Standard Chatter Actions

Standard Chatter actions are available only when Chatter is enabled. The standard Chatter actions are Post, Poll, Question, and Announcements (groups only). Salesforce Classic standard actions also include File, Link, and Thanks (WDC). Standard actions are supported in both the full Salesforce site and in the Salesforce mobile app.

You can customize the order in which standard Chatter actions appear, but you can’t edit their properties. To see standard Chatter actions on an object, the object must have feed tracking enabled.

Only standard Chatter actions appear on the user profile page, regardless of which actions are assigned to the User Page Layout or the global publisher layout. Similarly, only standard Chatter actions appear on reports, regardless of which other actions are assigned to the global publisher layout.

Which actions are available in the full Salesforce site depends on whether your org has Chatter, feed tracking, and actions in the publisher enabled. Actions in the Salesforce mobile app don’t rely on whether Chatter or actions in the publisher are enabled. For how Chatter enablement affects action visibility, see Actions With and Without Chatter.

Note Beginning in Summer ’26, Chatter is turned off by default in all new orgs. For any features in these orgs that require access to Chatter functionality or the Chatter APIs, turn on Chatter by going to Setup | Chatter Settings and selecting Enable. For details, see Chatter Is Turned Off by Default in New Orgs Beginning in Summer ’26.