# How to auto-refresh list views in Salesforce

> The Auto-refresh for Salesforce template refreshes a Lightning list view every minute, so new records and colleagues' changes show up without pressing Refresh.

Published 2026-09-30, updated 2026-09-30 · Salesforce · https://skins.dev/blog/salesforce-auto-refresh/

Asked for since 1 June 2009: Salesforce IdeaExchange ("Automatically refresh views"), https://ideas.salesforce.com/s/idea/a0B8W00000GdWYUUA3/automatically-refresh-views (25,940 points from 2,614 votes).

**A Lightning list view shows the records as they were when you opened it. A new lead or a deal a colleague just won only shows up after you press Refresh, and the line under the title says how stale it is: "Updated 14 minutes ago". The Auto-refresh for Salesforce template refreshes the list for you every minute, in your own browser.**

## Steps

1. In Skins Studio, open **Explore**, pick **Auto-refresh for Salesforce** and click **Create App**.
2. Open a list view in Lightning. Open the **Skins** side panel from the browser toolbar. The skin is listed under **On this page**.
3. Switch it on. An **Auto-refresh** pill appears next to "Updated … ago", with a ring that fills up to the next refresh.
4. Leave the list open. Every minute it refreshes: new records appear, changed values update, and changes are briefly highlighted so you can see what moved.

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## What you get

- The list view refreshes itself every minute, on every list view you open.
- An **Auto-refresh** pill next to "Updated … ago" shows it is on and when the next refresh comes.
- Rows that are new and values that changed since the last refresh are highlighted for a moment.

## Limits

- It refreshes while the tab is visible. A list in a background tab refreshes when you come back to it.
- It waits while you are editing a cell or have rows selected, so a refresh never throws away what you are doing.
- It presses the list's own Refresh button, so each refresh costs what a click on Refresh costs, no more.
- The interval is one minute. Change it in the template in Studio (for example to five minutes).

## Other options

- **Press Refresh**: the circular arrow next to the list view controls reloads the list.
- **Reload the page**: the browser's reload shows the latest records too, and takes longer.
- **Dashboards and reports**: a dashboard can refresh on a schedule, if the view you need is a summary.
- **Ask Salesforce**: upvote the idea. Its status is Open.

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