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# Set Canvas App Location and Create the Action

To add a canvas app to the publisher or action bar, you must set the location and create the action when you create the canvas app.

1.  In Salesforce, from Setup, enter `Apps` in the `Quick Find` box, then select **App Manager**.

2.  In the Connected Apps related list, click **New**. Fill out the basic fields for your canvas app. See [Use a Connected App](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/quick-start/quick-start-create-canvas-app.md).

3.  In the Canvas App settings, select **Canvas** and in the `Locations` field, select Publisher. You must select this location for your canvas app to appear in both the publisher in the full Salesforce site and in the action bar in the Salesforce mobile app.

4.  Select the `Create Actions Automatically` field. This creates a quick action for the canvas app.

5.  To hide the publisher header, which contains the "What are you working on?" text, select `Hide Publisher Header`. This hides the header in both the full Salesforce site and in the Salesforce mobile app.

6.  To hide the publisher **Share** button from users in both the full Salesforce site and in the Salesforce mobile app, select `Hide Publisher Share Button`. This checkbox is enabled only if `Hide Publisher Header` is selected.


For the canvas app to appear as an action, you must add the action to the global publisher layout. See “Customizing Global Publisher Layouts” in the Salesforce Help.

**See Also**  


-   [Where Canvas Apps Appear](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/introducing/canvas-apps-where-they-appear.md)
-   [Create the Action Manually](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/canvas-framework/guide/canvas-apps-publisher-create-action.md)
-   [Canvas Apps in the Publisher](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/canvas-framework/guide/canvas-apps-in-publisher.md)