Working with apps

This page was printed on Jun 17, 2019. For the current version, visit https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/apps/working-with-apps.

Apps cover a wide range of functions and features, but you can do some basic actions with each of them.

If you need help with an app that you've installed in your Shopify admin, then see Getting support for apps.

Install an app

After you've found an app that you want to use, you need to add it to your store. If you're installing an app from the Shopify App Store, then click Add app on the app's listing page:

After you click Add app, you need to authorize the app in your Shopify admin.

If you're installing an app from a third-party developer's website, then click the related install link. After you click the install link, you need to authorize the app in your Shopify admin. At this step, you receive a warning that the app isn't from the Shopify App Store. This doesn't necessarily mean that the app isn't safe to use. However, the app has not been through the verification and approval process that's required for apps that are listed in the Shopify App Store.

Access an app in Shopify

You can see all the apps that you have installed from the Apps page in Shopify:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Apps.

  2. Click the app that you want to access:

  1. From the Shopify app, tap Store, and then tap Apps.
  2. Tap the app that you want to access:
    Apps screen — Shopify for iPhone
  1. From the Shopify app, tap Store, and then tap Apps.
  2. Tap the app that you want to access:
    Apps screen — Shopify for Android

Access an app's menu

You can access some features of an app through the app's menu:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Apps.

  2. Click the app that you want to open.

  3. Click Settings:

  1. From the Shopify app, tap Store, and then tap Apps.
  2. Tap the app that you want to open.
  3. Tap the ... button:
    ... button in the Product Reviews app — Shopify for iPhone
  1. From the Shopify app, tap Store, and then tap Apps.
  2. Tap the app that you want to open.
  3. Tap the ⋮ button:
    menu button in the Product Reviews app — Shopify for android

Uninstall an app

You can remove an app from your store from the Apps page in Shopify:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Apps.

  2. Locate the app you want to uninstall, and click the garbage can:

  3. Click Delete.

  1. From the Shopify app, tap Store, and then tap Apps.
  2. Swipe an app left to show a Remove button beside it:
    Apps screen with Remove button beside an app — Shopify for iPhone
  3. Tap Remove:
  4. If you're sure that you want to remove the app, then tap Delete to confirm.

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