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# Activate a Process

Salesforce doesn't start using a new or revised process to evaluate records until you activate it.

### 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 (<a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.overview_edition_lex_only.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">not available in all orgs</a>) and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class="" id="process_activate__d3593e343"><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <span id="process_activate__d3593e347"><a name="process_activate__d3593e347"></a><strong>Essentials</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</span></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small permission">
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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d126822e84">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d126822e84 ">To activate or deactivate processes:</td>

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              <p>Manage Flow</p>
              <p>AND</p>
              <p>View All Data</p>
              <p>AND</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Customize
                Application</p>
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![Important](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-platform_automation-264-0-0-production-enus/60568438-ec7e-4665-acd1-7c80dcbe60d5/images/icon_important.png)

Important Support and updates for Process Builder have ended as of December 31, 2025. This means that support won't be provided for any process and bugs in the Process Builder product won't be fixed. See [Workflow Rules & Process Builder End of Support](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=001096524&type=1&language=en_US).

After December 31, 2025, existing processes continue to run, and you can activate, deactivate, and edit them; however, we recommend using Flow Builder. To migrate existing processes, plan your [switch to Flow Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_migrate_to_flow_learning_map.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Flow Builder combines the capabilities of workflow rules and Process Builder in a single point-and-click tool, making it easier to create a triggered process. If you created triggered processes with workflow rules or Process Builder, use the Migrate to Flow tool to move them to Flow Builder. Start by migrating and testing in a sandbox environment before moving your new flows to production.") and use the [Migrate to Flow](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_migrate_to_flow.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use the Migrate to Flow tool to convert your Process Builder processes and workflow rules into Flow Builder, including scheduled actions. The tool also supports partial migration of processes for most actions.") tool. For new automations, create flows in [Flow Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Automation reduces repetitive work and helps your team complete tasks faster and more accurately. With Flow Builder, you can build simple or complex automations, forms, and guided experiences with no code. You can add forms to Salesforce pages and Experience sites, and launch flows using buttons, record triggers, or schedules.").

After you activate a process, you can no longer edit it. However, you can click **Clone** to save the process as a new inactive process.

You can't activate a process unless it has:

- At least one defined criteria node
- At least one defined immediate or scheduled action

1. From Setup, enter Builder in the Quick Find box, then select **Process Builder**.
2. Open the process version that you want to activate.
3. Click **Activate**.
    
    If you activate a version of a process that already has an active version, the previously active version is automatically deactivated. To see that version later, refer to the process's version history.

After you've activated your process, consider creating or editing test records that will start the process to make sure it's working correctly. If you do, remember to delete those test records or return them to their previous values after you've confirmed that your process works as designed.

If you later want Salesforce to stop using a process to evaluate records as they're created or edited, open the active process and click **Deactivate**.