--- schema_version: "1" id: 31ea08341e88a9d80d1114a0792f339817a15ba4484e7485952995c62e2c0756 title: Actions With and Without Chatter collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/platform/264-0-0/actions_with_or_without_chatter.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.actions_with_or_without_chatter.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: e558b4707d708b375381e328f2e714711cda056810d5f4f8976aeab9c35128b8 description: Use actions regardless of whether Chatter or actions in the publisher are enabled. products: - Salesforce Platform - Security release: "264" --- # Actions With and Without Chatter Use actions regardless of whether Chatter or actions in the publisher are enabled. ### Required Editions
Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience

Quick actions available in: Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, Contact Manager, Database.com, and Developer Editions

Custom canvas actions available in: Professional (with Canvas enabled), Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

The actions that are available in the full Salesforce site (Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience) or in the Salesforce mobile app depend on your org’s settings. To enable or disable Chatter for your organization, from Setup, enter Chatter Settings in the Quick Find box, then select **Chatter Settings**. If Chatter is enabled, the Enable Actions in the Publisher option controls whether the actions that you create display in the Chatter publisher. ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_note.png) Note Beginning in Summer ’26, Chatter is turned off by default in all new orgs. For any features in these orgs that require access to Chatter functionality or the Chatter APIs, turn on Chatter by going to **Setup** | **Chatter Settings** and selecting **Enable**. For details, see [Chatter Is Turned Off by Default in New Orgs Beginning in Summer ’26](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.collab_chatter_default_off.htm&type=5&language=en_US). |   | Chatter Off, Actions Off | Chatter On, Actions Off | Chatter On, Actions On | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | You can create global actions and customize global action lists | Yes | Yes | Yes | | You can create object-specific actions and customize object-specific action lists | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Actions appear on the Home page and Chatter home page in the full Salesforce site | No | Yes1 | Yes | | Actions appear in object feeds in the full Salesforce site | No | Yes1,2 | Yes2 | | The action bar is available in the Salesforce mobile app feed | No3 | Yes4 | Yes | | The action bar is available on the record view in the Salesforce mobile app | Yes5 | Yes6 | Yes6 | | The action bar is available on Lightning pages in the Salesforce mobile app | Yes5 | Yes | Yes | Footnotes: 1. If actions in the publisher aren’t enabled, only standard Chatter actions (Post, File, Link, Poll, and Thanks) appear in the Chatter publisher in the full Salesforce site. 2. The Chatter feed appears on an object’s detail page in the full Salesforce site only for objects that have feed tracking enabled. 3. When Chatter is disabled, the Feed item isn’t available in the Salesforce mobile app. 4. When Chatter is enabled but actions in the publisher aren’t, standard Chatter actions and nonstandard actions appear in the Salesforce mobile app action bar and in third-party apps that use action lists. Nonstandard actions include Create, Update, Log a Call, custom actions, and Mobile Smart Actions. 5. When Chatter and actions in the publisher are disabled, only nonstandard actions appear in the action bar in the Salesforce mobile app or in third-party apps that use action lists. Nonstandard actions include Create, Update, Log a Call, custom actions, and Mobile Smart Actions. 6. If feed tracking isn’t enabled on an object, only nonstandard actions appear in the Salesforce mobile app action bar and in third-party apps that use action lists. Nonstandard actions include Create, Update, Log a Call, custom actions, and Mobile Smart Actions. #### See Also - [Set Up Actions with Chatter Enabled](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.setting_up_actions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Global and object-specific actions enhance the Chatter experience for your users in Salesforce Classic and in the Salesforce app.") - [Set Up Actions Without Chatter Enabled](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.setting_up_actions_without_chatter.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "You can set up object-specific and global actions for the Salesforce mobile app or third-party apps, even if your org doesn’t have Chatter enabled.") - [Quick Actions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.actions_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Quick actions enable users to do more in Salesforce and in the Salesforce mobile app. With custom quick actions, you can make your users’ navigation and workflow as smooth as possible by giving them convenient access to information that’s most important. For example, you can let users create or update records and log calls directly in their Chatter feed or from their mobile device.")