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Edit State, Country, and Territory Details

Edit State, Country, and Territory Details

To customize the states, countries, and territories in your picklists, edit their details.

Required Editions

Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience
Available in: All Editions except Database.com
User Permissions Needed
To add or edit state, country, or territory details: Modify All Data

To add or edit a state or province, navigate to its detail page through the detail page of its associated country.

In the case that the name of a country changes, that change is only automatically applied to new organizations. If you have an existing organization, you must manually update the country name.

Note
Note When there is a state or country translation for the target language configured in Translation Workbench, the translation value will be displayed in the picklist.
  1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter State, and then select State and Country/Territory Picklists.
  2. Click Configure States, Countries, and Territories and choose your action.
    • To add a country, click New Country/Territory.
    • To edit a country, click Edit and select the country.
    • To add a state or province to a country, click Edit, select the country, and click New State.
    • To edit a state or province, click Edit, then select the country and state, and click Edit.
  3. Configure the State, Country, and Territory picklist fields.
  4. Specify whether the state, country, or territory is Active and available in the Metadata API and can be imported.
  5. For an active state, country, or territory, specify whether it’s also Visible and available to users.
  6. Save your changes.
 
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