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description: After you create a custom setting, you can view the details of the custom setting, manage the custom setting, and add fields.
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# View and Edit Custom Settings

After you create a custom setting, you can view the details of the custom setting, manage the custom setting, and add fields.

### Required Editions

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            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience.</td>

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              <p>Available in: <strong>Group</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Developer</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>,
                <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Database.com</strong> Editions.
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              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Packages aren’t
                available in <strong>Database.com</strong>.</p>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d210070e87 ">To manage, create, edit, and delete custom settings:</td>

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From Setup, enter Custom Settings in the Quick Find box, then select **Custom Settings**, then click the name of the custom setting you'd like to view. While viewing a custom setting, you can:

- To change a custom setting, click **Edit**.
- To delete a custom setting, click **Delete**.
    
    ![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 A ![Managed - Installed](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/extend_click/images/icoManagedInstalled.gif) icon indicates that the custom setting is in an installed managed package. You can’t edit or delete a protected custom setting installed from a managed package.
- To add data to a custom setting, click **Manage**.
- To add fields and data to the custom setting, click **New**.

#### See Also

- [Create Custom Settings Records](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.cs_add_data.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "After you define your custom settings and add fields, you can populate the fields with data.")
- [Add Custom Settings Fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.cs_add_fields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "After you define custom settings, add fields to them. The custom fields contain the data used by the custom setting.")