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# Create a Custom Object in Lightning Experience

Track and store data that’s unique to your organization.

### 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: 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="d148891e82 ">To create and edit custom objects:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d148891e82 ">Customize Application</td>

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![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 Instead of completing this task manually, get help from Setup with Agentforce. For example, ask the Setup agent, “Can you help me create a custom object?” For more information, see [Data Model Management in Setup with Agentforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.setup_agentforce_data_model.htm&language=en_US).

1. From the Object Manager tab in Setup, click **Create** | **Custom Object**.
2. Complete the fields for your custom object and configure its features.
3. If you want to create a custom tab for the object immediately after you save it, select **Launch New Custom Tab Wizard after saving this custom object**.
    
    To create the custom object tab later, from Setup in the Quick Find box, enter Tabs, and then click **Tabs**.
4. Save the new object.
5. In the Object Manager, click **Fields & Relationships**, and create the custom fields that your object needs.

![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 don’t want your users to see the new custom object while you design and test it, to hide it, set the deployment status to In Development.

#### See Also

- [Create a Custom Object from a Spreadsheet in Lightning Experience](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.dev_objectcreate_task_lex_from_spreadsheet.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use custom objects to track and store data that’s unique to your organization. If you prefer not to create a custom object and its fields manually, you can use a spreadsheet to add the object and its fields and populate all its record data.")
- [Fields Required for Creating Custom Objects](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.dev_objectcreate.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When you create a custom object, several fields are required to define how you can access the object.")
- [Considerations for Creating Custom Objects](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.dev_objectcreate_notes.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Before you create a custom object, make sure that you review these considerations.")
- [Create a Custom Object](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.dev_objectcreate_task_parent.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Track and store data that’s unique to your organization. Follow different steps, depending on which Salesforce experience you’re using.")