LinkedIn Lists: Save Searches & Access Them in One Click

LinkedIn Lists is a saved search manager built directly into LiGo's Chrome extension.

When you search on LinkedIn, you often apply multiple filters such as Industry, Location, Connection degree, Content type, Date posted, Keywords. Maybe you're looking for "Marketing Directors in Austin who posted in the last week" or "Software Engineers at Series A startups with mutual connections."

These aren't simple searches. They're specific. They take time to set up.

And if you're doing the same search every day (which most salespeople, recruiters, and marketers do), you're wasting a lot of time rebuilding filters that you already know work.

That's it. Simple concept. Massive time savings.

If you're running 3-4 prospecting searches daily, you could be saving 10-15 minutes per day. That's over 4 hours per month of clicking you don't have to do.

Before you start using LinkedIn Lists, here's what you need:

There are two methods for creating lists. Each one is designed for different situations.

This is the quick method. If you've already done a search on LinkedIn and you like the results, you can save it in about 10 seconds.

This method lets you create LinkedIn searches without ever leaving the extension. It's ideal for content searches where you want to find posts, articles, and updates.

Not sure which method to use? Here's a simple breakdown:

The general rule: If you're searching for people, companies, or jobs, use Paste URL. If you're searching for content to engage with, Build URL is usually faster.

Once you've created a few lists, you need to know how to work with them. Here's everything you can do.

All your saved lists appear as cards in the main Lists view. Each card shows:

If you have a lot of lists, use the search bar at the top to filter them. The search checks both list names and URLs, so you can search for part of a name, keywords in the URL, or location terms.

This is the whole point of the feature. Click the Open in New Tab button on any list card. LinkedIn opens in a new browser tab with your saved search already filtered exactly as you saved it.

No clicking through filters. No remembering what you set last time. Just instant results.

Need to share a search with a teammate? Click Copy URL and the full LinkedIn search URL copies to your clipboard. You'll see a brief "Copied!" confirmation.

Paste it into Slack, email, a document - wherever your team communicates. They can use the URL directly or save it to their own Lists.

Click on the pencil icon on your desired list to open the edit modal where you can:

This is useful when:

Click on the trash icon. A confirmation dialog appears to prevent accidental deletions.

Once deleted, the list is permanently removed. There's no undo, so make sure you really want to delete it.

Your lists are stored in LiGo's cloud backend, not just on your local browser. That means they sync across any device where you're logged into your LiGo account.

Start a list on your work laptop, access it from your home computer. It just works.

If you created a list earlier and it doesn't show up, click the Refresh button in the Lists header.

Let me show you how different professionals actually use LinkedIn Lists.

The situation: You're a B2B sales rep targeting CMOs in the SaaS industry. You check LinkedIn every morning for new prospects.

Without Lists: Every morning you go to LinkedIn, click People search, type "CMO", add industry filter for SaaS, add location filter for your territory, filter by 2nd degree connections, and finally start reviewing results. Takes 3-5 minutes just to set up.

With Lists: You open the LiGo extension, click your "CMO SaaS West Coast" list, and you're instantly looking at fresh results. Takes 5 seconds.

Example lists a sales rep might save:

Time saved: If you're running 3-4 prospecting searches daily, you're saving 10-15 minutes per day. That's over 4 hours per month.

The situation: You're a founder or marketer who engages with industry content every day. You need to find relevant posts to comment on.

Without Lists: You search for your industry keywords, apply the "Past 24 Hours" filter, maybe filter by content type... and repeat this for every topic area you monitor.

With Lists: You've saved searches for each topic area. "AI Marketing Content Last 24h", "SaaS Growth Posts This Week", "My Network's Posts Today". Click, engage, click, engage, done.

Example lists a content marketer might save:

This pairs perfectly with the comment generation feature in the LiGo extension. Find content with Lists, generate authentic comments with LiGo. Your engagement workflow becomes incredibly efficient.

The situation: You're a recruiter or HR professional hiring for multiple roles simultaneously. Each role has different requirements.

Without Lists: You maintain a spreadsheet of search criteria for each role. Every time you source candidates, you manually rebuild the search based on your notes.

With Lists: Each open role has its own saved search. "Senior Frontend Remote", "Product Manager FinTech London", "Data Scientist 3+ Years". Switch between them instantly.

