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description: If you use the Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce template, you can change your template to an Aura template or any installed Lightning Bolt Solution in Experience Builder. Changing templates isn’t available in LWR sites.
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# Change Your Experience Cloud Site Template

If you use the Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce template, you can change your template to an Aura template or any installed Lightning Bolt Solution in Experience Builder. Changing templates isn’t available in LWR sites.

### 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 and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Applies to: <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.exp_cloud_basics_glossary.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Aura and Visualforce sites</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small permission">
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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d108597e79">User Permissions
              Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d108597e79 ">To create an Experience Cloud site:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d108597e79 ">Create and Set Up Experiences AND View Setup and Configuration</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d108597e79 ">To customize or publish an Experience Cloud site:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d108597e79 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Create and Set Up Experiences AND View Setup and Configuration AND be a member
                  of the site<p>OR</p>
                </li>

                <li>View Setup and Configuration AND be a member of the site AND have appropriate
                  <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_access_control_overview.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">role-based site access</a>
                </li>

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            </td>

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![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/images/icon_note.png)

Note

- Apart from the Help Center template, we don’t recommend changing from one Experience Builder template to another. So for example, avoid changing from a Customer Service template to a Partner Central template. Although the functionality is available for these templates, we recommend that you start afresh with a new template instead. If you do change from one template to another and lose your customizations, Salesforce Customer Support is unable to assist you.

![Important](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/images/icon_important.png)

Important There’s no data loss when you change templates, but all customizations are lost. Be sure to review [Considerations for Changing Your Template](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_template_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Changing your template affects site navigation, branding, and customizations.") before changing your template.

1. Open Experience Workspaces.
2. Click **Administration** | **Settings**.
3. Click **Change Template**. A message warns you that changing your siteʼs template permanently deletes all existing customizations and pages.
4. Choose the template you want to switch to.
5. When prompted, select **Change Template** to confirm your changes.

After you change the template, you’re taken back to Experience Workspaces.

Check to make sure your site pages, such as the Login page or Home page, are still the best choice for your updated site template. For example, if you previously had a Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce template and switch to the Customer Service template, update your pages to use Experience Builder pages instead of Visualforce pages. If necessary, customize your site in Experience Builder and publish any changes you make.