How to Change Field Level Security in Salesforce

Quick summary

Field-level security in Salesforce lets admins control which profiles can view or edit specific object fields. This walkthrough shows how to navigate the Object Manager and configure Visible and Read-Only permissions per profile.

Steps

1. Click the gear icon in the top-right of the dashboard to open Settings.
2. Select Open Advanced Setup from the dropdown menu.
3. Click Object Manager in the top-left menu of Setup.
4. Choose an object from the Object Manager list.
5. In the left menu, select Fields & Relationships.
6. Choose a Field Label object from the fields list.
7. Click Set Field-Level Security at the top of the field detail page.
8. Configure profile permissions by checking Visible (can see the field) and Read-Only (can view but not edit) for each profile.
9. Click Save at the top to apply your field-level security changes.