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How to import Lusha User Data into Freshsales

8 of the 15 columns in a Lusha User Data export, mapped into 8 Freshsales fields under Freshsales' own names.

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Built on Lusha User Data’s export columnsChecked against Freshsales’ import rulesUpdated October 3, 2026

One Lusha User Data row, through the templatecopied as it ischanged on the way1explained below
  • Contact name to First Name1first partWei
  • Contact name to Last Name1restChen
  • Job title to Job TitleHead of People
  • Work email to Emaillowercasedwei.chen@lumenlabs.example.com
  • Mobile to Mobile Number+44 7700 900930
  • Direct phone, Phone to Work Number2first with a value+44 20 7946 0930
  • Company name to Company NameLumen Labs
  • LinkedIn profile to Description3joined, with labelsLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/wei-chen-example
Not imported: Work email 2, Private email, Mobile 2, Phone 2, Direct phone 2, Industry and Sub industry. The template leaves these out; map any to a custom field in Operelio.

Where Lusha User Data and Freshsales don’t line up

1

One Contact name column, two name fields

Lusha User Data gives the whole name in Contact name, and Freshsales keeps First Name and Last Name apart.

The template takes the first word for First Name and the rest for Last Name.

ExportWei Chen
FreshsalesWei · Chen
2

Three phone columns, two phone fields

Lusha User Data splits numbers across Mobile, Direct phone and Phone.

The template sends Mobile to Mobile Number. Work Number takes the first of Direct phone and Phone that has a value.

ExportDirect phone empty
Phone +44 20 7946 0930
Freshsales+44 20 7946 0930
3

One column kept in Description

This template gives LinkedIn profile no Freshsales field of its own.

The template writes them into Description, each with its label, and leaves empty ones out.

ExportLinkedIn profile linkedin.com/in/wei-chen-example
FreshsalesLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/wei-chen-example

Check your Lusha User Data export before you import it

Looks for the 8 columns this template reads, and what Freshsales would skip.

Drop your Lusha User Data CSV here

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Lusha User Data to Freshsales in three steps

Step 1Export from Lusha
  1. Open the Lusha table that holds your revealed contacts.
  2. To export some of them, check the box next to the Contact column (up to 150 at a time) and click Export to CSV.
  3. To export the whole table, click the export icon and select Export table.
  4. The file downloads to your computer, and past files stay under Export history.

The full All contacts table can't be exported as a single file.

For users who are not admins, CSV export is a Scale plan permission.

Lusha: Export contacts to a CSV file
Step 2Paste into the template
  1. Paste the export at A1 of Paste your export here.
  2. Start here checks all 8 columns were found.
  3. Save Freshsales Contacts import as a CSV.

Works in Excel for Microsoft 365 and Google Sheets. Excel 2019 and older, Apple Numbers and LibreOffice can't run the formulas this file uses.

Just the 8 headers as a CSV

Step 3Import into Freshsales
  1. Go to Contacts in the left navigation bar and choose Import from CSV/XLSX.
  2. Choose contacts only, or accounts along with contacts, and upload the file.
  3. Check the field mapping and set the date format.
  4. Choose whether to create new records, update existing ones or both, and who owns them.
  5. Click Import Now.
Freshsales' importer, screen by screen

Operelio, with the same template

Fixes the capitals in names, formats phone numbers, removes duplicate and blank rows, which the Excel file leaves to you. On every plan. Email verification from Starter.

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Questions

Where does LinkedIn profile go?

Into Description on each contact, labeled like "LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/wei-chen-example".

Which Lusha export does this template expect?

The User Data export, which ships a single Contact name column, three email slots and six type-named phone slots. If your export has separate First name and Last name columns plus Seniority and Departments, that's the Prospecting export. Use the Lusha Prospecting to Freshsales Contacts template for that shape.

Duplicates and undoing an import: Freshsales import questions.

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