Follow Topics

Follow topics so you can see updates in your Chatter feed.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience
Available in: Group, Essentials, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, Developer, and Contact Manager Editions

To follow a topic, click Follow in one of these locations:

  • Topic detail page
    If the Follow button on the topic detail page has a Plus sigh on Follow button in front of it (Lightning Experience), you have more options. To see options for following the topic and for adding it to a new or existing stream, click the button. To follow the topic from the menu, click What I Follow.
    Options on a Follow menu
    Note
    Note You can find streams in Lightning Experience on the Chatter home page.
  • Topics list (Salesforce Classic only)

You can follow a maximum combined total of 500 people, topics, and records. To see how many items you’re following, view the Following list on your profile.

To stop following a topic, click Following (Lightning Experience) or click blue X button next to Following (Salesforce Classic). After you stop following a topic, you don’t see future updates to the topic in your Chatter feed.

If your administrator disables feed tracking for topics, you can’t follow new topics. However, you continue to follow the ones that you followed when feed tracking was enabled. These topics count toward the maximum number of people, topics, and records that you can follow. To stop following a topic after your administrator disables feed tracking, you must use Connect REST API.