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# How to scrape only new leads with Skip Collected Leads in Sales Navigator

> Turn on Skip Collected Leads so each run of your Sales Navigator Leads Scraper returns only the leads it hasn't already collected.

By default, every run of a Squid re-processes its full task list and returns every matching lead — including ones you already collected in earlier runs. **Skip Collected Leads** changes that: when it's on, each run skips any lead this Squid has already scraped, so you only get **new** results.

<Note>
  This setting is specific to the **Sales Navigator Leads Scraper**.
</Note>

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/lobstrio-8dcae32c/TloeTGFix98ENRqm/images/guides/sales-navigator/skip-collected-leads/toggle.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=TloeTGFix98ENRqm&q=85&s=87b8230da7674f29d2d43d6287cc86ab" alt="The Skip Collected Leads toggle in the Sales Navigator Leads Scraper settings, with its tooltip explaining it returns only new leads each run" width="824" height="726" data-path="images/guides/sales-navigator/skip-collected-leads/toggle.png" />
</Frame>

## How to turn it on

The toggle is **off by default** — turn it on when you want repeat runs to return only fresh leads.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Advanced Settings">
    Go to your Sales Navigator Leads Scraper Squid, open the **Settings** tab, and scroll to **Advanced Settings**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enable Skip Collected Leads">
    Switch on the **Skip Collected Leads** toggle. The change applies to the **next** launch.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What counts as "already collected"

Two things define whether a lead is skipped:

* **Scope is per-Squid, not per-account.** A lead is only skipped if *this* Squid collected it in one of its own previous runs. If a **different** Squid scraped the same LinkedIn person — even under the same synced account — that lead is **not** skipped here. Each Squid keeps its own "collected" record.
* **Leads are matched by LinkedIn's member ID.** A lead is identified by LinkedIn's internal numeric member ID, not by the profile URL or display name. So a lead is still recognized as already-collected even if the person later changes their vanity URL or renames their profile.

## The skip memory doesn't expire with your downloads

This is the important part. Your **downloadable results** are kept for a limited time — 7 days on the free plan, 28 days on paid plans — and then the export files are removed from the dashboard. See [Download your results](/data/download-results) for how retention works.

**Skip Collected Leads does not depend on those export files.** The "already collected" memory lives in the Squid's stored result records, which are separate from the downloadable exports. So when your downloads age out and disappear from the dashboard, the skipped leads **do not** become scrapable again — the Squid still remembers them.

<Note>
  Emptying a Squid's tasks does **not** reset the skip memory. **Empty tasks** clears the Squid's input list (the URLs it processes); the collected-leads record is stored separately and is left untouched.
</Note>

## Watch out for the 2,500-result cap

Sales Navigator returns at most **2,500 results per search** (100 pages × 25). Once your Squid has collected all 2,500 results for a given search, a run with Skip Collected Leads on may return **nothing new** — there are simply no unseen leads left behind that search until the search itself changes (new filters, a different query, or newly-added matching profiles).

<Tip>
  To reach leads **beyond** the 2,500-per-search cap, turn on [Split search](/guides/sales-navigator/split-search) as well. The two settings work together: Split Search widens how many leads a search can reach, and Skip Collected Leads keeps each run limited to the new ones.
</Tip>

## Does it cost credits?

No. Skip Collected Leads adds **no extra charge**. Skipped leads aren't re-scraped, so you're never billed twice for a lead this Squid already collected.