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description: Create new validation rules quickly by using existing rules as your starting point.
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# Clone Validation Rules

Create new validation rules quickly by using existing rules as your starting point.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d86621e89 ">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. In the Validation Rules related list, click the name of the validation rule.
3. Click **Clone**.
4. [Define the new rule](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.") based on the original rule.
5. Click **Save** to finish or **Save & New** to create additional validation rules.

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Note The detail page of a custom activity field doesn’t list associated validation rules. To edit the validation rule for a custom activity field, select the validation rule from Setup by entering Activities in the Quick Find box, then selecting **Activities** and choose **Task Validation Rules** or **Event 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.")
- [Activate Validation Rules](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.fields_activating_field_validation_rules.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "How to activate and deactivate validation rules.")