Import your contacts

PersonalCRM imports CSV and XLSX files up to 1,000 rows / 10 MB, with ready-made presets that recognize the big exports automatically. Open Contacts → Import and drop your file.

Where to get your export

LinkedIn connections

LinkedIn → Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → Get a copy of your data → select Connections. You'll get a CSV by email. It has a junk preamble above the header row. PersonalCRM detects and skips it automatically.

Google Contacts

contacts.google.com → Export → Google CSV. Labels come along and can be mapped to Networks.

Outlook

Outlook → People → Manage → Export contacts. Standard Outlook CSV. The preset maps names, emails, phones, and birthdays.

Notion database

Open your database → ⋯ → Export → CSV. Map your columns manually: your cadence column → Ping frequency, your circle/tag column → Networks, your notes column → Notes. (Using our Notion template? The columns map 1:1.)

Any spreadsheet

Excel or Google Sheets: export/download as CSV or upload the XLSX directly.

The import flow

1. Upload: the preset is detected automatically (you can override it).
2. Map columns: every column in your file → a PersonalCRM field, or skip. Multiple emails/phones with labels are supported.
3. Preview: see exactly what will be created before anything is created.
4. Duplicates: rows matching existing contacts are flagged; you decide per row.
5. Import: done. Contacts land with the Networks and frequencies you mapped.

After the import

Two habits make an imported network real:

• Set honest ping frequencies for the people you actually want to track. Imported contacts default to a sensible cadence, but you know who's weekly and who's yearly.
• Prune fearlessly. Bulk-select and delete, or mark people inactive. A tracked list of 60 beats an ignored list of 600.