How to Use the Facebook Profile URL Finder

Before you start

• This Phantom uses URL finder credits to perform online lookups and find profile or company URLs.
  • Each lookup uses one credit, and your monthly limit depends on your plan.

Step 1: Provide profile URLs

You can provide your lead data in three ways:

1. My Lists:
   Choose a saved LinkedIn Leads list you’ve already created in PhantomBuster.
2. A URL:
   • Paste the URL of a Google Sheet with your contacts (make sure it’s shared with “Anyone with the link”).
   • Or upload a CSV file (make sure it’s publicly accessible, and note that CSV upload is only available on paid plans).
     • If you’re using a spreadsheet, the Phantom defaults to the first column (A). To use a different column, enter the column’s header name in the field “Name of column containing names.”
3. My Phantoms:
   Use results from another Phantom as input.

For any of the options listed above:

• Required fields: 
  To make sure the Phantom can correctly identify Facebook profiles, your input must include:
  - First name and Last name (or a single Full name column).
• Country & language (optional):
  To improve accuracy, you can select the search country and language where the Phantom will look for profiles.
  - If your exact country/language isn’t listed, choose the closest match.

Step 2: Configure extraction settings

• Number of spreadsheet rows to process per launch (optional):
  • This setting only applies if you are using a spreadsheet or CSV file as input.
  • Default = empty, which means it will process all rows.
  • Enter a smaller number to spread processing across launches.

Result file settings (dropdown in setup)

1. Name your results file (optional)

   • You can customize the file name.

     If you rename the file between launches, the Phantom will create a new results file and start processing inputs from scratch.

2. Fields to keep (optional)
   • Export only the fields you care about by listing them (comma-separated).
     Example: profileUrl, job, location.
   • This generates a second CSV file with just those fields.
   • Learn more in our guide: Customize how your Phantom results files are saved.

Step 3: Select launch frequency

Choose how often the Phantom should run:

1. Launch manually: Start the Phantom yourself whenever you need.
2. Launch once at a specific time: schedule a one-time run at a set date and time.
3. Launch repeatedly: schedule regular runs (e.g. once per day, several times during working hours).
4. Launch after another Phantom: chain automations together so this Phantom starts right after another finishes.
5. Advanced scheduling: customize the exact minutes, hours, days, or months when the Phantom should run.

→ For a complete walkthrough of scheduling options, see our guide to scheduling Phantoms automatically.

Step 4 (Optional): Advanced settings

Advanced settings are available if you want to fine-tune how your Phantom runs, but by default they’re already optimized for most use cases.

We recommend leaving them as they are unless a guide specifically instructs you to change something.

→ For a detailed overview of all advanced options (like execution limits, retries, email notifications, proxies, webhooks, and file management), see our Advanced settings guide.

Launch and results

When you’re ready:

1. Click Launch to start your Phantom.
2. Once it finishes, open the Results tab in the Phantom console to see extracted data.
3. Download your results as a CSV or JSON file.

→ To learn how to export your data to Google Sheets, integrate with other tools, or reuse it in more automations, check our Access and Export your Phantom Results guide.

Export and input limits on the Free plan
If you’re on the Free plan or Free trial, some features are limited:
- CSV exports include only the first 10 rows of results.
- CSV download links (for dynamic viewing in Google Sheets or integrations) are not available.
- JSON exports are not available.
- CSV upload as an input method is not supported.
To unlock all features, you’ll need to upgrade to a paid plan.

What you give (Input) and What you get (Output)

This section gives you a detailed breakdown of everything you need to provide to run this Phantom, and everything you’ll receive once it completes.

What you give (Input)

What you get (Output)

Tips and troubleshooting

Common pitfalls

• Entering partial names → use full names and add location/company if possible.
• Using a private spreadsheet (make sure it’s set to “Anyone with the link”).
• Large input lists → split across multiple runs to avoid timeouts or errors.
• Basic data only: This Phantom only finds profile URLs. For richer data, use the Facebook Profile Scraper.

If you run into issues

• Check how to troubleshoot your phantom using Logs.
• Browse the Fix Issues & Troubleshoot Errors section for solutions to common problems.
• Review our Automation Rate Limits by Platform guide.
• Check our Best Practices for Social Media Automation guide.

Suggested automations

After finding Facebook profile URLs, you can:

• Enrich them with the Facebook Profile Scraper to collect more data.
• Use the AI Advanced Enricher to analyze the extracted profile data and build segments for outreach.