Creating and modifying smart collections
Creating a smart collection involves defining conditions to match the products that you want in the collection. You can also apply a sort order and other details. You can create up to 5,000 smart collections.
Collections can have a maximum of 60 conditions.
If you already have a collection that has more than 60 conditions, then you can still use it. You can edit or delete its existing conditions, but you can't add any conditions when it's over the limit.
Before you update a collection, you can review the top of the page to ensure no other staff are making changes to the same collection.
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Create a smart collection
Automated collections are now called smart collections.
If you don't want to publish the collection as soon as you create it, then you can set a specific date when the collection will be published to your online store. Learn more about future publishing.
You can create up to 5,000 smart collections.
You can add only entire products to a collection. You can't add specific variants.
Steps:
Desktop
From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.
Click Create collection.
Enter a title and description for the collection.
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In the Collection type section, click Smart:
- Select whether products need to match all conditions or any condition to be included in the collection.
- Use the drop-down lists to set the collection conditions.
Click Save. In the Products section that is displayed, the products that match the conditions are automatically added to the collection.
Set the sort order for how you want the products to be sorted in your store. For more information about sorting, refer to Change the sort order for the products in a collection.
In the Sales channels section, select from your active sales channels where you want your collection to be available.
In the Collection image section, click Upload image to add an image for the collection. For information about the sizes of images that you can use, refer to Image sizes.
Optional: The Search engine listing preview section displays a preview of how the collection will be displayed in search results. If you want to edit this information, then click Edit website SEO. You can't change the URL and handle, because they're used to link the collection to your online store.
Click Save.
Add a link to your collection in your online store navigation so that customers can find and view the collection.
iPhone
- From the Shopify app, go to Products > Collections.
- Tap the
+
button. - Enter a title and description for the collection.
- Optional: Tap the image icon to upload an image for the collection.
- Activate Smart collection.
- Optional: In the Sales channels section, tap Edit to customize which sales channels the collection will be visible to. By default, the new collection will be available to all of your sales channels. Deselect any channels that you want to hide the collection from. Learn more about collection availability.
- In the Conditions section, tap Add condition to add the selection conditions for the collection. Continue adding any other conditions that you want. Read the next section to learn about adding conditions.
- Tap ✓ to save.
- Optional: Tap Sort by to select the order in which the collection's products will display your online store. Learn more about sorting collections.
- Add a link to your collection in your online store navigation so that customers can find and view the collection.
Android
- From the Shopify app, go to Products > Collections.
- Tap the
+
button. - Enter a title and description for the collection.
- Optional: Tap the image icon to upload an image for the collection.
- Activate Smart collection.
- Optional: In the Sales channels section, tap Edit to customize which sales channels the collection will be visible to. By default, the new collection will be available to all of your sales channels. Deselect any channels that you want to hide the collection from. Learn more about collection availability.
- In the Conditions section, tap Add condition to add the selection conditions for the collection. Continue adding any other conditions that you want. Read the next section to learn about adding conditions.
- Tap ✓ to save.
- Optional: Tap Sort by to select the order in which the collection's products will display your online store. Learn more about sorting collections.
- Add a link to your collection in your online store navigation so that customers can find and view the collection.
Add selection conditions for a smart collection
When you create a smart collection, you can add one or more conditions for it in the Conditions section. That section also displays any conditions that you've already added to the collection.
For more information about conditions, refer to Conditions for smart collections.
Steps:
Desktop
- In the first drop-down list, select a condition type.
- In the second drop-down list, select how a product needs to match the condition to be included in the collection.
- Enter a condition value in the third field.
- If you want to add more than one condition, then click Add another condition and repeat the steps.
- Click Save to add matching products.
iPhone
- In the Conditions section, tap Add condition.
- Select a condition type.
- Select how a product needs to match the condition to be included in the collection.
- Enter a condition value.
- Tap ✓ to add the condition
Android
- In the Conditions section, tap Add condition.
- Select a condition type.
- Select how a product needs to match the condition to be included in the collection.
- Enter a condition value.
- Tap ✓ to add the condition
Change the publish date of a collection
You can set a specific publishing date for a collection to become available in your online store.
Steps:
From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.
Click a collection.
In the Sales channels section, click the calendar icon beside Online Store.
Set the date and time that you want to publish the collection.
Click Save.
Change the contents of a smart collection
You can change the contents of a smart collection by editing the conditions or by editing a product so that it doesn't meet the conditions.
Steps:
Desktop
From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.
Click the name of the collection that you want to edit.
In the Conditions section, make any changes to the conditions.
Click Save to add matching products and remove products that don't match.
iPhone
- From the Shopify app, go to Products > Collections.
- Tap the collection whose conditions you want to edit.
- In the Conditions section, make any changes to the selection conditions.
- Tap Add condition to add another condition, and then tap ✓.
- Tap a condition, make edits to the condition, and then tap ✓.
- Tap a condition, tap the trash bin icon to delete it, and then tap Delete to confirm.
Android
- From the Shopify app, go to Products > Collections.
- Tap the collection whose conditions you want to edit.
- In the Conditions section, make any changes to the selection conditions.
- Tap Add condition to add another condition, and then tap ✓.
- Tap a condition, make edits to the condition, and then tap ✓.
- Tap a condition, tap the trash bin icon to delete it, and then tap Delete to confirm.
Replace a manual collection with a smart collection
You can't change a manual collection into a smart collection, but you can create a new smart collection to replace the existing manual collection.
Steps:
- Add a tag to all of the products in your manual collection.
- Create a new smart collection and set the tag as a condition.
- After you set up the smart collection, you can delete the original manual collection.
Delete a collection
Steps:
Desktop
From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.
Click the name of the collection that you want to delete.
Click Delete this collection.
Click Delete in the confirmation box to delete the collection.
Links to deleted collections are automatically removed from online store menus. You can also delete more than one collection at the same time using a bulk action.
iPhone
- From the Shopify app, go to Products > Collections.
- Tap the collection that you want to delete.
- Tap the
⋮
button. - Tap Delete collection.
- If you're sure that you want to delete the collection, then tap Delete to confirm.
Android
- From the Shopify app, go to Products > Collections.
- Tap the collection that you want to delete.
- Tap the
⋮
button. - Tap Delete collection.
- If you're sure that you want to delete the collection, then tap Delete to confirm.