How to Check API Usage in Salesforce

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May 25, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to monitor your Salesforce API usage in real time.

Quick summary

This demo shows how to check API usage in Salesforce by navigating through Advanced Setup to the System Overview page, where you can view your API call consumption for the past 24 hours. Salesforce admins can use this built-in monitoring tool to track API limits and prevent integration failures before they occur.

Steps

Click the gear icon in the top-right corner of your Salesforce dashboard to open the setup menu.
Select Open Advanced Setup from the dropdown options that appear.
In the Quick Find search bar on the left sidebar, type and select System Overview.
Navigate to the API Usage box to view your organization's API call consumption for the past 24 hours.

📌 Why this matters

Monitoring Salesforce API usage is critical for admins managing integrations, automation, and third-party app connections. Exceeding API limits can cause data sync failures, broken workflows, and disrupted business operations. Salesforce's built-in System Overview page gives administrators instant visibility into their 24-hour API consumption without requiring external tools. Proactively tracking API usage helps teams stay within their governor limits and maintain reliable CRM performance.

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