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# Mass manage Salesforce Custom Object Fields

## Use Excel to Mass Manage your Custom Object Fields in Salesforce.

Announcing another great addition to our Windows version of XL-Connector (COM add-in): a new tool to mass create/update/delete fields in Salesforce directly from your Excel spreadsheet.  
If you are a Salesforce admin struggling with a lot of custom objects and fields, you’ll save hours of your time if you give XL-Connector a shot.  
Now you can quickly download all fields from a certain object edit them, and upload them back.  
To start, click on the Other Tools -\> Manage Fields ribbon item in XL-Connector:

![Mass manage Salesforce Custom object Fields](https://mcusercontent.com/5969b51b60b2b52132a1165b5/images/2a499e9b-233a-54f2-b296-1d3deaa31db5.png)

A dialog box will be displayed to download fields for any of the objects in your org:

![Export custom metadata from Salesforce](https://mcusercontent.com/5969b51b60b2b52132a1165b5/images/b794c8aa-1905-b1de-6de4-71518905bd42.png)

Once downloaded, all fields will appear in your Excel spreadsheet making it possible to edit any of their attributes:

![Mass create, update, delete or upsert fields in Salesforce](https://mcusercontent.com/5969b51b60b2b52132a1165b5/images/c8b5752b-d642-1ad0-f67d-8111760ad472.png)

- Click on the Refresh button up in the XL-Connector ribbon to re-pull all fields from Salesforce.

#### How to mass create fields in Salesforce

To mass create new fields, add rows at the end of the table, select the new rows, and click on the **Update** or **Update Selected** button up in the XL-Connector ribbon. You can also use **Update All** button that you’ll find under the Update button in the XL-Connector ribbon.

#### How to mass update fields in Salesforce

To mass update existing fields, make your changes to the attributes, select the corresponding rows, and click on **Update** or **Update Selected** button up in the XL-Connector ribbon. You can also use **Update All** button that you’ll find under the **Update** button in the XL-Connector ribbon.

#### How to mass delete fields in Salesforce

To delete fields, delete the corresponding rows from the table, click on the little arrow under the Update button up in the XL-Connector ribbon, and select **Update All**.

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