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description: User permissions specify what tasks users can perform and what features users can access. For example, users with the View Setup and Configuration user permission can view Setup pages, and users with the API Enabled user permission can access any Salesforce API.
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# User Permissions

User permissions specify what tasks users can perform and what features users can access. For example, users with the View Setup and Configuration user permission can view Setup pages, and users with the API Enabled user permission can access any Salesforce API.

### 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: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">The user permissions available vary according to which edition you have.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Some user permissions have dependencies with other user permissions or object permissions. When you save a permission set or profile, Salesforce evaluates whether dependent permissions must be enabled as part of the current updates being made or from previous changes.

You can enable user permissions in permission sets and custom profiles. In permission sets and the enhanced profile user interface, these permissions—as well as their descriptions—are listed in the App Permissions or System Permissions pages. In the original profile user interface, user permissions are listed under Administrative Permissions and General User Permissions.

We recommend that you use permission sets and permission set groups to manage your users’ permissions. Because you can reuse smaller permission set building blocks, you can avoid creating dozens or even hundreds of profiles for each user and job function.

To view permissions and their descriptions, from Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Permission Sets, and then select **Permission Sets**, then select or create a permission set. Then from the Permission Set Overview page, click **App Permissions** or **System Permissions**.

#### See Also

- [Profiles](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.admin_userprofiles.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Profiles define default settings for users. When you create users, you assign a profile to each one.")
- [Permission Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_sets_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "A permission set is a collection of settings and permissions that give users access to various tools and functions. Permission sets extend users’ functional access without changing their profiles and are the recommended way to manage your users’ permissions.")
- [Standard Profiles](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.standard_profiles.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Every Salesforce org includes standard profiles that you can assign to users. Edits to standard profiles are limited to certain settings.")