Manage groups in LinkedIn Admin Center via CSV in Recruiter

Last updated: 3 weeks ago

Groups are a great way to easily organize a specific set of users. Admins can quickly create groups and then assign licenses and set permissions via groups. 

After groups have been created, you can easily manage, add, and remove group members.

Important to know

If you are trying to perform bulk actions on more than 2,000 users, to avoid long upload times, use one of the following methods: CSV uploads or Groups (segment users into separate sections and take bulk actions on them).

Here’s a summary of the steps to manage groups via CSV:

  • Download the CSV file for editing.
  • Make the necessary updates in the CSV file and save it to your device.
  • Upload the updated CSV file to process the changes.

To manage group users via CSV: 

  1. Move your cursor over your profile picture at the top of your Recruiter homepage and select Manage users in Admin Center from the dropdown.

  2. Click Manage users via CSV.

  3. Select from the dropdown: 

    • Download all users via CSV: If you'd like to add all users to groups.
    • Download filtered users via CSV: If you'd like to add specific users to groups.

  4. Add any User attributes, Groups, Licenses, Permissions, or Attributes you'd like to filter by and click Download CSV.

  5. Open the downloaded file in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.

  6. In a new column, add one or more of the following:

    • groups: To set a specific list of groups you'd like that user to have. 
    • add_to_groups: To add users to new groups. 
    • remove_from_groups: To remove users from groups. 

  7. In each groups column, add the name of the group you'd like to create, add a user to, or remove a user from. For example, in the groups column, you could list the  following: Sales, Engineering, Support

    Here's a tip

    The user will be added to each of the groups listed in the groups column and will be removed from any groups not listed in this column.

  8. Save the file as a CSV file type on your device.

  9. Return to the Users tab in LinkedIn Admin Center.

  10. Click Manage users via CSV  select Upload CSV file from the dropdown.

  11. Click Upload CSV.

  12. Select your CSV file to upload. The upload will begin immediately.

When adding or removing users, please keep the following in mind about the groups column header: Both the groups and add_to_groups column headers can be used to create new groups by adding a new word into the column.

Example: If you have existing groups, such as Sales and Engineering, you can create a new group called Support by adding a comma and the word into the groups column (e.g., Sales, Engineering, Support) or by adding the word into the add_to_groups column (Support). 

The groups listed in the groups column will be the full list of groups that the user is part of.

  • If you delete a group from this column, the user will be removed from the group. 
  • If you add a group to the column, the user will be added to the group. 

You can also add new columns add_to_groups and remove_from_groups to supplement the groups column for group management. If you utilize this header, you override all current groups to which a user belongs and remove them from any groups that are not currently listed.

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