Data Loader Guide
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Install Data Loader on Windows
You can use Data Loader to insert, update, delete, and export Salesforce records. To
use it, you install it on your Windows computer.
| Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience |
| Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer editions |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To access the page to download Data Loader: | Modify All Data |
| To use Data Loader: | API Enabled AND The appropriate user permission for the operation you are doing, for example, Create on accounts to insert new accounts AND Bulk API Hard Delete (only if you configure Data Loader to use Bulk API to hard-delete records) |
- Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 11 or later, for example, Zulu OpenJDK version 11 or later for Windows using the .MSI file.
- From your org’s Setup page, download the Data Loader installation file.
- Right-click the .zip file and select Extract All.
- In the Data Loader folder, double-click the install.bat file. If you get an unknown publisher error message, you can ignore it and run the file.
- Specify where to install Data Loader, and select whether to overwrite an existing Data Loader installation.
- Specify whether to create a Data Loader launch icon on your desktop or a start menu shortcut. Data Loader completes the installation.
To run Data Loader, use the Data Loader desktop icon, start menu entry, or the dataloader.bat file in your installation folder. If Zulu OpenJDK is not found, a message prompts you to download and install it.