How to disable new button from recently viewed list view in salesforce lightning

In this blog post, let us discuss a workaround to remove the New button from the recently viewed list view in salesforce lightning. With summer '21 release updates, there is a configurable option in the salesforce setup > object settings, check the detailed steps at the end.

To implement the workaround, please follow the below steps.

Thanks to the lightning experience override feature which gives an option to map the lightning component. With this, we can restrict the New record creation by alerting a message in the popup when the user clicks on the New button.

It is a simple two-step process where you will create a new lightning component and map the component to the new button in the object manager. Detailed steps are mentioned below.

Step 1

Create a lightning component that shows popup message to the user as below

.cmp code (component)

<aura:component  implements="lightning:actionOverride,flexipage:availableForAllPageTypes" access="global">

    <section role="dialog" tabindex="-1" aria-labelledby="modal-heading-01" aria-modal="true" aria-describedby="modal-content-id-1" class="slds-modal slds-fade-in-open">

        <div class="slds-modal__container">

            <header style="position:relative">

                <lightning:buttonIcon iconName="utility:close"

                                      onclick="{! C.closeModel }"

                                      alternativeText="close"

                                      variant="bare-inverse"

                                      class="slds-modal__close"/>

            </header>

             <div class="slds-modal__content slds-p-around_medium">

                <div class="slds-p-around_medium slds-p-left_large">

                    <div class="slds-align_absolute-center" style="color:red">

                        <h2><b>You cannot create new record here.</b></h2>

                    </div>

                </div>

            </div>

        </div>

    </section>

    <div class="slds-backdrop slds-backdrop_open"></div>

</aura:component>

.js code (client-side controller)

({

    closeModel: function(component, event, helper) {

        var navEvent = $A.get("e.force:navigateToList");

        navEvent.setParams({

            "listViewName": null,

            "scope": "Options__c"

        });

        navEvent.fire();

    },

})

This Aura component shows a popup as soon as it is loaded. Click the X button to navigate back to the pinned list view. 

Step 2

Map the component to New button in the Object manager

Click on the setup from the Gear icon at the top right corner of your salesforce instance > go to the object manager

Search with the object where you want to implement this logic > Navigate to Object

Go to Buttons, Links, and Actions menu item

Click on Edit option for the New button

In the Lightning Experience Override option select the lightning component which is created in the first step and save the details

In this configuration, we have mapped the lightning component to the New button. With a click of the button in the list view, the lightning component is initialized. As we have a modal popup defined in the component, the user will see the popup and on click of the X button, the context goes back to the pinned list view.

Note: In case record types are enabled for the object, users will see the record type selection popup when they click the New button. Selecting any record type and on click of the Next button will take you to the customized popup.

Hope this helps you to restrict the user from creating the new record from the recently viewed list view in your org. In case you have tried or came across any other workaround please share it in the comments section.

Updated

With Summer '21 release, we have an option to remove the button from the recently viewed list view directly through the configuration

Go to object manager > Object > Search Layouts for Salesforce Classic > List View > Click Edit > Uncheck the New option > Save

Happy learning!