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description: A start URL defines the page where users are directed to when they run the connected app. The start URL can be configured by the app owner during the setup process or managed later. If you don’t configure a start URL, users are sent to the app’s default start page after authorization completes. Start URL settings apply to all connected apps, except canvas apps. If your app is a canvas app, the connected app ignores the start URL fields. Instead, it uses the canvas app URL specified when the connected app was created.
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# Manage Start URL Settings for a Connected App

A start URL defines the page where users are directed to when they run the connected app. The start URL can be configured by the app owner during the setup process or managed later. If you don’t configure a start URL, users are sent to the app’s default start page after authorization completes. Start URL settings apply to all connected apps, except canvas apps. If your app is a canvas app, the connected app ignores the start URL fields. Instead, it uses the canvas app URL specified when the connected app was created.

### Required Editions

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            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and
              Lightning Experience</td>
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              <p>Connected Apps can be created in: <strong>Group</strong>, <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;">Connected Apps can be installed in: All editions</p>
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      </table> <table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small permission">
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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d37954e62">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37954e62 ">To read, create, update, or delete connected apps:</td>
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              <p>Customize Application AND either</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Modify All Data OR Manage Connected
                Apps</p>
            </td>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37954e62 ">To update all fields except Profiles, Permission Sets, and Service Provider SAML
              Attributes:</td>
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              <p>Customize Application AND either</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Modify All Data OR Manage Connected
                Apps</p>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37954e62 ">To update Profiles, Permission Sets, and Service Provider SAML Attributes:</td>
            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37954e62 ">Customize Application AND Modify All Data AND Manage Profiles and Permission
              Sets</td>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37954e62 ">To rotate the consumer key and consumer secret:</td>
            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37954e62 ">Allow consumer key and secret rotation</td>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37954e62 ">To install and uninstall connected apps:</td>
            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37954e62 ">
              <p>Customize Application AND either</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Modify All Data OR Manage Connected
                Apps</p>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37954e62 ">To install and uninstall packaged connected apps:</td>
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              <p>Download AppExchange Packages AND Customize Application AND either</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Modify All Data
                OR Manage Connected Apps</p>
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![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.

Each start URL can be an absolute URL, such as https://MyDomainName.my.salesforce.com/001/o, or it can be the link for the app’s name, such as https://customer.goodApp.com for the GoodApp app.

1. From Setup, enter Connected Apps in the Quick Find box, then select **Manage Connected Apps**.
2. Click **Edit** next to the connected app that you’re configuring access for.
3. Under Basic Information, define start URL settings, as needed.
    
    - **Start URL**—Direct users to a specific location when the app is run. This URL also appears in the app menu.
    - **Mobile Start URL**—Direct users to a specific location when the app is accessed from a mobile device.