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description: After you configure subtab apps, you can specify which users can see specific tabs on the profile page.
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# Control Subtab App Visibility in Salesforce Classic

After you configure subtab apps, you can specify which users can see specific tabs on the profile page.

### 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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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d197317e82">User Permissions
              Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d197317e82 ">To view apps:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d197317e82 ">View Setup and Configuration</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d197317e82 ">To manage apps:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d197317e82 ">Customize Application</td>

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To control the visibility of tabs within a subtab app:

1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Profiles, and then select **Profiles**.
2. Do one of the following:
    
    - Original profile user interface—Click **Edit** next to the profile you want to modify and scroll to the Tab Settings section.
    - Enhanced profile user interface—Click the profile you want to modify and click **Object Settings**. Click the object you want to modify and click **Edit**.
    
    ![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 Some profiles, including Chatter External and Chatter Free users, don’t have the permissions to view subtab apps.
3. Change the tab settings.
    
    End users can’t customize the display of subtab apps. Administrators can hide tabs within subtab apps using the Tab Hidden option in Tab Settings. Users can see tabs set to Default Off and Default On.
4. (Original profile user interface only) To reset users’ tab customizations to the tab visibility settings that you specify, select **Overwrite users’ personal tab customizations**.
5. Click **Save**.

#### See Also

- [Subtab Apps in Salesforce Classic](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.apps_classic_subtab_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "An app is a group of tabs that work as a unit to provide application functionality. Similarly, a subtab app is a collection of tabs that appears on the Chatter profile page. A subtab app can include both default and custom tabs.")
- [Manage Subtab Apps in Salesforce Classic](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.apps_classic_subtab_manage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "You can view and customize the subtab apps on users’ profile pages.")