Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › Is it possible to write a validation rule on record delete in salesforce? Tagged: Delete Record, Salesforce Records, Validation Rules Salesforce® Discussions Is it possible to write a validation rule on record delete in salesforce? Posted by Saurabh on April 27, 2017 at 2:28 PM Is it possible to write a validation rule on record delete Manpreet replied 9 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply Delete RecordSalesforce RecordsValidation Rules 1 Reply Manpreet Member April 28, 2017 at 1:28 PM Hi saurabh, Validation rule is not work for prevents deletion of record. You can use trigger for Prevent deletion record.Validation rules will only work if there is a record to determine if the formula evaluates to true. Thanks. Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me