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Default Organization-Wide Access Levels

Default Organization-Wide Access Levels

Review the default organization-wide access levels for each object.

Required Editions

Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience
Available in: Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions.

In Salesforce orgs created before Spring ’20, when you first enable external organization-wide defaults, the default internal access and default external authenticated access are set to the original default access level. The only exceptions are User and newly created custom objects, which are set to Private by default.

In orgs created after Spring ’20, the default external authenticated access level is set to Private for all objects, unless the default internal access level is Controlled by Parent.

Object Default Internal Access Default External authenticated Access (in orgs created before Spring ’20) Default External authenticated Access (in orgs created after Spring ’20)
Account Public Read/Write Public Read/Write Private
Activity Private Private Private
Asset Controlled by Parent Controlled by Parent Controlled by Parent
Calendar Hide Details and Add Events Hide Details and Add Events Hide Details and Add Events
Campaign Public Full Access Public Full Access Private
Case Public Read/Write/Transfer Public Read/Write/Transfer Private
Contact Controlled by Parent Controlled by Parent Controlled by Parent
Contract Public Read/Write Public Read/Write Private
Custom Object Public Read/Write Public Read/Write (created before enabling external org-wide defaults) or Private (created after enabling external org-wide defaults) Private
Flow Interview Private Private Private
Lead Public Read/Write/Transfer Public Read/Write/Transfer Private
Opportunity Public Read Only Public Read Only Private
Price Book Use Use Use
Service Contract Private Private Private
User Public Read Only Private Private
 
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