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description: Get the most out of records created from converted leads when you map custom lead fields to fields on the records they’re converted to. Using custom fields can provide more context about the opportunity, and provide ways to highlight records for use in flows and other means.
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# Map Custom Lead Fields for Lead Conversion

Get the most out of records created from converted leads when you map custom lead fields to fields on the records they’re converted to. Using custom fields can provide more context about the opportunity, and provide ways to highlight records for use in flows and other means.

### Required Editions

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When sales reps convert qualified leads, the information from the standard lead fields appears in standard fields for contact, account, and opportunity records. If you set up custom lead fields, you specify how that custom information converts to custom fields in accounts, contacts, and opportunities.

1. From the object management settings for leads, go to the fields section, then click **Map Lead Fields**.
2. For each custom lead field, select a custom account, contact, or opportunity field into which you want the information inserted when you convert a lead. In Lightning Experience, a custom lead field can map to account, contact, and opportunity fields at the same time.
3. Save your work.

![Example](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_core-264-0-0-production-enus/3c339c40-ca6c-49ba-9c6e-684be7a55f80/images/icon_example.png)

Example For example, you want to indicate that an opportunity was created from a lead. To do that, create a custom checkbox on the Lead object, defaulting it to selected. Create a custom checkbox on the Opportunity object called Created from Lead. Optionally, you can make these fields read only. Map the custom lead field to the custom opportunity field. When a lead is converted to an opportunity, the Created from Lead custom field will be checked. From here, you can use the Created from Lead field value to trigger a flow to update default opportunity values, such as Stage Name, Description, or Next steps.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_core-264-0-0-production-enus/3c339c40-ca6c-49ba-9c6e-684be7a55f80/images/icon_note.png)

Note In Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic, custom field mapping for lead conversion is available in orgs that use Apex Lead Convert. Custom field mapping for lead convert isn’t available in orgs that use the older PLSQL (Procedural Language for SQL) Lead Convert.

If you have more than 2000 lead, account, contact, or opportunity fields in total, the lead field mapping page can become unresponsive. To improve performance, delete fields that aren’t in use. You can also use Metadata API, Salesforce CLI, or VS Code Extensions to manage your lead mappings.

#### See Also

- [_Knowledge Article:_ Enable 'Use Apex Lead Convert'](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=000386851&type=1&mode=1&language=en_US)
- [_Knowledge Article:_ Configure the Lead conversion process to specify default Opportunity field values](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=000384436&type=1&mode=1&language=en_US)