You can enforce an upper bound limit of inactive values on existing picklists. The limit
is enforced on the inactive values of unrestricted, custom picklists whose numbers don’t exceed
the allowable limit. By default, all new unrestricted picklists have an enforced limit of 4,000
inactive values.
Required Editions
| Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience |
| Available in: All Editions |
| User Permissions Needed |
| To create or change custom fields: |
Customize Application |
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From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Picklist
Settings, and then select Picklist Settings.
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On the Picklist Settings page, click Establish upper bound on existing
picklists.
A query runs to identify picklists that have fewer than 4,000 inactive values. The limit
is then enforced only on those picklists. A message appears to show the number of picklists that
were bound to the limit, or that there are no unbound picklists that meet the limit.
You can
run the upper bound on existing picklists multiple times. For example, if you delete picklist
values, you can potentially reduce the total number of values to be less than the limit. Admins
or Salesforce can’t configure the limit of 4,000 inactive values.