Example lists a recruiter might save:

The situation: You're actively growing your professional network in specific areas. You want to connect with people in certain industries, roles, or who attended specific events.

Without Lists: You search sporadically, often forgetting the exact filters you used last time. Your networking efforts are inconsistent.

With Lists: You have systematic searches saved. Check them weekly. Send connection requests. Your network grows predictably.

Example lists for networking:

The situation: You're researching competitors, tracking industry trends, or monitoring what thought leaders are saying.

Without Lists: You remember to check competitor activity sometimes. You miss important announcements. Your research is reactive.

With Lists: You have dedicated searches for competitor content, industry trends, and key influencers. Check them regularly. Stay ahead.

Example lists for research:

The use cases above give you the idea. These walkthroughs show exactly how to set up real searches for specific scenarios.

You're building a project management tool and want to see what people are saying about competitors like Monday.com, Asana, and ClickUp every week.

Now create a separate list for each competitor: search for "Monday.com" filtered to Past Week, save as "COMPETE: Monday.com Posts - Weekly". Repeat for Asana, ClickUp, or whoever you're watching.

Every Monday, open each list. Scan what's trending. Drop a comment using the comment generator. Someone complaining about a competitor's missing feature? That's your opening.

You run a content marketing agency. Your ideal clients are B2B SaaS companies with 10-50 employees. You want to find their marketing leads on LinkedIn and build relationships before pitching.

Build out your pipeline with variations:

Check these daily. New people update their profiles constantly, so the results change. Use LiGo's comment generator to engage with their content first, then follow up with a connection request.

You manage LinkedIn for three clients: a real estate CEO, a healthcare startup founder, and a B2B SaaS VP of Sales. Each one needs different content inspiration.

Set up client-specific lists using the naming prefix system:

Your morning routine: open each client list, scan the top posts, note talking points, then use Ligo to generate posts to draft content for each client based on what's trending. Set up each client as a separate content theme so generated posts match their voice and audience.

Search your lists for "CLIENT-RE:" and you see only that client's lists. Clean and fast, even with 15+ lists across accounts.

After using this feature internally, here's what works best for getting the most out of LinkedIn Lists.

Your list names matter more than you think. A month from now, you need to know exactly what each search is for just by glancing at the name.

Bad Examples:

Good Examples:

The pattern that works: [Role/Topic] + [Industry/Location] + [Timeframe/Other]

If your list name answers "who am I looking for and where?", you're doing it right.

If you have 20+ lists, organization becomes important. Since Lists uses a flat structure (no folders), use naming prefixes to group related searches:

Now when you search your lists for "SALES:", you see all your prospecting searches together.

Here's a workflow that works well:

If you have 5 daily searches, this takes maybe 10 minutes total. The same routine without Lists would take 25-30 minutes.

LinkedIn Lists works even better when you combine it with other parts of the LiGo extension as they are designed to work together:

Every month or so, review your lists:

A clean list collection is a useful list collection.

You can save any LinkedIn search URL. That includes people searches, content/post searches, company searches, and job searches. As long as it's a valid LinkedIn search results page, Lists can save it.

Yes. Lists are stored in LiGo's cloud backend and sync across all devices where you're logged into the same LiGo account. Create a list on your laptop, access it from your desktop. If you don't see the list then click on the Refresh button.

Your saved lists will continue to work as long as LinkedIn honors the URL parameters. If LinkedIn makes breaking changes to their search URLs (which is very rare), you may need to recreate affected lists. We'll notify users if widespread issues are detected.

You can share the LinkedIn search URLs by copying them and sending to others. Your list collection itself is private to your account - others would need to save the URLs to their own Lists feature. But sharing the URLs is easy with the Copy URL button.

No hard limit. Create as many lists as you need to stay organized.

Use the Paste URL method. The URL Builder focuses on content search filters. For advanced people searches, company searches, or complex filter combinations, build your search directly on LinkedIn and paste the URL.

A few possible reasons:

Users apply Lists to streamline daily workflows, including:

Teams save 10–15 minutes per day by avoiding repetitive filter setup.

Lists saves only the search URL and your custom name to LiGo's servers. No search results or personal data from LinkedIn is stored. Your lists are private to your account.