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description: Create custom console apps in Lightning Experience the same way that you create other Lightning Apps. Use the App Manager in Setup to customize your app’s color and branding, add a utility bar and items, configure navigation rules, and assign the app to user profiles. You can always come back and edit your console app at any time.
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# Create and Edit a Custom Lightning Console App

Create custom console apps in Lightning Experience the same way that you create other Lightning Apps. Use the App Manager in Setup to customize your app’s color and branding, add a utility bar and items, configure navigation rules, and assign the app to user profiles. You can always come back and edit your console app at any time.

### Required Editions

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            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td>

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              <p>Available in: <strong>Essentials</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>,
                <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions
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              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Lightning
                console apps are available for an extra cost to users with Salesforce Platform
                user licenses for certain products. Some restrictions apply. For pricing details,
                contact your Salesforce account executive.</p>
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            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d2584e84 ">View Setup and Configuration</td>

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            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d2584e84 ">Customize Application</td>

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1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter App, and then select **App Manager**.
2. Click **New Lightning App**, and walk through the New Lightning App wizard.
3. On the App Details and Branding page, give your app a name and description, set its primary branding color, and give it a logo.
    
    ![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-service-console-264-0-0-production-enus/75c6dd08-020e-4339-beb1-c617dbcf77fb/images/icon_tip.png)
    
    Tip The app description displays alongside the icon in the App Launcher. Make the description meaningful to your users.
4. On the App Options page, select **Console navigation**. If you want to use Lightning Service Setup, select **Include Service Setup**. Service Setup is available only in orgs created before Spring '26.
5. On the Utility Bar page, add any utilities that you want your console users to work with.
6. On the Select Items page, add the items you want to include in the console app.
7. On the Navigation Rules page, determine how you want records to open in your console app. Choose an object and decide whether it opens as a workspace tab or as a subtab of a related record.
    
    ![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-service-console-264-0-0-production-enus/75c6dd08-020e-4339-beb1-c617dbcf77fb/images/icon_tip.png)
    
    Tip Use navigation rules to keep your console users efficient. For example, define a rule so that when a user clicks a contact, it opens as a subtab of that contact’s related account.
8. On the Assign to User Profiles page, select the profiles you want to access the console app.
9. Save your work.

#### See Also

- [Who Can Access Lightning Console Apps?](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.console_lex_access.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To access and use a Lightning console app, users must have the Lightning Console User permission and their profile must be added to the Lightning console app.")
- [Customize Lightning Pages for Lightning Console Apps](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.console_lex_custom_pages.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use the Lightning App Builder to create custom Lightning pages to ensure that your console users always have the records they need in a layout that works best for them.")
- [Customize Your Lightning Console App with Utilities](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.console_lex_custom_utilities.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "The utility bar is a great way to give your console users quick access to productivity tools, like softphones and History. It appears as a fixed footer in your Lightning console app and opens utilities in docked panels. Some utilities support pop-out, which lets them open in a new browser window.")
- [Lightning Experience Console Limitations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.console_lex_limitations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Learn about the limitations of the console in Lightning Experience, and which features don’t yet have parity with Salesforce Classic console apps.")