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# Modify Custom Objects

Customize the user interface for your custom objects.

### 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>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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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d30222e82 ">To customize custom objects:</td>

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- [Create a custom tab](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.custom_tab_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Custom tabs let you display custom object data or other web content in Salesforce. When you add a custom tab to an app in Salesforce Classic, it appears as a tab. When you add a custom tab to an app in Lightning Experience, it appears as an item in the app’s navigation bar and in the App Launcher.").
- [Create custom fields and relationships](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.dev_objectfields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When you create a custom object, these default fields are automatically assigned to the object.").
- [Add customized buttons and links](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.defining_custom_links.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Define the action that occurs when a user clicks a custom button or link. Custom buttons and links can streamline actions within Salesforce or integrate Salesforce data with external URLs, applications, or systems.") to perform actions or link to other pages or websites.
- [Define which fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.customize_layoutcreate.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "With the enhanced page layout editor, you can tailor record page layouts to the needs of your users.") display for users on record detail and edit pages.
- [Specify which fields display for users](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.customizing_search_layouts.htm&type=5&language=en_US) in search results, lookup dialogs, and in the key lists on custom object tabs.
- [Create record types](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.creating_record_types.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Before creating record types, include all of the possible record type values in your master list of picklists. The master picklist is a complete list of picklist values that can be used in any record type.") to display different picklist values and page layouts to different users based on their profiles.