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description: Marketers can use custom components to enhance their email templates and content by bringing in information and assets, such as surveys or event details, from third parties. Partners or developers can create custom components. Admins install custom components from an unmanaged package or via AppExchange. After a component is installed, a user can choose it when they build email content.
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# Use Custom Components in Email

Marketers can use custom components to enhance their email templates and content by bringing in information and assets, such as surveys or event details, from third parties. Partners or developers can create custom components. Admins install custom components from an unmanaged package or via AppExchange. After a component is installed, a user can choose it when they build email 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: <span>any Account Engagement Edition</span> with Salesforce <strong>Essentials</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in <span>Account Engagement</span> Lightning App only</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d107154e82">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d107154e82 ">To install a package:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d107154e82 ">Download AppExchange Package</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d107154e82 ">To add a custom component to email template or email content:</td>

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              <p>Access Drag and Drop Content Builder </p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">and</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">View Setup and Configuration</p>
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Anyone with email editing access can edit an email that contains a custom component, even if they don’t have permissions to add or change the component.

1. Open an email content record.
2. Click **Edit in Builder**.
3. From the left rail, drag a component from the Custom section.
    
    ![Components rail shows Custom heading with an outline.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-mktg-pardot-264-0-0-production-enus/5fef4d4f-9a34-45c6-8cd3-e3200b9eeba8/pardot/images/pardot_eilex_custom_component_list.png)

#### See Also

- [_Developer Guide_: Create Components for Email Content in Account Engagement](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/lwc/guide/use-config-for-email-builder-custom-components.html)
- [Install a Package](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.distribution_installing_packages.htm&language=en_US)