--- schema_version: "1" id: 1f94f6b3403056a1e8a6e1436b01dd9e3fd0acbb31a90eae6b1fabe87562acc4 title: Create a Connected App collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/xcloud/264-0-0/connected_app_create.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.connected_app_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: a0cf4b1751cd0d7e6f28f1496437c0dc55b1b9ba0ea129726be8c13c85e95265 description: When you create a connected app, make sure that you understand how it’s going to be used so you can configure the appropriate settings. For example, if you’re creating a connected app to integrate an external application with your Salesforce API, configure the connected app with OAuth authorization settings. Or if you’re creating a connected app to act as a service provider in a SAML single sign-on (SSO) flow, configure SAML settings. products: - Security - Cross Cloud release: "264" --- # Create a Connected App When you create a connected app, make sure that you understand how it’s going to be used so you can configure the appropriate settings. For example, if you’re creating a connected app to integrate an external application with your Salesforce API, configure the connected app with OAuth authorization settings. Or if you’re creating a connected app to act as a service provider in a SAML single sign-on (SSO) flow, configure SAML settings. ### Required Editions
Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience

Connected Apps can be created in: Group, Essentials, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

Connected Apps can be installed in: All editions
![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-identity-264-0-0-production-enus/699dab6f-8f1a-4662-b24f-6521d5b747f7/images/icon_note.png) Note Connected apps creation is restricted as of Spring ‘26. You can continue to use existing connected apps during and after Spring ‘26. However, we recommend using [external client apps](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.external_client_apps.htm&language=en_US) instead. If you must continue creating connected apps, contact Salesforce Support. See [New connected apps can no longer be created in Spring ‘26](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=005228017&type=1&language=en_US) for more details. Depending on your connected app use case, use these instructions to build your connected app. - **[Configure Basic Connected App Settings](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.connected_app_create_basics.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** For all connected apps, define the basics, which include the app’s name, logo, and contact information. - **[Enable OAuth Settings for API Integration](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.connected_app_create_api_integration.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** You can use a connected app to request access to Salesforce data on the behalf of an external application. For a connected app to request access, it must be integrated with the Salesforce API using the OAuth 2.0 protocol. OAuth 2.0 is an open protocol that authorizes secure data sharing between applications through the exchange of tokens. When developers or independent software vendors (ISV) want to integrate their app with Salesforce, they use OAuth APIs. These OAuth APIs enable a user to work in one app but see the data from another. - **[Configure a Connected App for the OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials Flow](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.connected_app_client_credentials_setup.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** With the OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow, your client app exchanges its client credentials defined in the connected app—its consumer key and consumer secret—for an access token. Before you implement the client credentials flow, configure these settings and access policies for your connected app. - **[Integrate Service Providers as Connected Apps with SAML 2.0](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.connected_app_create_saml_sso.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** To integrate a service provider with your Salesforce org, you can use a connected app that implements SAML 2.0 for user authentication. Salesforce supports SAML single sign-on (SSO) when the service provider or the identity provider initiates the flow. To use this option, configure a connected app with SAML 2.0 enabled for your service provider. Define your Salesforce org as the SAML identity provider. - **[Create a Connected App for Mobile App Integration](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.connected_app_create_mobile.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** A connected app is a primary means by which a mobile app connects to Salesforce. Although not required, you can use Salesforce Mobile SDK to build mobile applications as connected apps. These connected apps can access Salesforce OAuth services and call Salesforce REST APIs. - **[Create a Custom Connected App Handler](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.connected_app_create_custom_handler.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** Write a custom connected app handler in Apex to customize the behavior of a connected app. The custom handler can support new protocols or respond to user attributes in a way that benefits a business process. - **[Expose Your Connected App as a Canvas App](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.connected_app_create_canvas.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** You can expose your connected app as a canvas app. Canvas apps are available as apps that your org’s Salesforce admin install or as personal apps that users install across orgs. Users access a canvas personal app from the Chatter tab, and are prompted to allow the app to connect to their Salesforce data. Users can choose to make an app a canvas personal app. #### See Also - [Edit a Connected App](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.connected_app_edit_parent.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "After you create a connected app, you can make changes to it’s configuration. The actions that you can perform depend on the type of connected app. Use the App Manager to get a list of apps available in your org, including connected apps. From here, you can edit, reconfigure, or delete the connected app.") - [Manage Access to a Connected App](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.connected_app_manage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "After a connected app is installed in your org, you can manage access to it. Configure permissions and policies for the app, explicitly defining who can use the connected app and where they can access the app from. These permissions and policies, which include user-access, IP range restrictions, and multi-factor authentication (MFA), provide extra security for your org.") - [Connected Apps](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.connected_app_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "A connected app is a framework that enables an third-party application to integrate with Salesforce by using APIs and standard protocols, such as SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect. Connected apps use these protocols to authenticate, authorize, and provide single sign-on (SSO) for third-party applications. The third-party applications that are integrated with Salesforce can run on the customer success platform, other platforms, other devices, or even SaaS subscriptions. For example, when you log in to your Salesforce mobile app and see your data from your Salesforce org, you’re using a connected app.")