7 minute read Category: automation LinkedIn does have an export. It is just not the one people mean. Request your archive under Settings, Data Privacy, Get a copy of your data and what arrives for saved items is a CSV of post URLs and save dates. No post text, no author, no media. A list of links, some of which are already dead. This is how to get the other kind: one row per saved post, twelve columns, everything the post actually contained. ![LinkedMash Export Center with PDF, CSV, and JSON export options](https://www.linkedmash.com/assets/blog/sync.jpg) _CSV is the instant spreadsheet-friendly option in Export Center._ ## The twelve columns The header is fixed, in this order, so anything you build on top of it keeps working: ``` post_id,text,link,posted_at,labels, image_urls,video_url,document_url, author_name,author_id,author_username,author_link ``` Three details that matter once you open it in something: - **One post is always one row.** Post text has its line breaks collapsed to single spaces on the way out, so a multi-paragraph post cannot split itself across rows and break your parser. - **Multi-value fields are semicolon-joined inside one quoted cell.** A carousel puts every image URL in `image_urls` separated by `; `, and your labels arrive the same way in `labels`. - **It is RFC-4180 quoted.** Cells containing a comma, quote or newline are wrapped, and embedded quotes are doubled. Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets and every CSV library handle it without options. **Splitting labels back out** In Google Sheets, `=SPLIT(E2, "; ")` turns a labels cell back into columns. Do it on a copy of the sheet, not the import, or the next export will not line up. ## Exporting it Open [Export to CSV](/integrations/export/csv) in LinkedMash and press the export button. There is no job queue and no email to wait for: the file downloads in the same request, and the page tells you as much — *Downloads instantly and is saved to your export history below.* [Video: The Export Center: PDF, CSV and JSON, with every past export kept for re-download.](https://www.linkedmash.com/assets/blog/export.mp4) Every export is recorded under **Recent exports** on that page. For CSV, the Download action regenerates the request from its saved post IDs and the current stored records. It does **not** retrieve immutable original bytes. If a stored post or label changed, the regenerated file can differ. On the free plan the button reads **Export CSV sample** and gives you 20 posts, which is enough to check the shape before paying for anything. A [paid plan](/pricing) exports the whole library with media, labels and author details. ## Exporting a slice instead of everything A full-library CSV is the wrong artefact for most jobs. If you want the posts about one topic, search or filter your library first and export the selection — the export follows what you have on screen rather than dumping everything. This is the fastest way to hand a client a research list without also handing them everything else you have ever saved. ## What to do with it once you have it 1. **Count who you actually learn from.** Pivot on `author_name`. The answer is usually not the people you would have named. 2. **Find the topic you keep circling.** Filter `text` for a term across a year of saves and you find the thing you have been researching without noticing. 3. **Keep a real backup.** A CSV survives the author deleting the post, going private, or LinkedIn changing its mind. A link does not. **Dead links are the point** LinkedIn stores a pointer, not a copy, so a saved post vanishes from your list the moment the author deletes it. The `text` column in your CSV is the only version that survives that. ## When CSV is the wrong choice - **You want it to stay current**: a CSV is a snapshot. Connect [Google Sheets](/integrations/sync/sheets) and it keeps writing on its own. The Sheets row shape differs from the fixed twelve-column CSV schema. - **You are writing code against it**: take [JSON](/integrations/export/json) instead. Nested media and author objects beat string-splitting a cell. - **You want to read it**: a wall of post text in a spreadsheet cell is unreadable. Use [PDF](/integrations/export/pdf) or [Notion](/integrations/sync/notion). CSV wins on exactly one axis, and it is a good one: everybody can already open it. > The best format is the one the person you are sending it to does not have to ask about. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is in a LinkedIn saved posts CSV export? Twelve fixed columns: post_id, text, link, posted_at, labels, image_urls, video_url, document_url, author_name, author_id, author_username and author_link. One saved post is always one row. ### How are labels and carousel images stored in the CSV? Semicolon-joined inside a single quoted cell. A carousel puts every image URL in image_urls separated by "; ", and your labels arrive the same way. Splitting them back out is one formula in a spreadsheet. ### Does LinkedIn let me download my saved posts as a CSV? Only as a list of links. The archive under Settings, Data Privacy, Get a copy of your data lists saved items as post URLs and save dates, with no post text, author or media, and it never updates. ### Can I export only the saved posts I searched for? Yes. Search or filter your library first and the export follows the selection on screen, so you can hand someone a research list without also handing them everything else you have saved. ### Does Re-download return the exact same CSV file? Not necessarily. LinkedMash regenerates the CSV from the saved post IDs and current stored records. If a stored post or its labels changed after the first request, the regenerated file can differ.