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# Edit Object Permissions in Profiles

Object permissions specify the type of access that users have to objects.

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

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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d67053e88">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d67053e88 ">To view object permissions:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d67053e88 ">View Setup and Configuration</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d67053e88 ">To edit object permissions:</td>

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              <p>Manage Profiles and Permission Sets</p>
              <p>AND</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Customize Application</p>
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We strongly recommend that you use permission sets and permission set groups instead of profiles to manage your users’ object permissions. Because you can reuse smaller permission set building blocks, you can avoid creating dozens or even hundreds of profiles for each user and job function. For more information, see [Permissions Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_sets_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "A permission set is a collection of settings and permissions that give users access to various tools and functions. Permission sets extend users’ functional access without changing their profiles and are the recommended way to manage your users’ permissions.") in Salesforce Help.

![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 As of Winter ’21 and later, editing standard objects on standard profiles is disabled.

1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Profiles, and then select **Profiles**.
2. Select a profile.
3. Depending on which user interface you’re using, do one of the following.
    
    - In the enhanced profile user interface, in the Find Settings box, enter the name of the object and select it from the list. Click **Edit**, then scroll to the Object Permissions section.
    - In the original profile user interface, click **Edit**, then scroll to the Standard Object Permissions, Custom Object Permissions, or External Object Permissions section.
    
    ![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 If your org has more than 500 custom objects and you search for object settings in a profile, they don’t load. To see all objects, click **Object Settings**.
4. Specify the object permissions.
5. Click **Save**. In the enhanced profile user interface, if prompted, confirm any additional changes that must be made to keep permissions in alignment from previous changes.

You can see which profiles grant access to an object and edit this access for custom profiles in Object Manager. Select an object, and then click **Object Access**.

#### See Also

- [Object Permissions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.users_profiles_object_perms.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Object permissions specify the base-level access users have to create, read, edit, and delete records for each object.")
- [Profiles](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.admin_userprofiles.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Profiles define default settings for users. When you create users, you assign a profile to each one.")