6 Ways to Bypass LinkedIn Invitation Limit (2025 Update)

Have you ever felt stuck because LinkedIn says: “You’ve reached your weekly invitation limit”

Yeah, it’s frustrating. You’re in the middle of growing your network, and suddenly, you're blocked. No more invites. No more outreach. You just have to wait…

But here’s the good news: there are 6 ways to bypass to bypass the LinkedIn invitation limit.

In this guide, you will learn:

• What is the LinkedIn invitation limit

• Why does LinkedIn limit connection requests?

• What happens when you go over the limit?

• How to bypass the LinkedIn invitation limit

• Pro tips to maximize your outreach

What is the Invitation Limit on LinkedIn?

LinkedIn puts limits on a lot of things: how many messages you can send, how many profiles you can view, how many InMails you can use…

In this part, I’ll focus specifically on everything related to LinkedIn invitation limits.

Here’s what we’ll cover next:

• How many LinkedIn invites can I send per week?

• How many invites can I send per day?

• When does the weekly limit reset?

• Why does LinkedIn limit invitations?

• What happens if I go over the invitation limit?

How Many LinkedIn Invites Can I Send Per Week?

If you’re using LinkedIn Premium or Sales Navigator, you can send up to 100 connection requests per week.

With a free account it's different. You’ll be limited to just 10 connection requests per month with a note.

Here's the recap:

💡 Pro tip: If your Social Selling Index (SSI) is high, LinkedIn may trust your account more and allow you to send up to 200 requests per week. So make sure your profile looks sharp and you engage regularly on the platform.

How Many LinkedIn Invites Can I Send Per Day?

If you want to stay safe: send 20 to 25 invites per day, consistently.

LinkedIn loves consistency. Don’t send 80 in one day and 0 the next. You’ll get flagged.

When Does LinkedIn Weekly Limit Reset?

Your limit resets exactly 7 days after your first invite.

So, if you sent your first request Monday at 3pm, it resets the following Monday at 3pm—not on Sunday night.

Keep track of when you start your weekly outreach to avoid surprises.

💡Pro tip: Use established outreach tool to send connection requests on LinkedIn like Lemlist or Expandi

Why Does LinkedIn Impose These Limits?

Simple: to prevent spam.

LinkedIn wants real connections, not automated spray-and-pray tactics.

What Happens If You Go Over the Connection Limits?

You’ll see a message like:

"You've reached the weekly invitation limit."

If that happens:

• Stop sending invites for 3 days

• Restart slowly with manual requests

• Ease back into automation if you use it

If you continue, you will get a page like this one:

How To Bypass LinkedIn Invitation Limit

Now, let’s get into the 6 proven methods to get around LinkedIn’s restrictions.

Method 1: Use the LinkedIn Mobile App to Send Extra Connection Requests

Not many people realize this, but the LinkedIn mobile app has slightly different limits than the desktop version.

That means you can safely send 25 to 50 additional connection requests per week using just your phone.

Why does this work?

LinkedIn's systems don’t fully sync limits between desktop and mobile in real-time. So by spreading out your activity across both devices, you can squeeze in more invites without triggering restrictions.

Here’s how to do it:

• Download the LinkedIn app (iOS or Android)

• Alternate devices: For every 2 connection requests you send from desktop, send 1 from mobile

• Space them out: Avoid sending 30 requests all at once. Stick to a natural, consistent pace

💡 Pro tip: Don’t push your limits too hard. If you normally send 20–25 invites per day, try adding 10–15 more via mobile. Monitor how LinkedIn reacts before increasing volume again.

How to Send a Connection Request on the LinkedIn Mobile App

Step 1: Open the LinkedIn app and go to the profile of the person you want to connect with

Step 2: Tap the three dots in the top right corner of their profile

Step 3: Select “Connect” from the menu

That’s it, your invitation is sent!

Method 2: Message Open Profiles

Some LinkedIn users make things easy for you. They’ve enabled a setting called Open Profile, which means you can message them directly without sending a connection request.

These are Premium users who’ve allowed anyone to contact them directly, even if you’re not connected.

When you message an Open Profile, your message is called an Open InMail.

It doesn’t count against your regular InMail credits, and it completely bypasses LinkedIn’s connection limits.

Here’s how to recognize them.

1. Go to their LinkedIn profile

2. Click the Message button

3. If you see “Free message”, that means it’s an Open Profile

💡 Pro tip: If you see a “Free message” instead of your InMail credits, that person is an Open Profile.

Method 3: Increase Your LinkedIn Social Selling Index (SSI)

Let's check 2 things:

1. What is LinkedIn Social Selling Index

2. How to improve it

What is LinkedIn Social Selling Index?

LinkedIn created the Social Selling Index (SSI) as a way to measure how well you’re using LinkedIn to sell, connect, and build your brand.

It’s a score between 0 and 100. The closer you are to 100, the more effectively you’re using LinkedIn for social selling.

The SSI is based on 4 pillars:

1. Build your professional brand

2. Find the right people

3. Engage with insights

4. Build relationships

You can check your SSI score here: https://www.linkedin.com/sales/ssi

People with high SSI can send up to 200 invites per week.

