Manage a Connected App

The Connected Apps page lists all connected apps created or installed in the org from other orgs or from AppExchange. You can select an app to get more information and monitor its usage. You can also edit policies, for example, to specify a start URL, add your own connected app handler, or enable user provisioning.

Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience

Connected Apps can be created in: Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

Connected Apps can be installed in: All Editions

User Permissions Needed
To read, create, update, or delete connected apps:	“Customize Application” AND either “Modify All Data” OR “Manage Connected Apps”
To update all fields except Profiles, Permission Sets, and Service Provider SAML Attributes:	“Customize Application” AND either “Modify All Data” OR “Manage Connected Apps”
To update Profiles, Permission Sets, and Service Provider SAML Attributes:	“Customize Application” AND “Modify All Data”
To install and uninstall connected apps:	“Customize Application” AND either “Modify All Data” OR “Manage Connected Apps”
To install and uninstall packaged connected apps:	“Customize Application” AND either “Modify All Data” OR “Manage Connected Apps” AND “Download AppExchange Packages”

To view and update properties of a connected app, from Setup, enter Connected Apps in the Quick Find box, then select Manage Connected Apps. Click the name of the connected app to view information, usage, and policies.

Click Edit Policies to specify a start URL, add your own connected app handler, add custom attributes, or enable user provisioning.

Sessions refresh automatically between every 15 minutes and 24 hours while a user is in the app. The refresh is based on the session timeout value set for your org. The refresh is often undetected by the user.

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Connected Apps Installed by Salesforce

Some Salesforce client apps are implemented as connected apps and Salesforce automatically installs in your org. For example, Salesforce1 and Salesforce for Outlook are installed automatically. That’s why the list of connected apps in your list of installed apps is longer than you might expect.

These client-type Salesforce connected apps are distributed in two managed packages: one for Salesforce1-related apps and one for non-Salesforce1-related apps. The list of included apps changes with each release. However, to simplify administration, each package is asynchronously installed in your org the first time a user in the org accesses one of these apps.

If you want to install (or reinstall) the Salesforce1 package for connected apps, proactively, you can install it from the AppExchange.

The packages appear in Setup under the Installed Packages List.

The packages in the Installed Packages List

Click each package name to see the list of components. The following are some components for the Salesforce Connected Apps package.

The components of the Salesforce Connected Apps

The Force.com IDE and Force.com Migration tool are “wrapper” connected apps that use the SOAP API to connect to Salesforce instead of OAuth, which other types of connected apps do. They still use the connected apps framework to allow or deny users access to the apps in an org.

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The following are some components for the Salesforce1 and Chatter apps package.

The components of the Salesforce1 and Chatter Apps

To manage installed connected apps, from Setup, enter Connected Apps in the Quick Find box, then select Manage Connected Apps. The connected apps that Salesforce installs appear in the list as installed by a managed package. They appear along with your other installed connected apps.

Connected Apps Installed from the Connected Apps OAuth Usage Page

In addition to the apps installed from managed packages, this list contains apps installed from the Connected Apps OAuth Usage page.

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Manage a Connected App

Connected Apps Installed by Salesforce

Connected Apps Installed from the Connected Apps OAuth Usage Page