In this Salesforce tutorial, we will learn how to deactivate and remove the Global Picklist Value in Salesforce. In that, we will see the following topics:
- Deactivating Or Inactive Global Picklist Value in Salesforce.
- Example- How to Deactivate Or Inactivate a Global Picklist Value in Salesforce.
- Example- How to Delete Or Remove Global Picklist Value in Salesforce.
Deactivating Or Inactive Global Picklist Value in Salesforce
- In Salesforce, deactivating/inactivating the global picklist value means disabling and removing it from the global picklist value set.
- By deactivating the global picklist value, users can no longer select it, but it remains in the system records. You can activate it again if you want to use it again.
Example: How to Deactivate Or Inactivate a Global Picklist Value in Salesforce
Using the following steps, we can deactivate or inactive the global picklist value in Salesforce.
Go to Setup. -> Home Page. -> Quick Find Box, search for ‘Picklist Value Sets‘ and click on it.
Now, click on the existing global picklist value set that you want to deactivate. Here, I selected the ‘Cloud Technologies‘ global picklist value set.
Find the global picklist value that you want to deactivate and click on the Deactivate link next to it. Here, I select the ‘Serverless‘ picklist value. When we click on Deactivate, it is stored in the Inactive section.
If you click on it, a pop-up will appear; click the OK button to deactivate it.
Here, you can see that the value we deactivated is removed from the Picklist Values and displayed in the Inactive Values.
The values displayed in the Inactive Values can be reactivated by clicking the Active button.
To check whether the global picklist values have been deactivated correctly, navigate to the Object where you use the global picklist value set and see whether changes have occurred.
With this, we have successfully learned to deactivate the global picklist value in Salesforce.
Example- How to Delete Or Remove Global Picklist Value in Salesforce
After deactivating the global picklist values, they will still be visible in the picklist value set. As we delete or remove them, they will also be deleted from the global picklist value set.
As we delete or remove deactivated values from the global picklist value set, they will also be deleted from the global picklist value set.
As you navigate to the global picklist value set you want to Delete or Remove the picklist value. Here, I selected the ‘Cloud Technologies‘ global picklist value set.
Find the global picklist value that you want to delete and click on the “Del” option next to it. Here, I have selected the “IBM Cloud” picklist value.
To delete it, click the “OK” button in the pop-up that appears.
Here, you can see that when we deactivate the picklist value, it will still remain in the Inactive Values, but when you delete the value, it will be permanently deleted from the Global Picklist Value Set.
With this, we have successfully learned to delete or remove the global picklist value in Salesforce.
Conclusion
In this article, we have learned how to deactivate and remove the global picklist value in Salesforce. We have also seen what deactivating and removing the picklist value set means and how to do it.
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