How to Improve your LinkedIn Social Selling Index?

Here’s how to improve your score across all four pillars of the SSI:

1. Optimize Your Profile

Make your profile look professional and trustworthy at a glance. Focus on:

• Profile picture: Use a high-quality, friendly headshot

• Banner image: Add a clean, branded banner

• Headline: Clearly explain who you help and how

• About section: Tell your story in a simple, human way — not a list of buzzwords

• Custom URL: Make your LinkedIn URL clean and easy to share

Here is an example of a good LinkedIn profile:

And here an example of well-completed LinkedIn profile with all the informations:

1. Experience

2. Education

3. Volunteering

4. Skills

5. Recommendations

6. Publications

7. Honors & Awards

💡 Pro tip: The most important ones are experience and education

2. Find and Connect with the Right People

Use LinkedIn’s search or Sales Navigator filters to build targeted lead lists. Focus on:

• Decision-makers in your niche

• 2nd-degree connections (for higher acceptance rates)

• Active users who recently posted or commented

• People who viewed your profile recently

3. Publish and Engage with Content

Show up regularly. Post helpful tips, case studies, or insights from your industry.
Also:

• Comment on your leads’ posts

• Mention others in your posts

• Share relevant news with your take on it

4. Increase Your Connection Request Acceptance Rate

LinkedIn tracks how many people accept your connection requests. To improve this:

• Write short, personalized connection notes

• Avoid sending too many requests at once

• Focus on people likely to accept (same industry, active profiles, mutual connections)

5. Clean Up Old Pending Invites

Too many unanswered requests can hurt your trust score. Regularly:

• Go to My Network > Sent Requests

• Withdraw invites that have been pending for weeks

• Keep your pending list below 300

📺 If you want to check how to withdraw your old connection requests, you can check this video:

Method 4: Use InMails

InMails are LinkedIn messages you can send to people who are in your 2nd or 3rd-degree connections. You don't need to send a connection request.

They’re not affected by invitation limits.

The only drawback of InMails is that you can’t send follow-ups.

If I send a message to Mike, I will use one of my credits.

Why InMails are really worth it?

If your InMail is responded to within 90 days, the InMail credit will be refunded. And even if your InMail has been declined, you will get your credit back.

It means you lose your credit only if your InMail message is ignored.

So "technically", you can send unlimited InMails as long as you have responses.

Who Gets InMails?

Your monthly InMail credit depends on your LinkedIn subscription.

You get InMails with LinkedIn Premium, LinkedIn Sales Navigator and LinkedIn Recruiter.

Here is the recap:

💡 Pro tip: Unused credits roll over for 90 days, and if someone replies, you get your credit back.

📺 If you want to learn how InMail works, you can check this video:

Method 5: Message Group Members and Event Attendees

If you’re in the same LinkedIn Group or Event as someone, you can message them without sending a connection request.

Just head to the group or event, find members/attendees, and hit "Message".

⚠️ Heads up: These messages often land in the "Message Requests" tab, not the main inbox.

So keep it short, relevant, and non-spammy.

Method 6: Send Emails

Sometimes the best way to get around LinkedIn’s limits is to skip the platform entirely.

Email campaigns can often outperform LinkedIn outreach, not necessarily in reply rate, but in volume and scalability.

Yes, LinkedIn has great engagement. But prospecting is a numbers game. Sending 400 personalized emails with a 5% reply rate can land you more meetings than sending 100 LinkedIn messages with a 10% reply rate.

Here are the numbers:

If you're not convinced, here’s why email can be more effective long term:

• No connection request limits

• No InMail quotas

• Easier to reach large volumes of leads

• You can automate everything (safely)

I’ll guide you on how to use LinkedIn Sales Navigator and GiveMeLeads to build a list of qualified leads with verified work emails for large-scale email campaigns.

How to export leads from LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Follow the 7 steps to export your leads from LinkedIn Sales Navigator with their verified emails:

1. Create a GiveMeLeads account

2. Download the Chrome Extension

3. Select your target on LinkedIn Sales Navigator

4. Add Intent Data (Optional)

5. Launch your export

6. Schedule Your Leads Export (Optional)

7. Download your leads file

Let's dive in!

Step 1: Create a GiveMeLeads account

Go on GiveMeLeads. Then click on "Get first 10 leads for free".

Then, you have to write your:

1. First Name

2. Last Name

3. Email

4. Password

And click on "Create account".

Step 2: Download the Chrome Extension

The GiveMeLeads Chrome extension allows you to export your LinkedIn Sales Navigator leads with one click.

It's not mandatory to use it — you can also copy and paste the Sales Navigator search URL directly into the platform.

However, using the extension makes the process faster and easier, especially if you're just getting started.

Step 3: Select your target on LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Go to LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

Use filters to find your ideal leads (like job title, company size, or location).

Then click “Extract leads” using the GiveMeLeads extension or paste the search URL on the platform.

📺 If you're not sure how to use LinkedIn Sales Navigator to find qualified leads, you can check this video:

Step 4: Add Intent Data (Optional)

Depending on your GiveMeLeads plan, you can add intent data to your searches.

