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description: When you edit a Lightning app from the App Manager in Setup, you’re brought into the Lightning App Builder to manage the app’s settings. Update app branding, navigation, and other options, and manage the Lightning pages assigned to that app all in one place.
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# Customize Lightning Apps with the Lightning App Builder

When you edit a Lightning app from the App Manager in Setup, you’re brought into the Lightning App Builder to manage the app’s settings. Update app branding, navigation, and other options, and manage the Lightning pages assigned to that app all in one place.

### 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;">Lightning App Builder is available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Lightning apps are available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <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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              Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d164440e85 ">To manage apps:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d164440e85 ">Modify All Data</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d164440e85 ">To create and save Lightning pages in the Lightning App Builder:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d164440e85 ">Customize Application</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d164440e85 ">To view apps:</td>

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1. From the Home tab in Setup, enter App in the Quick Find box, then select **App Manager**
2. Click ![Action dropdown](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/extend_click/images/lex_icon_action_list_item_dropdown.png) on a Lightning app’s row, and select **Edit**.
    
    Here are some things you can do from the App Settings tab.
    
    - Change your app’s name, primary color, and logo.
    - Override the org theme with your app’s brand image and nav bar color.
    - Add a utility bar for common processes and tools, like Recent Items and Notes.
    - Manage which default items appear in the app’s navigation bar.
    - Manage user profile assignments.
    
    On the Navigation Items tab, you can control which objects and other items—like Visualforce pages or Lightning components—are included in your app. To create a custom object by importing data from a spreadsheet, click **Create** at the top of the Available Items section.
3. Click the **Pages** tab in the Lightning App Builder header to see all the active Lightning pages assigned to the app, create pages, and open existing pages, even ones not associated with the app.
    
    ![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_tip.png)
    
    Tip If you create pages for your app, when finished, don’t forget to click **Activation** to make them active for your users and assign them to the app.

#### See Also

- [Lightning Apps](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.apps_overview_lightning.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "With apps in Lightning Experience, members of your org can work more efficiently by easily switching between apps. Users can open apps you’ve created from the App Launcher. What’s most important to sales reps? Accounts, events, and organizations. How about sales managers? Reports and dashboards make the top of the list. Lightning apps take things to another level past Classic apps by letting you brand your apps with a custom color, logo, and utility bar.")
- [Create Lightning Apps](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.apps_lightning_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "As in Salesforce Classic, you can create apps in Lightning Experience, but with even more bells and whistles. You can brand and customize Lightning apps to help your users work more efficiently. For example, you can create a Lightning app for your finance department that includes all important items, including tabs, for users to complete common tasks. You can customize the navigation bar color, brand it with a logo, and make the app available in the App Launcher for the user profiles associated with the finance department.")
- [Get Help for Lightning App Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.lightning_app_builder_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "The Lightning App Builder is a point-and-click tool that makes it easy to create custom pages for the Salesforce mobile app and Lightning Experience, giving your users what they need all in one place. The Lightning App Builder is also a one-stop shop for configuring Lightning apps.")