How to Enable Field History Tracking in Salesforce

Quick summary

Field History Tracking in Salesforce lets you audit changes to up to 20 fields per object, recording who changed what and when. Enable it through Object Manager in Setup to maintain a reliable change log for objects like Lead, Contact, or Opportunity.

Steps

1. Navigate to the Setup menu.
2. In the Quick Find box, type "Object Manager" and select it from the search results.
3. Select the standard object (e.g., Lead, Contact, Opportunity) for which you want to enable field history tracking.
4. Click on Fields & Relationships in the left sidebar.
5. Locate Set History Tracking.
6. Review the tracked fields — by default all editable fields are tracked; deselect fields you don't need and note the 20-field limit, so prioritize the most important ones.
7. Click Save to activate field history tracking for the chosen standard object.