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title: Modify Field Access Settings
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description: From the field accessibility grid, you can change a field’s accessibility in the page layout or in field-level security.
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# Modify Field Access Settings

From the field accessibility grid, you can change a field’s accessibility in the page layout or in field-level security.

### 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>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, <strong>Developer</strong>, and <strong>Database.com</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small permission">
        <colgroup>
          <col style="width:50%">
          <col style="width:50%">
        </colgroup>
        <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
          <tr class="">
            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d35672e79">User Permissions
              Needed</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d35672e79 ">To view field accessibility:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d35672e79 ">Manage Profiles and Permission Sets</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d35672e79 ">To change field accessibility:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d35672e79 ">
              <p>Customize Application</p>
              <p>AND</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Manage Profiles and Permission
                Sets</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

1. In Object Manager, select an object, and then click **Fields & Relationships**.
2. Select a field and click **View Field Accessibility**.
3. Select a field from the dropdown, and then click a cell in the table to change the field's accessibility.
4. In the Field-Level Security section of the page, specify the field's access level for the profile.
    
    - If you want users to be able to read and edit the field, select **Visible**.
    - If you want users to be able to read but not edit the field, select **Visible** and **Read-Only**.
    - If you don’t want users to be able to read or edit the field, make sure both options are deselected.
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note We recommend that you use field-level security to control users’ access to fields rather than creating multiple page layouts to control field access.
5. In the Page Layout section:
    - Select the Remove or change editability radio button and then change the field access properties for the page layout. These changes will affect all profile and record type combinations that currently use this page layout.
    - Alternatively, you can select the Choose a different page layout radio button to assign a different page layout to the profile and record type combination.

#### See Also

- [What Determines Field Access?](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.customize_fieldaccess.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Several factors control whether users can view and edit specific fields in Salesforce. You can control users’ access to fields at the record type, user, or field level.")