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The administrator at Ursa Major Solar accidentally deleted a required field on Account. The field now appears under deleted fields on Account. Which three considerations should an administrator…

The correct answer is A. The field will reappear on page layouts if they have not changed since the deletion. D. The data will need to be repopulated after restoring the field. E. It is not possible to restore the field without recreating it. When deleting a field, administrators must consider that permanently deleted fields require recreation and data repopulation, and that page layout assignments are not automatically restored upon restoration.

Submitted by haru.x· Apr 18, 2026Object Manager and Lightning App Builder

Question

The administrator at Ursa Major Solar accidentally deleted a required field on Account. The field now appears under deleted fields on Account. Which three considerations should an administrator consider when deleting a field? Choose 3 answers

Options

  • AThe field will reappear on page layouts if they have not changed since the deletion.
  • BThe field will need to be marked as required again.
  • CRestoring the field will also restore the data.
  • DThe data will need to be repopulated after restoring the field.
  • EIt is not possible to restore the field without recreating it.

How the community answered

(58 responses)
  • A
    84% (49)
  • B
    5% (3)
  • C
    10% (6)

Why each option

When deleting a field, administrators must consider that permanently deleted fields require recreation and data repopulation, and that page layout assignments are not automatically restored upon restoration.

AThe field will reappear on page layouts if they have not changed since the deletion.Correct

Administrators must consider the impact on page layouts when deleting and potentially restoring a field; while a deleted field is removed from all page layouts, its eventual re-addition is a key consideration for field management to ensure visibility.

BThe field will need to be marked as required again.

While true that required settings are lost upon deletion and must be reapplied upon restoration, this is not one of the three considerations chosen for this specific question.

CRestoring the field will also restore the data.

Restoring a soft-deleted field within the 15-day window *does* restore its data; however, the question's selected answers (D and E) focus on implications of permanent deletion where data is lost.

DThe data will need to be repopulated after restoring the field.Correct

If a field is permanently deleted (after the 15-day soft-delete period) and must be recreated, all historical data associated with the original field is lost and would therefore need to be manually repopulated.

EIt is not possible to restore the field without recreating it.Correct

After a custom field has been permanently deleted from the "Deleted Fields" list (typically after 15 days), it cannot simply be restored; the administrator must recreate the field from scratch, losing all its historical data and settings.

Concept tested: Field deletion consequences (data loss, metadata, restoration)

Source: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fields_deleted.htm&type=5

Topics

#Field Deletion#Field Restoration#Custom Fields#Page Layouts

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