It’s a great way to find warm leads — people who are more likely to reply or book a call.

Let’s say your LinkedIn Sales Navigator filters are:

• Company size: 51–200 employees

• Job title: “Head of Sales”

• Location: San Francisco Bay Area

On top of that, GiveMeLeads will look for people who match these filters and show intent, such as:

• 1st-degree connections

• People in your competitors’ network

• People who follow your company page

• People who viewed your LinkedIn profile

Once you’ve selected your intent data sources, click “Save Changes”

💡 Pro tip: You can set priorities for each source. For example, you can give more weight to 1st-degree connections than profile viewers.

💡Pro tip #2: If you work with multiple sales reps (or co-founders), you can use all of their LinkedIn accounts to get more and better leads. Each account brings its own network, 1st-degree connections, and profile viewers — which means more warm leads for your team.

Step 5: Launch your export

You target is set up. Now it's time to export your leads.

For that, click on "New Leads Export".

You will get a pop-up where you can select:

• The number of leads you want to export

• If you want to schedule this export on a weekly basis.

Then click on "Export Leads".

Step 6: Schedule Your Leads Export (Optional)

GiveMeLeads lets you schedule lead exports. Pick the day you want, and you’ll receive fresh leads weekly.

Once set up, you'll get a fresh list of leads every week — automatically.

Each lead is unique, and the system ensures there are no duplicates. This saves you time and keeps your CRM clean, so you can focus on outreach, not data cleaning.

Then, you’ll automatically receive new leads every week — no manual work needed.

You can focus 100% on what really matters: sending emails, starting LinkedIn conversations, and booking meetings.

💡 Pro tip: With scheduled exports, you can easily build lead files with more than 2,500 fresh, qualified contacts delivered straight to your inbox every week.

Step 7: Download your leads file

When your export is finished, you’ll receive an email with a download link.

You can also download your file directly by clicking the "Download" button in your dashboard. You’ll see two options.

1. "Open in Sheets"

This gives you a simple version of your lead list.

You have:

• Source (Sales Navigator, 1st-degree, profile viewers…)

• First Name

• Last Name

• Profile picture

• Company name

• Job title

• Headline

• LinkedIn URL

• Email

It doesn’t include all the data, but it’s perfect if you just want to import leads into your CRM or outreach tool like Lemlist or Expandi.

2. "Download CSV"

This gives you the full file with all available data. For each lead, you’ll see extra info like:

• Whether they have LinkedIn Premium

• Their total years of experience

• Company details like size, industry, and location

• Etc

Here's all the informations you can have:

💡 Pro tip: Don’t forget to scroll horizontally — there's a lot of valuable data in your lead file, including job titles, company size, verified emails, and even intent signals.

On top of that, GiveMeLeads automatically cleans your data:

• Fixes capital letters in names and job titles

• Removes emojis from job titles

• Removes legal suffixes in company names (like LLC, GmbH, etc.)

GiveMeLeads also checks if each lead matches your LinkedIn Sales Navigator filters.

If a lead doesn’t fit — for example, they have:

• An invalid job title

• Invalid location

• Wrong company size work

• Etc

We tag them in the column "filters" with the reason they’re invalid (like “Invalid job title” or “Wrong company size”).

That way, you keep full control of your data and don’t waste time guessing why a lead doesn’t match your targeting.

With GiveMeLeads, you get the verified professional email of every lead — even if they’re in your 2nd or 3rd-degree connections.

💡 Pro tip: No need to use separate tools to find or verify emails. Everything’s already cleaned, verified, and ready to go.

Once your list is ready, you can upload it into your favorite cold email platform—like Smartlead, Instantly, or Lemlist.

From there, you can start sending personalized cold emails at scale and book meetings without worrying about LinkedIn limits.

Final Thoughts

Now you know how to bypass LinkedIn’s connection limits without risking your account.

Here’s a quick recap of the 6 strategies you can use:

1. Use the LinkedIn mobile app to sneak in extra connection requests

2. Message Open Profiles without sending an invite

3. Increase your SSI score to raise your weekly limit

4. Send InMails if you’re on a Premium or Sales Navigator plan

5. Message group members or event attendees without connecting

6. Switch to email outreach and contact thousands without limits

LinkedIn limits are frustrating, but if you mix these techniques and stay consistent, you’ll keep your pipeline full without hitting the LinkedIn wall.

FAQ

Does LinkedIn limit connection requests?

Yes, LinkedIn limits how many connection requests you can send.

Most users can send around 100 invites per week, but this can vary based on your account activity, profile strength, and engagement.

Some users with Sales Navigator report being able to send up to 200 requests weekly, especially if their Social Selling Index (SSI) is high.

What Is the maximum number of connections you can have on LinkedIn?

You can have up to 30,000 first-degree connections on LinkedIn.

Once you hit that limit, you won’t be able to send new connection requests unless you remove some existing connections.

When is the best time to send LinkedIn invitations?

Send your invites early in the week—Monday to Wednesday—when people are most active on LinkedIn. Avoid weekends and holidays when engagement drops.

Also, pay attention to your prospect’s time zone. Sending during their business hours increases the chances they’ll see and accept your request quickly.