How to Export LinkedIn Group Members (and Their Emails)

LinkedIn doesn't let you export the members of a group. Its help center is clear: "In order to respect the privacy of LinkedIn Group members, it's not possible to export a list of group members and their email addresses" (LinkedIn Help). That applies to group owners and managers too.

The workaround sales teams use: join the group, search its members in Sales Navigator with the Groups filter, then import the results (up to 2,500 per search) with a scraper and add verified emails. Below is the step-by-step method, how to handle groups bigger than 2,500 members, and how to contact members without burning the group.

Can you export LinkedIn group members?

Not with LinkedIn's own features. Here's what LinkedIn does and doesn't let you do with a group in October 2026:

Two details matter for prospecting. First, most groups are private: only members can see who's inside, and unlisted groups don't even appear in search (Types of LinkedIn Groups). Second, Sales Navigator caps any search at 2,500 lead results, so a large group has to be split.

Why group members make good prospects

A group is a self-selected audience: people joined because they care about a topic, an industry or a job. That gives you two advantages:

• Targeting you can't get from job titles alone. A "SaaS founders" or "B2B marketing ops" group gathers people your filters would miss or mislabel.
• A natural reason to reach out. Being in the same group is a shared context. Sales Navigator even lists it: the "Shared experiences" filter finds leads who share your groups, schools or past companies, and "Group" is one of the connection types in its "Best path in" filters.

Step 1: Find and join the right groups

1. Type your topic or a group name in the LinkedIn search bar and filter the results to Groups.
2. Look at the member count and recent posts. A smaller, active group of your exact buyers beats a huge dead one.
3. Ask to join. Private groups need an admin's approval before you can see the members.

Don't join twenty groups at once. Pick the three to five where your customers really are, and read the rules: many groups ban promotional posts.

Step 2: Search the group's members in Sales Navigator

You need a Sales Navigator subscription for this step (see the current Sales Navigator prices).

1. In Sales Navigator, open Lead filters.
2. In the Personal category, open the Groups filter and type the group's name. Select it. LinkedIn describes it as a way to "identify leads belonging to selected Groups" (filter definitions).
3. Add the filters that define your buyer: current job title, seniority level, geography, company headcount, industry.
4. Check the number of results at the top of the page.

Join the group before searching it. In practice, the Groups filter is only useful for groups you belong to, and private group members aren't visible to outsiders anyway.

Step 3: Handle groups with more than 2,500 members

Sales Navigator only displays 100 pages of 25 results. If the group search returns 8,000 people, you'll only ever see the first 2,500. Split it into several searches that each stay under the cap:

• By seniority level: one search for CXO and owners, one for directors and VPs, one for managers.
• By geography: one search per country or region.
• By company headcount: 1-10, 11-50, 51-200 and so on.
• By function: sales, marketing, operations.

Splitting isn't just a workaround for the cap. Each sub-list is more homogeneous, which makes your message more relevant.

Step 4: Export the members and add verified emails

With useArtemis:

1. Stay on the Sales Navigator results page of your group search.
2. Click the useArtemis icon in Chrome, choose a destination list (name it after the group and segment) and the number of pages, up to 100.
3. Launch the import. The LinkedIn scraper runs in the cloud from your own account at a human pace; you can close the tab.
4. Open the list and click Find emails. The email finder looks up each member's professional email and verifies it before adding it.
5. Export the list to CSV, or start a sequence on it.

For each member you get name, job title, company, company website, location, LinkedIn and Sales Navigator URLs, and the Premium, Open profile and Open to work signals. The detailed tutorial, with filter tips and the CSV export, is in how to export leads from Sales Navigator.

Keep in mind that LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits scraping tools and that heavy use can get an account restricted. Our Sales Navigator scraper guide explains the rules and how to keep the risk low.

How to contact group members without getting flagged

Exporting is the easy part. What you say decides whether the group becomes a source of customers or a source of spam reports.

• Lead with the group. "Saw you in the RevOps Leaders group" is a better opener than a generic pitch. Our LinkedIn connection message templates give you starting points.
• Use group messaging sparingly. LinkedIn lets you send a message request to a fellow group member without being connected, if their settings allow it: open the group's member list and click Message next to their name (Groups membership FAQ). It's useful for a handful of high-value people, not for a campaign.
• Mix LinkedIn and email. A profile visit, a connection request with a short note, then an email a few days later works better than three LinkedIn messages in a row. With useArtemis you can run that sequence on the exported list, with an AI-written message for each member and every reply in one inbox.
• Stay a good group member. Comment, answer questions, post something useful now and then. People check who you are before they reply.

FAQ

Can you export a list of LinkedIn group members?

No, not natively. LinkedIn says that to respect members' privacy, it isn't possible to export a list of group members and their email addresses, even for group owners. The workaround is to search the group's members in Sales Navigator with the Groups filter and export the results with a third-party tool.

Do I need to join a LinkedIn group to export its members?

Yes, in practice. Private group members are only visible to other members, and the Sales Navigator Groups filter is used with groups you belong to. Join first, wait for approval if the group is private, then run your search.

How many members can I export from a LinkedIn group?

Up to 2,500 per Sales Navigator search, because Sales Navigator only displays 100 pages of 25 results. For bigger groups, split the search by seniority, geography, company size or function, and export each part separately.

Can I message LinkedIn group members without connecting?

Yes, if their settings allow it. From the group's member list, click Message next to a member's name to send a message request. Members can opt out of messages from other group members, so not everyone will be reachable this way.

Can I get the email addresses of LinkedIn group members?

LinkedIn doesn't share them. You can find professional emails by exporting the members with their name and company, then running an email finder that verifies each address. Our guide to finding someone's email on LinkedIn covers the other methods.