Boost Your Salesforce Experience with These Top 20 Chrome Extensions

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Salesforce admins and developers juggle countless tasks—managing data, debugging code, navigating orgs, and deploying changes. To simplify your workflows and maximize productivity, we’ve curated the top 20 Chrome extensions that every Salesforce user needs. Whether you’re handling data updates, debugging Apex, or customizing the UI, these tools will save you time and reduce frustration.

Data Management Extensions

These tools help you manage records, metadata, and SOQL queries with ease.

Metadata and Record Comparator for Salesforce
Compare metadata and records across orgs to quickly spot differences, perfect for deployments and audits.

Development Tools

Boost development efficiency with these must-have tools for coding and debugging.

  • Salesforce Advanced Code Searcher
    Instantly search through Apex classes, triggers, and Visualforce pages to find exactly what you need.
  • Salesforce DevTools
    Access developer essentials like a query editor, ERDs, field definitions, and layout management in one extension.
  • Apex Debugger
    Debug logs more effectively with shortcuts and tools for navigating Apex logs from any Salesforce page.

Salesforce Lightning Inspector Reloaded
Debug Lightning components using Chrome DevTools to analyze performance, attributes, and the component tree.

Navigation & Productivity Boosters

Speed up navigation and streamline org management with these tools.

Force.com Login
Manage multiple logins seamlessly and jump into different orgs quickly, saving admins and devs valuable time.

User Experience & UI Enhancements

Customize and improve your Salesforce interface for better efficiency.

  • Salesforce Colored Favicons
    Assign unique colors to Salesforce orgs so you can easily differentiate between production, sandbox, and dev environments.
  • Salesforce Show API Name
    See API field names directly under field labels, saving time when configuring fields or debugging issues.

Salesforce Change Set Helper
Enhance change sets with sorting, filtering, last modified dates, and comparisons across orgs.

Community & Performance Optimizers

Keep your Salesforce communities and IP whitelists optimized and secure.

Bonus Tools Worth Exploring

These extensions solve niche but common pain points for admins and developers.

  • Why Salesforce
    Adds “Flow” and “User” tabs directly into Setup, eliminating the need to repeatedly search for these options.
  • Salesforce Work with Records
    Update records, create tasks, and track to-dos right from your browser, whether in Gmail or on a standalone page.
  • Salesforce Logins by Synebo
    Organize, color-code, and manage credentials for multiple Salesforce environments—ideal for UAT and sandbox testing.

Up Your Salesforce Efficiency

With these 20 Chrome extensions, you can enhance everything from data management to debugging and navigation. Whether you’re an admin, developer, or consultant, these tools are designed to save time, reduce effort, and streamline your workflows.

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Published On: December 18, 2024

About the Author: Paul Selway

Paul is the president and co-founder of Redpath. He works with prospects and customers to help them imagine their future with a Salesforce solution. He was born in England and hails from the Redpath clan in Scotland.