How to Find Someone's Email on LinkedIn: 7 Methods That Work

To find someone's email on LinkedIn, open their profile and click Contact info in the intro section, under their name and headline. The email shows there only if the member allows you to see it, and by default LinkedIn shows it to 1st-degree connections only. If it's not there, you have three legitimate routes: connect first and check again (or export your connections), use an email finder with their LinkedIn URL or name and company, or work out the company's email format and verify the address before you send.

This guide walks through the seven methods that work in October 2026, in the order we'd try them, then covers finding emails for a whole list and the legal basics (GDPR, CAN-SPAM, LinkedIn's terms).

Can you see someone's email address on LinkedIn?

Sometimes. Every member decides who can see their primary email in Settings & Privacy > Visibility > Email visibility. The options, per LinkedIn Help:

So if you're not connected to someone, you usually won't see their email, and even connections won't if the member chose "Only visible to me". Many members also signed up with a personal address (Gmail, Outlook), which is rarely the one you want for business outreach.

Method 1: Check their Contact info

1. Open the person's LinkedIn profile.
2. In the intro section (name, headline, location), click Contact info.
3. Look for the Email line. Some members also list a phone number, a website or a calendar link there.

Takes ten seconds and costs nothing, so always start here.

Method 2: Connect first, then check again

Because the default setting shows the email to 1st-degree connections, simply connecting often makes it visible.

1. Click Connect on their profile and add a short note that explains why you want to connect. Our LinkedIn connection message templates help with the wording.
2. Once they accept, go back to Contact info.

If the email still isn't there, the member restricted it. Don't push: write to them on LinkedIn instead (Method 7).

Method 3: Export your connections' emails

If you already have hundreds of connections, LinkedIn can send you a file with their emails, at least for those who allow it.

1. Click Me at the top of LinkedIn, then Settings & Privacy.
2. Click Data privacy, then Get a copy of your data.
3. Select the larger data archive that includes connections, then click Request archive.
4. LinkedIn emails a download link to your primary address.

The Connections file lists names, companies and positions. The email column is filled only for connections who switched on the setting that lets their connections download their email, and that setting is off by default (LinkedIn Help). Expect many blanks.

Method 4: Use an email finder with their LinkedIn URL

An email finder takes a LinkedIn profile URL (or a first name, last name and company) and returns the person's professional email. Behind the scenes, the better ones check several data sources, test the likely formats on the company's domain, and run a mailbox check so you don't get an address that bounces.

With useArtemis's email finder:

1. Paste the LinkedIn profile URL, or type the person's name and company.
2. The tool searches for their work email and verifies it.
3. You get the address with a clear status; risky ones, such as catch-all domains, are flagged.

Most email finders give you a handful of free searches each month. We compared their free plans in the best free email finder tools.

A word on browser extensions: several tools offer an extension that reads the LinkedIn profile you're viewing. LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits software and browser extensions that scrape its site, and accounts caught using them can be restricted. Pasting a profile URL into a web app avoids running anything on LinkedIn itself.

Method 5: Work out the company's email format and verify it

Most companies use one pattern for everyone. If you know the format, you can build the address yourself.

How to find the pattern:

• Look at emails the company publishes: press releases (media contact), the team or contact page, job ads, PDFs, event sponsor pages.
• Search Google for the domain: "@acme.com" returns pages that mention addresses at that domain.
• Use a domain search tool: Hunter's Domain Search (included in its free plan) shows the pattern it has detected for a domain once it has found a few addresses there.

Then verify before you send. An email verifier checks whether the mailbox exists without sending anything. Two caveats: catch-all domains accept every address, so a "valid" result there isn't proof; and guessing without verifying is how sender domains end up with bounce problems, which then hurt every campaign you send.

Method 6: Look outside LinkedIn

People often publish a contact address somewhere other than LinkedIn:

• Their personal site or portfolio, often linked in Contact info.
• Newsletter, blog or podcast pages, which usually list a reply or booking address.
• Conference speaker pages, articles and interviews.
• GitHub, X or other public profiles for technical and creator profiles.

