Change inactivity session timeout

Overview

This article shows you how to change the Salesforce session inactivity timeout period.

Change inactivity session timeout

Log in to Salesforce as an administrator.

  1. Go to Setup > Users > Profiles.

  2. Click on the profile being used by your users, e.g., Standard Platform User.

  3. Scroll down to the section entitled Session Settings. Click to open the profile.

  4. Click Edit. Select a new value for Session times out after from the list.

  5. Click Save.

Changing the session inactivity timeout in Salesforce.

Changing the session inactivity timeout in Salesforce.