Increase Active Lookup Filters Per Object in Salesforce

This article explains how to increase the number of active lookup filters per object in Salesforce beyond the default of 5. To increase the limit, a System Administrator submits a limit increase request to Salesforce Support. The maximum limit after an increase is 15 active lookup filters per object.

What Lookup Filters Are

A lookup filter is a rule applied to a lookup field that limits which records a user can select. When a lookup filter is active on a field, Salesforce evaluates it against defined criteria and only presents records that meet those criteria in the lookup search results.

Examples of lookup filters:

• Filtering a Contact lookup so it only returns Contacts associated with a specific Account type (for example, only Contacts linked to "Customer" Accounts).
• Filtering an Opportunity lookup on a custom junction object so it only shows Opportunities in the "Prospecting" or "Qualification" stages.
• Filtering a Case lookup to only show open Cases owned by the current user's team.
• Filtering a Product lookup on an Order object to only return Products that belong to a specific Product Family.

Lookup Filter Limits and Availability

• Available editions: Professional, Enterprise, Unlimited, Performance, and Developer. Lookup filters are available across all Salesforce editions.
• Default limit: 5 active lookup filters per object.
• Maximum limit (if increased): 15 active lookup filters per object.

Request a Limit Increase

Before you contact Support, review the Limitations on Lookup Filters and Considerations for Lookup Filters documentation. Then have a System Administrator submit a limit increase request to the Feature Activations & Limits Team.