# Set the Canvas App Location for Connected Apps

Specify where your canvas app can display to a user in Salesforce via a connected app.

In Spring ’26, the creation of new connected apps is disabled by default. We recommend that you [use an external client app for your canvas integrations](/docs/platform/canvas-framework/guide/quick-start-simple-set-app-location-eca.md) instead. To enable connected app creation in your org, contact Salesforce Customer Support.

Before Spring ’26, when you create a canvas app via the Canvas App Previewer page, a connected app is created automatically.

1. From Setup, search for `Apps` in the `Quick Find` box, then select **App Manager** in Lightning Experience or **Connected Apps** in Classic.

2. In the related list, click the dropdown arrow for the app you just created and then click **Edit Settings.**

3. In the Canvas Apps Settings section, in the `Locations` field, select where the canvas app can appear to the user. For this walkthrough, select **Chatter Tab**.

   - **Chatter Feed**—The canvas app appears in the feed. If this option is selected, you must create a CanvasPost feed item and ensure that the current user has access to the canvas app.
   - **Chatter Tab**—The canvas app appears in the app navigation list on the Chatter tab. If this option is selected, the canvas app appears there automatically.
   - **Console**—The canvas app appears in the footer or sidebars of a Salesforce console. If this option is selected, you must choose where the canvas app appears in a console by adding it as a custom console component.
   - **Layouts and Mobile Cards**—The canvas app can appear on a page layout or a mobile card. If this option is selected, you choose where the canvas app appears by adding it to the page layout.
   - **Lightning Component**—The canvas app appears on your custom Lightning component [using the `force:canvasApp` component](/docs/platform/canvas-framework/guide/canvas-app-aura-code-example.md).
   - **Mobile Nav**—The canvas app is accessible from the mobile app navigation menu.
   - **Open CTI**—The canvas app appears in the call control tool. If this option is selected, you must specify the canvas app in your call center’s definition file for it to appear.
   - **Publisher**—The canvas app appears in the Chatter publisher and action bar. If this option is selected, you must also create a canvas custom action and add it to the global publisher layout or to an object’s page layout.
   - **Visualforce Page**—The canvas app can appear on a Visualforce page . If you add an `<apex:canvasApp>` component to expose a canvas app on a Visualforce page, be sure to select this location for the canvas app; otherwise, you’ll receive an error.

4. Click **Save**.

   Because you selected **Chatter Tab**, your canvas app now appears in the left navigation pane on the Chatter tab in Salesforce Classic.

**See Also**

- [Quick Start](/docs/platform/canvas-framework/guide/quick-start-simple-intro.md)
- [Create the App](/docs/platform/canvas-framework/guide/quick-start-simple-create-app.md)
- [Where Canvas Apps Appear](/docs/platform/canvas-framework/guide/canvas-apps-where-they-appear.md)
- [Quick Start—Advanced](/docs/platform/canvas-framework/guide/quick-start-intro.md)