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# Customize Page Layouts with the Enhanced Page Layout Editor

Tailor your page layouts to the needs of your users with the enhanced page layout editor. Add, remove, or reorder actions, buttons, fields, and sections on a record’s detail page.

### Required Editions

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1. From the management settings for the object that you want to edit, go to **Page Layouts**.
2. Click ![Action dropdown](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/extend_click/images/lex_icon_action_list_item_dropdown.png) on a layout’s row, and select **Edit**, or simply click the name of the layout.
3. Add items to the layout by clicking the element type in the palette and dragging an item in that category onto the layout.
    
    ![Account Source field being added to a layout](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/extend_click/images/ple_add_field.png)
4. Remove an item by dragging it from the layout back to the palette, or hover over it and click the remove icon (![Remove icon](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/extend_click/images/remove.png)).
5. Make a field ready-only or required by double-clicking it in the page layout and selecting the appropriate checkbox.
6. Save the layout.

#### See Also

- [User Interface Elements for the Enhanced Page Layout Editor](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.customize_layoutcustomize_pd_elements.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "This list describes the enhanced page layout editor user interface elements and how you can use them in your page layout. To add elements, drag them from the palette to the layout. Valid drop locations show up in green. To remove elements, drag them off the layout and back to the palette.")
- [Page Layout Tips](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.layouts_tips.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Here are a few tips to keep your page layouts organized and easy to use.")