Feed tracking controls which record changes turn into Chatter feed items. Enable it per object and choose the fields whose changes are worth a post. This is the single highest-leverage setting for making record feeds useful instead of noisy.
- Open Feed Tracking in Setup
From Setup, type Feed Tracking in the Quick Find box and click Feed Tracking. The left column lists every object that supports tracking, from accounts and cases to your custom objects.
- Select an object and enable tracking
Click the object you want, then select the Enable Feed Tracking checkbox. Until this box is checked, that object's records have no feed and no tracked-change posts.
- Choose the fields to track
Pick the fields whose changes deserve a post, up to 20 per object. Stay well under the cap; track only fields that drive conversation, like opportunity stage or case status, not every editable field.
- Save and confirm on a record
Click Save. Open a record of that object, change a tracked field, and confirm the system post appears in the feed and in the feed of anyone following the record.
The per-object switch that turns the feed on. Off by default for custom objects; some standard objects ship enabled with default fields.
The list of fields whose changes post to the feed. Auto-number, formula, roll-up summary, and encrypted fields cannot be selected.
When publisher actions are enabled, posts a feed item when related records are created, so child activity surfaces on the parent feed.
- Editing tracked fields needs the Customize Application permission; reaching the page needs View Setup and Configuration.
- You never see system posts for your own edits to tracked fields, only for changes made by others on records you follow.
- Tracked updates older than 45 days with no likes or comments are deleted automatically, so the feed is not a permanent archive.
- Over-tracking buries human posts under field-change noise; trim the list and tell users about the Fewer Updates filter.