Manage Fields for a Specific Object
You can add, edit, delete, and customize object fields in Setup.
Required Editions
| Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience |
Available in: Contact Manager, Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, Developer, and Database.com Editions Standard fields are not available in Database.com Salesforce Connect external objects are available in Developer Edition and, for an extra cost, in Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions. |
- From the object management settings for the object whose fields you want to view, go to Fields.
- Click the field label.
- To modify a custom field, add custom help text, or change the data type, click Edit.
- If a custom field exists in a Managed - Released package, click Delete to delete the custom field component from future installations.
- To set users’ access to the field, click Set Field-Level Security. This option is available depending on the edition that you have.
- To view who can access the field based on permissions and record type, click View Field Accessibility. This option is available depending on the edition that you have.
- If the custom field is a dependent picklist, click Change next to the controlling field to edit the dependency rules.
- To change External ID, Required, or other attributes under the General Options section, see Custom Field Attributes.
- To restore the field and its data, click Undelete. This option is available only if the field has been deleted but not permanently erased. The field’s behavior may be different after restoring it.
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