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# Activate Validation Rules

How to activate and deactivate validation rules.

### 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>Essentials</strong>, <strong>Contact Manager</strong>, <strong>Group</strong>, <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="d134732e89 ">To view field validation rules:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d134732e89 ">View Setup and Configuration</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d134732e89 ">To define or change field validation rules:</td>

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1. From the management settings for the relevant object, go to Validation Rules.
2. Click **Edit** next to the rule you want to activate.
3. To activate the rule, select **Active**, and save your changes.
4. To deactivate the rule, deselect **Active**, and save your changes.

![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 The detail page of a custom activity field doesn’t list associated validation rules.

#### See Also

- [Define Validation Rules](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.fields_defining_field_validation_rules.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Validation rules verify that the data a user enters in a record meets the standards you specify before the user can save the record. A validation rule can contain a formula or expression that evaluates the data in one or more fields and returns a value of “True” or “False”. Validation rules also include an error message to display to the user when the rule returns a value of “True” due to an invalid value.")
- [Validation Rules Fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.fields_validation_rules_fields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "A list of fields and description for validation rules.")
- [Find Object Management Settings](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.extend_click_find_objectmgmt_parent.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Salesforce lets you personalize your object model with features like custom fields, page layouts, and validation rules. Depending on which experience of Salesforce you have enabled, these customizations are located in different areas of Setup.")