12/06/2026
Salesforce is retiring 24 certifications. Our honest advice: most people shouldn't rush to sit one of those affected.
Announced this week: 24 certifications are retiring on February 1, 2027, including CPQ Administrator, B2B Solution Architect, and Nonprofit Success Pack Consultant. Another 16 are being renamed as of July 24, 2026, most of them gaining "Agentforce" in their titles.
Three things to note:
1. Your existing credentials aren't disappearing. Retired certifications stay on your Trailblazer profile and remain verifiable by employers.
2. The renames need no action. No retakes, no content changes. But the pattern is clear: the catalog is now organized around agents, not clouds.
3. July 24 is the last day to register for a retiring exam. For most people, that deadline doesn't matter, because studying for a credential with months of shelf life left is a poor trade. But it does matter if you're close to exam-ready, working on a legacy product, or bound by a partner requirement.
The smarter question is what to study instead. We've broken down the successor path for every retiring credential, from CPQ to Revenue Cloud, and from Marketing Cloud to the Agentforce Marketing certification expected in late 2026.
Full breakdown, including all 24 retirements and 16 renames: via the link in the comments.