"We're afraid to clean up Salesforce."

I hear this all the time.

Salesforce sits at the center of the business. Documentation is incomplete. Nobody really knows what is using what anymore.

The fear is understandable.

But a successful cleanup doesn't start with risky changes. It starts with high-value, low-risk opportunities: unused Users, forgotten Reports, obsolete Page Layouts, duplicate List Views, and old Fields nobody has touched in years.

You don't need to understand the entire org on day one.

You just need to start somewhere.

Sooner or later, every organization has to tackle the clutter. Start small, build confidence, learn the org, and work your way forward from there.