Edit User Interface Properties of a Field Across Layouts
To perform a mass update of the UI properties of a field across multiple layouts:
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Navigate to Application Composer.
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Expand the object whose page layouts you want to make changes to.
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Click the Pages node.
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On the Application Pages tab, click Actions from one of the page layout sections, and then select Edit UI Properties from the drop-down list.
The Edit UI Properties page appears.
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Select the field whose properties you want to change.
The Field Definition section displays the current properties of the field at the model level.
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The Layout Properties section displays all the active layouts for the field, where you can select multiple layouts on which the field properties can be edited. Select the layouts that you want to update.
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Click Update.
The Update Layouts page appears.
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In the Layout Properties section, specify or edit the Required, Updatable, and Hidden properties as required for the selected layouts.
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Click Submit.
The Edit UI Properties page appears.
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Click Done.
The field is updated across the selected layouts.
For a worked example on how to edit field properties across layouts, see Editing Field Properties across Multiple Layouts: Worked Example.