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    Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › What happens to child record when a parent record is deleted in Salesforce?

    Tagged: Account, Child Records, Lookup Relationship, Master Detail Relationship, Parent Record, Salesforce Records

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      What happens to child record when a parent record is deleted in Salesforce?

      Posted by Nikita on November 18, 2019 at 4:54 PM

      What happens to child record when a parent record is deleted?

      Prachi replied 6 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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    • Prachi

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      November 19, 2019 at 3:57 AM

      Hi,

      If the parent record in a lookup relationship is deleted, the field history tracking for the child record does not record the deletion. For example, if a parent account is deleted, the Account History related list for the child account does not show the deletion.

      But In case of Master-Detail Relationship, once you detail Master  i.e parent record all corresponding Child Records get deleted.

      Thanks.

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