How to Check API Limits in Salesforce

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May 25, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to monitor your Salesforce org's API request limits in minutes.

Quick summary

To check API limits in Salesforce, navigate to Setup via the gear icon, open Advanced Setup, and find the API Usage box under System Overview. This shows your org's maximum API request quota and consumption within the current 24-hour window.

Steps

Click the gear icon in the top-right corner of your Salesforce dashboard to open Setup.
Select Open Advanced Setup from the dropdown menu.
In the Quick Find search bar, type and select System Overview.
Go to the API Usage box to view your API limit — the maximum number of API requests your org can make within a 24-hour period.

📌 Why this matters

Monitoring Salesforce API limits is critical for any team that relies on integrations, automation, or third-party apps connected to Salesforce. Exceeding your org's API request quota can cause syncs to fail, workflows to break, and data pipelines to stall — often without obvious warnings. The System Overview page gives Salesforce admins instant visibility into real-time API consumption versus the allowed limit, enabling proactive governance before hitting the cap. Knowing where to find this data in just a few clicks helps teams avoid costly downtime and keep their Salesforce ecosystem running smoothly.

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