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description: After creating custom setting and adding fields, you can add records, then use the values in these records in your Apex code and validation rules.
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# Manage Custom Settings Data

After creating custom setting and adding fields, you can add records, then use the values in these records in your Apex code and validation rules.

### 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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1. From Setup, enter Custom Settings in the Quick Find box, then select **Custom Settings**.
2. Click **Manage** next to a custom setting, or from the detail page for a custom setting.
3. Provide or change values for the custom setting.
    
    If you’re managing a list setting:
    
    - To add data to the fields, click **New**.
    - To change the name of the data set or to change the data, click **Edit** next to the name of an existing set of data.
    - To delete the data set, click **Delete** next to the name of an existing set of data.
    
    If you’re managing a hierarchy setting, decide where in the permission hierarchy you want to add default data (organization, profile, or user).
    
    - To add default data at the organization level, click **New** in the Default Organization Level Value section. If data has already been defined for the organization, you can only edit or delete it.
    - To add default data at the profile or user level, click **New** in the lower section of the page, near the Setup Owner.

After you define data:

- To change the default data set at the organization level, click **Edit** in the Default Organization Level Value section.
- To delete the data set (only for hierarchical custom settings), click **Delete** in the Default Organization Level Value section.
- To view the data (only for hierarchical custom settings), click **View** next to the name of an existing set of data.

#### See Also

- [Custom Settings Limits and Considerations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.cs_limits.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When working with custom settings, be aware of the following considerations and limits on the amount of cached data.")