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Session Management is the page showing currently active user sessions and recent session activity — useful for forensic investigation ("who's logged in right now") and for forcibly ending sessions when investigating compromise. Read-mostly; kill sessions sparingly.

By Dipojjal Chakrabarti · Editor, Salesforce DictionaryLast updated Apr 20, 2026

Session Management is the page showing currently active user sessions and recent session activity — useful for forensic investigation ("who's logged in right now") and for forcibly ending sessions when investigating compromise. Read-mostly; kill sessions sparingly.

  1. Open Setup → Session Management

    Setup gear → Quick Find: Session Management → Session Management.

  2. Review the list of active sessions

    Each row: Username, Source IP, Login Type, Session Type, Created Date, Last Activity.

  3. Identify suspicious sessions

    Unfamiliar IP / unfamiliar User Agent / very long-running sessions.

  4. Click Remove next to a session to force logout

    Ends the session immediately. The user has to re-authenticate.

  5. Configure session policies separately

    Session timeout, MFA requirements, IP restrictions live on Setup → Session Settings — not here.

Key options
Active Sessionsremember

Currently-logged-in users and their session details.

Remove (force logout)remember

End a specific session. The user re-authenticates on next request.

Filter by Username / IP / Login Typeremember

Useful for narrowing during investigations.

Gotchas
  • Removing a session forces immediate re-auth — including for the admin running the action if you accidentally pick your own session. Filter carefully.
  • Session Management shows currently-active sessions only. Past sessions are in Login History (Setup → Login History).
  • API sessions appear here too — including service-account sessions. Killing one forces the integration to re-auth, which may break in-flight calls.

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