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# Enable Custom Address Fields

After you review the feature limitations and configure the State and Country/Territory picklists, enable the Custom Address Fields feature.

|Required Editions|
|-----------------|
|Available in: both Salesforce Classic ([not available in all orgs](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.overview_edition_lex_only.htm&type=5)) and Lightning Experience|
|Available in: all editions|

|User Permissions Needed| |
|-----------------------|--|
|To modify user interface settings:|Customize Application|

**note:** To discuss the feature and ask questions, join the [Custom Address Fields Discussion](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/trailblazer-community/groups/0F94S000000H3KISA0) group on the Trailblazer Community.

Before you enable custom address fields, review the [Custom Address Fields Requirements and Limitations](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/caf-dev/guide/caf-dev-limitations.md) and [Configure State and Country/Territory Picklists](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/caf-dev/guide/caf-dev-configure-picklists.md).

To enable Custom Address Fields in Setup:

1.  In Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter `User Interface`, and then select **User Interface**.
2.  In the Setup section, select **Use custom address fields** and save your changes.

    After you enable custom address fields, the Address data type is available when you add a field via Object Manager.

    **note:** This feature can’t be disabled.


To enable Custom Address Fields via Metadata API, use the `enableCustomAddressField` field in the CustomAddressFieldSettings metadata type.