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The option concerning profile settings is indeed appropriate for limiting field visibility to certain users because profiles are a fundamental mechanism in Salesforce for controlling access to various aspects of the platform, including specific fields. Each user is assigned a profile that determines what they can see and do within Salesforce, including field-level security. This means that, through profile settings, administrators can restrict access to particular fields for users who have that profile.

While other options relate to visibility and access in different ways, they do not directly limit field visibility at the same granular level as profiles do. For instance, sharing rules manage visibility of records rather than fields, allowing users to see certain records based on sharing settings. Field history tracking is a feature that allows for the tracking of changes made to field values but does not influence what fields are visible to users. List views help users filter record lists based on certain criteria but do not affect individual field access or visibility directly. Thus, profile settings are the primary tool for managing field visibility on a user-by-user basis in Salesforce.