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description: Salesforce includes many options for setting up, maintaining, and customizing your organization. If you’re a Salesforce administrator or developer, you use the Setup menu frequently.
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# Explore the Salesforce Setup Menu

Salesforce includes many options for setting up, maintaining, and customizing your organization. If you’re a Salesforce administrator or developer, you use the Setup menu frequently.

### 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: all editions except <strong>Database.com</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>

All setup options are all available from the Setup menu. The way you access the Setup menu depends on which Salesforce experience you’re using and on your organization’s user interface settings.

1. Look at the top of any Salesforce page.
    - If you’re using Lightning Experience, click ![Setup gear icon](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-basics-264-0-0-production-enus/d8bf6981-f8ef-4f16-bfbd-c42ed32044eb/basics/images/lex_setup_gear.png), then select **Setup**.
        
        ![Setup to access more advanced setup tasks](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-basics-264-0-0-production-enus/d8bf6981-f8ef-4f16-bfbd-c42ed32044eb/basics/images/setup_nav_standard.png)
    - If you're using Quick Settings in Lightning Experience, click ![Setup gear icon](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-basics-264-0-0-production-enus/d8bf6981-f8ef-4f16-bfbd-c42ed32044eb/basics/images/lex_setup_gear.png), then select **Open Advanced Setup**.
        
        ![Quick Settings with the option to access more advanced setup tasks](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-basics-264-0-0-production-enus/d8bf6981-f8ef-4f16-bfbd-c42ed32044eb/basics/images/quick_settings.png)
    - If you’re using Salesforce Classic and you see **Setup** in the user interface header, click **Setup**.
    - If you’re using Salesforce Classic and you don’t see **Setup** in the header, click your name, then select **Setup**.
2. Enter the name of the Setup page that you want in the Quick Find box, then select the appropriate page from the menu.
    
    ![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-basics-264-0-0-production-enus/d8bf6981-f8ef-4f16-bfbd-c42ed32044eb/images/icon_tip.png)
    
    Tip Type the first few characters of a page’s name in the Quick Find box. As you type, pages that match your search terms appear in the menu. For example, to find the Language Settings page, type lang in the Quick Find box, then select **Language Settings**.

#### See Also

- [Turn On Quick Settings](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.base_quick_settings.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Simplified Navigation and Easy Access to Important Tasks](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.base_easy_access&type=5&language=en_US)