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# Verify Access for a Particular Field

See whether access to a field is restricted and at what level—record type, user profile, or field.

### 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;">Available in: <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, <strong>Developer</strong>, and <strong>Database.com</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d42412e79 ">To view field accessibility:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d42412e79 ">Manage Profiles and Permission Sets</td>

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1. Navigate to the fields area of the appropriate object.
    
    For Knowledge validation status picklists, from Setup, enter Validation Statuses in the Quick Find box, then select **Validation Statuses**.
2. Select a field and click **View Field Accessibility**.
3. Confirm that the field access is correct for different profiles and record types.
4. Hover over any field access setting to see whether the field is required, editable, hidden, or read only based on the page layout or field-level security.
5. Click any field access setting to change it.

To verify field accessibility by a specific profile, record type, or field, from Setup, enter Field Accessibility in the Quick Find box, then select **Field Accessibility**. From this page, choose a particular tab to view and then select whether you want to check access by profiles, record types, or fields.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/images/icon_note.png)

Note In this user interface, you can’t check access for permission sets.

#### See Also

- [What Determines Field Access?](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.customize_fieldaccess.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Several factors control whether users can view and edit specific fields in Salesforce. You can control users’ access to fields at the record type, user, or field level.")