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description: Use the Restricted Profile Cloning option to ensure that only permissions accessible to your org are enabled when you clone profiles. If you don't enable this setting, all permissions currently enabled in the source profile are also enabled for the cloned profile, even if your org can't currently access them.
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# Restrict Permissions Cloning in Profiles

Use the Restricted Profile Cloning option to ensure that only permissions accessible to your org are enabled when you clone profiles. If you don't enable this setting, all permissions currently enabled in the source profile are also enabled for the cloned profile, even if your org can't currently access them.

### 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: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Essentials</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, <strong>Developer</strong>, and <strong>Database.com</strong> Editions</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Custom Profiles available in: <strong>Essentials</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d48041e107 ">To enable restricted profile cloning option:</td>

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1. From Setup, enter User in the Quick Find box, then select **User Management Settings**.
2. Enable **Restricted Profile Cloning**.

When you clone profiles, only permissions currently allowed in your org are enabled for the cloned profiles.

![Example](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/images/icon_example.png)

Example

Let’s say that you previously enabled Quotes in your org, so the Standard User profile has access to the feature. If you disable Quotes, then object permissions related to the feature, such as Quote, Products and Price Books, are no longer accessible from the Standard User profile. If you clone the Standard User profile and enable Quotes again, both the Standard User profile and the cloned profile have the relevant object permissions enabled.

You might intend to enable Quotes for both the Standard User profile and the cloned profile. But cloned profiles typically have different purposes than the profiles they are cloned from. To ensure that only the intended profiles receive permissions for specific functionality, enable **Restricted Profile Cloning**.

#### See Also

- [Create or Clone Profiles](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.users_profiles_cloning.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Create custom profiles using the API, or clone existing profiles and customize them to fit your business’s needs.")