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title: Too Many Apex Classes (Over 50 – Does Not Include Test Classes Or Downloaded Apps)
description: "Impact Area Manageability Severity Medium Affected Element Org Config ## Rule ID **SF-0146** ## Impact A high number of APEX classes indicates that the instance may be over-customized, and fails to leverage out of the box functionality included in Salesforce.…"
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updated: "2025-03-21"
category: Rules
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# Too Many Apex Classes (Over 50 – Does Not Include Test Classes Or Downloaded Apps)

Impact Area

Manageability

           Severity

Medium

           Affected Element

Org Config

## Rule ID

**SF-0146**

## Impact

A high number of APEX classes indicates that the instance may be over-customized, and fails to leverage out of the box functionality included in Salesforce.

## Remediation

Analyse the need for code customization, and revert to out of the box whenever possible.

### Time to fix

60 min