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title: Prepare for a Consolidated Field-Level Encryption Experience in Winter ’27
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description: Salesforce plans to retire the legacy Field-Level Encryption (FLE) experience from Setup in Winter ’27. When this change occurs, users are redirected to the new FLE experience in the Shield app, which is available starting in Summer ’26. Your existing FLE policy and all related functionality are preserved while we roll out these UI enhancements.
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# Prepare for a Consolidated Field-Level Encryption Experience in Winter ’27

Salesforce plans to retire the legacy Field-Level Encryption (FLE) experience from Setup in Winter ’27. When this change occurs, users are redirected to the new FLE experience in the Shield app, which is available starting in Summer ’26. Your existing FLE policy and all related functionality are preserved while we roll out these UI enhancements.

**Where:** This change applies to Lightning Experience in Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer editions with the Salesforce Shield or Shield Platform Encryption add-on license.