A targeted Google search speeds this up: "Jane Doe" "@acme.com" or "Jane Doe" Acme email. If you only have a name and job title, our guide to LinkedIn X-ray search shows how to find the profile from Google first.

Method 7: Ask them on LinkedIn

When nothing else works, ask. A short message that says who you are, why you're writing and what you'd like to send by email gets a surprising number of replies.

• Connected? Send a regular message.
• Not connected? Send a connection request with a note, or an InMail if you have Premium or Sales Navigator. See what InMail is and how to send one.

Often you won't even need the email: if they're interested, the conversation can continue on LinkedIn.

Finding emails for a whole list

The methods above work one person at a time. For a prospect list:

1. Build the list of names and companies you want to reach. A LinkedIn Boolean search or Sales Navigator helps you find the right people, and so do event attendee lists or your CRM.
2. Put the names, companies and LinkedIn URLs in a CSV.
3. Upload it to a bulk email finder and keep only the verified addresses.

useArtemis does this in bulk too, and you can then contact the same leads with LinkedIn and email steps in one sequence. Plans start at $69/month with 500 verified emails, and unused credits roll over (pricing). There's no free plan.

Is it legal to find and email someone from LinkedIn?

Finding a professional's email isn't illegal in itself. How you use it is regulated. The basics (this isn't legal advice):

• GDPR (EU and UK). A named work email is personal data. B2B cold email is usually based on legitimate interest, which means the message must be relevant to the person's job, you must tell them where you got their data, at the latest in your first email, and they must be able to object easily. Email marketing rules also vary by country: France's CNIL allows B2B prospecting by email without prior consent when the message relates to the person's job (CNIL), the UK allows marketing emails to corporate subscribers (not sole traders) with sender identification and an opt-out, while Germany requires prior consent even in B2B.
• CAN-SPAM (US). It applies to business-to-business email too. Use accurate headers and subject lines, identify the message as an ad, include a valid postal address, offer a clear opt-out and honor it within 10 business days (FTC).
• LinkedIn's terms. Bulk-harvesting data from LinkedIn with bots or scraping extensions breaks its User Agreement, even when the data is visible to you.

In practice: email people for whom your offer is relevant, say who you are and how you found them, and remove anyone who asks. If they don't answer, a polite follow-up is fine; a ten-step sequence to a stranger isn't.

FAQ

Does LinkedIn show your email to your connections?

By default, yes: your primary email is visible to your 1st-degree connections in your Contact info. You can change it in Settings & Privacy > Visibility > Email visibility to "Only visible to me", "1st and 2nd-degree connections" or "Anyone on LinkedIn". A separate setting controls whether connections can download your email in their data export, and it's off by default.

How do I find someone's email on LinkedIn without connecting?

Check their Contact info first: some members show their email to everyone on LinkedIn. If it's hidden, use an email finder with their profile URL or their name and company, or work out the company's email format and verify the address. You can also look for a published address on their website, newsletter or speaker pages.

Can I find a LinkedIn user's email for free?

Yes, within limits. Contact info, your connections export, Google searches and guessing the format are free. Most email finders also include a few free searches per month, which is enough for occasional lookups. For dozens of contacts a week, you'll need a paid plan.

How can you find someone's phone number from a LinkedIn profile?

Some members add a phone number to their Contact info, visible depending on their settings. Otherwise, try the company's switchboard or B2B data tools that include phone numbers. Our guide on how to find someone's phone number by name covers the options and the rules for calling.

Is it legal to get email addresses from LinkedIn?

Looking up a professional's email is legal in most countries; what's regulated is collecting it at scale and using it. Don't scrape LinkedIn (it breaks the User Agreement), keep messages relevant to the person's job, identify yourself, include an opt-out, and follow GDPR in Europe and CAN-SPAM in the US.