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description: 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.
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# Managing Validation Rules

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.

### 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>

From the validation rules page you can:

- [Define a validation 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.").
- Click **Edit** next to a rule name to update the [rule 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.").
- Delete a validation rule.
- Click a validation rule name to view more details or to [clone the rule](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.fields_cloning_field_validation_rules.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Create new validation rules quickly by using existing rules as your starting point.").
- [Activate a validation rule](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.").

#### See Also

- [Examples of Validation Rules](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.fields_useful_field_validation_formulas.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Review examples of validation rules for various types of apps that you can use and modify for your own purposes. Validation rules verify that the data a user enters in a record meets the standards you specify before the user can save the record.")