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# Default Organization-Wide Access Levels

Review the default organization-wide access levels for each object.

### 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>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions.</td></tr></tbody></table>

In Salesforce orgs created before Spring ’20, when you first enable external organization-wide defaults, the default internal access and default external authenticated access are set to the original default access level. The only exceptions are User and newly created custom objects, which are set to Private by default.

In orgs created after Spring ’20, the default external authenticated access level is set to Private for all objects, unless the default internal access level is Controlled by Parent.

   
| Object | Default Internal Access | Default External authenticated Access (in orgs created before Spring ’20) | Default External authenticated Access (in orgs created after Spring ’20) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Account | Public Read/Write | Public Read/Write | Private |
| Activity | Private | Private | Private |
| Asset | Controlled by Parent | Controlled by Parent | Controlled by Parent |
| Calendar | Hide Details and Add Events | Hide Details and Add Events | Hide Details and Add Events |
| Campaign | Public Full Access | Public Full Access | Private |
| Case | Public Read/Write/Transfer | Public Read/Write/Transfer | Private |
| Contact | Controlled by Parent | Controlled by Parent | Controlled by Parent |
| Contract | Public Read/Write | Public Read/Write | Private |
| Custom Object | Public Read/Write | Public Read/Write (created before enabling external org-wide defaults) or Private (created after enabling external org-wide defaults) | Private |
| Flow Interview | Private | Private | Private |
| Lead | Public Read/Write/Transfer | Public Read/Write/Transfer | Private |
| Opportunity | Public Read Only | Public Read Only | Private |
| Price Book | Use | Use | Use |
| Service Contract | Private | Private | Private |
| User | Public Read Only | Private | Private |

#### See Also

- [Organization-Wide Sharing Defaults](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.security_sharing_owd_about.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Define the default access that users have to records they don't own with organization-wide sharing settings. Organization-wide sharing settings can be set separately for custom objects and many standard objects. You can set different levels of access for internal and external users.")
- [Set Your Internal Organization-Wide Sharing Defaults](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.admin_sharing.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Internal organization-wide sharing defaults set the baseline access for your internal users for your records. You can set the defaults separately for different objects.")
- [Set Your External Organization-Wide Sharing Defaults](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.security_owd_external_setting.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "External organization-wide defaults enable you to set a different default access level for external authenticated users.")