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description: When you’re ready to go live with Lightning Experience, it’s not necessary to enable or otherwise turn on the interface. Instead, simply make sure that the appropriate users have access via the Lightning Experience User permission. If you’re rolling out Lightning Experience in phases, set up access for the users in your first group (and so on). If you’re doing a “big bang” rollout, set up access for everyone in your org.
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# Give Users Access to Lightning Experience

When you’re ready to go live with Lightning Experience, it’s not necessary to enable or otherwise turn on the interface. Instead, simply make sure that the appropriate users have access via the Lightning Experience User permission. If you’re rolling out Lightning Experience in phases, set up access for the users in your first group (and so on). If you’re doing a “big bang” rollout, set up access for everyone in your org.

### 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: both Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d13965e75 ">To edit profiles and permission sets:</td>

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![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-setup-264-0-0-production-enus/6f21df35-9ea0-4f53-ac94-45c3b5dfd5bc/images/icon_note.png)

Note The Lightning Experience User permission has been on by default in all standard Salesforce profiles since the “Turn on Lightning Experience” critical update was activated in January 2020. Users with standard profiles already have access to Lightning Experience.

Since the critical update went into effect, users with a custom profile that was cloned from a standard profile automatically get Lightning Experience access. This is because cloned custom profiles inherit the Lightning Experience User permission from standard profiles. If you turned off the Lightning Experience User permission in cloned custom profiles after the critical update, remember to turn it back on when you’re ready.

To give Lightning Experience access to users with custom profiles:

1. In Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Users, and then select **Profiles**.
2. Edit the custom profiles assigned to users who should have Lightning Experience access.
3. In the Administrative Permissions section, select the **Lightning Experience User** checkbox.
4. Save your change.

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Tip If you have experience with Data Loader, save time by updating many profiles at once. But remember, with great power comes great responsibility. Take care you don’t inadvertently enable or disable other features. See [Data Loader](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.data_loader_about.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Data Loader is a client application for the bulk import or export of data. Use it to insert, update, delete, or export Salesforce records. When importing data, Data Loader reads, extracts, and loads data from comma-separated values (CSV) files or from a database connection. When exporting, Data Loader outputs CSV files.") in Salesforce Help.

Want to roll out Lightning Experience to a subset of custom profile users without giving access to everyone assigned to the profile? Create a permission set that includes the Lightning Experience User permission. Then apply the permission set to the desired users. See [Create Permission Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_sets_create.htm&language=en_US), [Enable User Permissions in Permission Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_sets_app_perms.htm&language=en_US), and [Manage Permission Set Assignments](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_sets_manage_assignments.htm&language=en_US) in Salesforce Help.

If you’re limiting Lightning Experience to a subset of your users, try to keep all members of a functional team on the same experience. If you have team members who often share links and work closely together, include them all in the same rollout group. See [Gotchas If Users Switch Between Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.lex_switching_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Switching between Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic affects the underlying URL routing logic and can lead to some unexpected results when links are resolved. There can be snags with bookmarks and sharing links in emails or Chatter posts—especially if only a subset of your users are working in Lightning Experience.") in Salesforce Help.

#### See Also

- [Profiles](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.admin_userprofiles.htm&language=en_US)
- [_Lightning Experience at Your Pace (video)_](https://salesforce.vidyard.com/watch/p9ajTfV7Ude1NJTfct1Maq)
- [Salesforce Classic Doesn’t Go Away When You Move Users to Lightning Experience](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.lex_switching_uis.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Saying hello to Lightning Experience doesn’t mean saying goodbye to Salesforce Classic. You and your users can easily move between the new and classic interfaces as needed. So even if Lightning Experience isn’t a perfect fit yet, there’s no risk in rolling it out. Some occasional switching is worth getting the productivity benefits from the new experience.")