1. Navigate to the picklist you want to modify.For a picklist on an object, go to the fields area of the object.For a global picklist: From Setup, enter picklist in the Quick Find box, then select Picklist Value Sets.
2. For a picklist on an object, go to the fields area of the object.
3. For a global picklist: From Setup, enter picklist in the Quick Find box, then select Picklist Value Sets.
4. Go to the picklist’s detail page by clicking the picklist’s name.
5. In the Values section, modify the picklist value.To deactivate a value, which removes it from the picklist but keeps it on existing records: Click Deactivate next to the value’s name. The value moves to the Inactive Values section. If you need the value again later, click Activate next to its name.To remove a value from the picklist and all records that use it: Click Del next to the value’s name and select Replace value on records with blank value. Then click Save.To remove a value from a global picklist and any custom picklists that share its value set: Click Del next to the value’s name and then click OK. If any custom picklists use this global picklist value set, you’re prompted to replace the value with either a blank value or an existing, active value. If no custom picklists use the value set, the value is deleted from the global picklist.Note If a global picklist value is used in historical trending, it’s deactivated but not deleted.
6. To deactivate a value, which removes it from the picklist but keeps it on existing records: Click Deactivate next to the value’s name. The value moves to the Inactive Values section. If you need the value again later, click Activate next to its name.
7. To remove a value from the picklist and all records that use it: Click Del next to the value’s name and select Replace value on records with blank value. Then click Save.
8. To remove a value from a global picklist and any custom picklists that share its value set: Click Del next to the value’s name and then click OK. If any custom picklists use this global picklist value set, you’re prompted to replace the value with either a blank value or an existing, active value. If no custom picklists use the value set, the value is deleted from the global picklist.Note If a global picklist value is used in historical trending, it’s deactivated but not deleted.