How to Export Leads from ProfileSpider
Learn how to export saved ProfileSpider lists to CSV, Excel, or JSON, choose columns, reuse custom headers, and prepare clean lead files.
Quick answer
ProfileSpider exports saved lists as CSV, Excel, or JSON. Exporting does not use credits. Exports are generated client-side as plain unbranded files, and you can choose the format, export all columns or only visible columns, and reuse custom header labels.
Formats
Available Export Formats
Choose the format that matches what you want to do next.
CSV
Use CSV when you want a simple spreadsheet file that can be imported into CRMs, outreach tools, databases, and other apps.
Excel
Use Excel when you want a normal XLSX spreadsheet for review, cleanup, client handoff, or manual work.
JSON
Use JSON when you want structured data for development, automation, backups, or technical workflows.
Content
What You Can Export
Exports come from saved ProfileSpider lists.
Saved profiles, people, companies, or leads from a ProfileSpider list.
Visible extracted fields such as name, title, company, website, email, phone, profile URL, social links, location, and source URL when available.
Tags and notes added to saved rows.
Rows enriched from eligible website, profile, or social URLs where enrichment has been run.
Emails found through email finding where valid results were returned.
Settings
Export Settings
ProfileSpider gives you control over format and columns.
Choose format
Pick CSV, Excel, or JSON from the export/download modal.
Choose columns
On the Profiles page, you can export all columns or only the currently visible columns.
Custom header labels
You can rename export headers once and reuse those labels on future exports.
Global browser setting
Column visibility and custom header labels are stored locally as one global browser setting, not per list or per client.
Steps
How to Export a Saved List
The exact UI can vary slightly by page, but the export flow is simple.
1. Open a saved list
Open the ProfileSpider list that contains the leads, profiles, or companies you want to export.
2. Review the rows
Check for irrelevant rows, missing fields, duplicates, tags, notes, and source URLs before exporting.
3. Check your columns
Choose whether you want all columns or only visible columns, depending on the export you need.
4. Choose a format
Select CSV, Excel, or JSON from the export options.
5. Download the file
ProfileSpider generates the export client-side and downloads a plain unbranded file.
6. Use it elsewhere
Open the file in Excel or Google Sheets, send it to a client, or import it into a CRM or outreach tool.
Credits
Exporting Does Not Use Credits
Exporting a saved list to CSV uses 0 credits.
Exporting a saved list to Excel uses 0 credits.
Exporting a saved list to JSON uses 0 credits.
Changing column visibility or custom header labels uses 0 credits.
Adding tags and notes before export uses 0 credits.
Choosing format
Which Export Format Should You Use?
Use Excel for review
Excel is usually best when you want to inspect the list, clean rows manually, or hand a spreadsheet to a client or teammate.
Use CSV for imports
CSV is usually best when you want to import leads into a CRM, outreach tool, spreadsheet app, or database.
Use JSON for technical work
JSON is useful when you want structured data for scripts, automations, backups, or developer workflows.
Columns
Recommended Export Columns
The best column set depends on your workflow, but these are useful defaults.
Name or company name.
Title, role, category, or description.
Company, website, or domain.
Email and phone when available.
LinkedIn URL, profile URL, website URL, or social links.
Location when available.
Tags for campaign, client, source, region, role, or status.
Notes for manual review, qualification, or next action.
Source URL so you can trace each row back to the original page.
Privacy
How Exported Files Are Created
ProfileSpider exports are generated client-side from the saved data in your browser.
Exported files are plain unbranded files. They do not include ProfileSpider branding by default.
Saved profiles, lists, tags, and notes are stored locally in your browser. Exporting is the main way to back up or move that local data outside the extension.
Cleanup
Before You Export
A few checks can make the export much more useful.
Remove obvious irrelevant rows.
Review duplicates inside the saved list.
Keep source URLs for verification.
Add tags if the list belongs to a campaign, client, region, niche, or source.
Add notes for rows that need manual review.
Run enrichment or email finding where useful before exporting.
Troubleshooting
Common Export Issues
Some cells are empty
Empty cells usually mean the field was not available on the source page or was not added through enrichment or email finding.
Rows look duplicated
Some pages repeat profiles or companies in multiple sections. Review duplicates before export and keep source URLs for context.
Columns are missing
Check whether you exported all columns or only visible columns. Column visibility affects what appears when using visible-column export.
CSV looks strange in Excel
If CSV formatting looks wrong in Excel, try the Excel/XLSX export instead.
Questions