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# Customize Content Fields

Create, modify, and delete Salesforce CRM Content custom fields so you can categorize and define your content.

### 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: Salesforce Classic</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Contact Manager</strong>, <strong>Group</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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              <p>Manage Salesforce CRM Content</p>
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To create, modify, and delete Salesforce CRM Content custom fields for categorizing and defining your content, go to the object management settings for content. If you're using Lightning Experience, go to the Object Manager, select **Content Version**, then scroll to the fields area. If you're using Salesforce Classic, enter Salesforce Files in the Quick Find box, then select **Fields**. The data assigned to these fields during upload is available on the content details page for the life of the file. After creating custom content fields, you must assign them to a page layout. The page layout determines which fields appear when a user uploads or revises files in Salesforce CRM Content.

1. Click **New**.
2. Choose the type of field to create, and click **Next**.
3. For relationship fields, associate an object with the field and click **Next**.
4. Enter a field label. The field name is automatically populated based on the field label you enter. This name can contain only underscores and alphanumeric characters, and must be unique in your org. It must begin with a letter, not include spaces, not end with an underscore, and not contain two consecutive underscores. Ensure the custom field name is not identical to any standard field name for that object.
5. Choose the page layout that should display the field as an editable field.

Click **Edit** or **Del** in the Content Custom Fields & Relationships related list to edit or delete a custom content field. You can’t edit or delete the standard content fields. Deleted custom fields and their data are stored until your org permanently deletes them or 15 days has elapsed, whichever happens first. Until that time, you can restore the field and its data.

#### See Also

- [Customize Salesforce CRM Content](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.content_setup.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Modify content fields, validation rules, library permissions, and other default settings.")