Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › Can we avoid deletion of records through validation rules? Salesforce® Discussions Can we avoid deletion of records through validation rules? Posted by Anjali on August 30, 2018 at 1:31 PM Can we avoid deletion of records through validation rules? Anurag algoworks replied 7 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply 1 Reply Anurag algoworks Member August 30, 2018 at 1:37 PM Hi Anjali, You can’t use a Validation Rule to prevent a Deletion of records. That has to be done through a trigger. Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me