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description: To easily track the relationships between people and the businesses they work with, relate a single contact record to multiple account records.
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# Create and Edit Relationships Between Contacts and Accounts

To easily track the relationships between people and the businesses they work with, relate a single contact record to multiple account records.

### 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>Contact Manager</strong>, <strong>Group</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="d70282e82 ">To create, edit, or delete relationships between account and contacts</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d70282e82 ">Read on accounts and Edit on contacts</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d70282e82 ">To view relationships between account and contacts</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d70282e82 ">Read on accounts and contacts</td>

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1. From an account record, use the Related Contacts related list to create or manage relationships between accounts and contacts or person accounts.
    1. Create a relationship by clicking **Add Relationship**.
    2. Edit an existing relationship by clicking **View Rel** (in Salesforce Classic) or **View Relationship** (in Lightning Experience). Then click **Edit Relationship**.
    3. Remove an existing relationship by clicking **Remove Relationship**. The relationship is deleted and can’t be restored from the Recycle Bin.
2. Fill in the account-contact relationship information.
    
    ![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 The Direct field indicates whether the account associated with the contact is the contact's primary account. The field is read only because it’s a system-generated field based on the Account Name field on the contact. To remove a direct relationship between a contact and an account, change the contact’s primary account or delete the contact. Person accounts always have indirect relationships to business accounts.
3. Save your changes.

To create and edit account and contact relationships from a contact or person account record, use the Related Accounts related list.

#### See Also

- [Contacts to Multiple Accounts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.shared_contacts_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "People often work with more than one company. A business owner might own more than one company or a consultant might work on behalf of multiple organizations. Relate a single contact to multiple accounts so you can easily track the relationships between people and businesses without creating duplicate records.")
- [Considerations for Relating a Contact to Multiple Accounts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.shared_contacts_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Get familiar with tips, tricks, and potential pitfalls before you relate a contact to more than one account.")
- [Account Contact Relationship Fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.account_contact_relationship_fields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Contacts to Multiple Accounts lets you associate a single contact to multiple accounts through the Account Contact Relationship object. Your page layout and field-level security settings determine which fields are visible and editable.")