Data Detect legacy-managed package scans data based on your Data Detect policy settings. You can scan data in activated policies at any time.
Required Editions
Note The Data Detect legacy-managed package is unavailable for Summer '26. If you enabled
Data Detect legacy-managed package before Summer '26, it remains available in your
Salesforce org. We recommend that you use the new Salesforce Data Detect app instead. The
new Data Detect app is now part of the Shield app. See Data Detect End of Support.
| Available in: Lightning Experience |
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Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions. Requires the Salesforce Shield add-on subscription or the Data Detect add-on license. |
| User Permissions Needed | |
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| To use Data Detect: |
Modify All Data AND API Enabled AND System Administrator |
- On the Policy page, in the action menu for the policy you want to scan, click Edit.
- On the policy’s page, click Activate Policy.
- Click Scan.
Data Detect looks for patterns specified by your policy. When the scan is finished, you can view the results on the Scan Results page.
- To run another scans on the same policy, click Deactivate Policy. Then reactivate it and click Scan.