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description: See default searchable objects and fields in your Salesforce org. As you add custom objects and fields to your Salesforce org, your index changes to reflect which objects and fields are searchable. Your index is the single source of truth for what’s searchable in your org. You can manage the search index and apply field-level security to custom fields.
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# Explore the Search Index with Search Manager

See default searchable objects and fields in your Salesforce org. As you add custom objects and fields to your Salesforce org, your index changes to reflect which objects and fields are searchable. Your index is the single source of truth for what’s searchable in your org. You can manage the search index and apply field-level security to custom fields.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Einstein Search in Lightning Experience</td></tr></tbody></table>

- **[Manage the Search Index](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.search_index_manage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    View default searchable fields. You can add and remove fields in the search index. For example, if you never want to include certain custom fields in search, remove those fields. Removed fields don’t appear in search results and aren’t used to match results. You can’t remove standard fields.
- **[Disable an Object Search Index](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.search_disable_object_index.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Disable indexing for an object to stop making its data searchable and stop index credit consumption for that object.
- **[Field-Level Security for Custom Fields in Search](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.search_protect_fields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Field-level security specifies whether users in your Salesforce org can view and edit each field in an object. You can configure field-level security settings separately from Einstein Search. Users can search a protected field only if they have the appropriate field permissions. However, search can only protect up to 100 searchable custom fields per object with field-level security, even if you set field-level security for more than 100 custom fields. The search engine matches results based on information in unprotected fields. You can select which custom fields are protected.
- **[Field-Level Security Applied in Search: FAQ](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.search_fls_faq.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Before the Summer 24 release, Salesforce search results sometimes returned unexpected outcomes under certain circumstances due to a limitation in how Search applies Field Level Security. This limitation arises because Search applies Field-Level Security to all standard fields and the first 100 searchable custom fields, but not to custom fields beyond the 100th. Therefore, searches can use these unprotected fields to return results.

#### See Also

- [Search Index](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.search_index.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "The search index makes it quicker and more efficient for the search engine to retrieve relevant information for a user’s query. Without a search index, the search engine scans all content in every document or record in your organization each time a user performs a search, which is time-consuming and resource-intensive. Explore how the search index can improve your search engine.")