Creating and modifying automated collections

Creating an automated 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 automated 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.

Create an automated collection

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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 automated collections.

You can add only entire products to a collection. You can't add specific variants.

Steps:

Android

1. From the Shopify app, go to Products > Collections.
2. Tap the + button.
3. Enter a title and description for the collection.
4. Optional: Tap the image icon to upload an image for the collection.
5. Activate Automate product list.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Tap ✓ to save.
9. Optional: Tap Sort by to select the order in which the collection's products will display your online store. Learn more about sorting collections.
10. Add a link to your collection in your online store navigation so that customers can find and view the collection.

Add selection conditions for an automated collection

When you create an automated collection, you can add one or more conditions for it in the Conditions section. That section will also display any conditions that you've already added to the collection.

For more information about conditions, refer to Conditions for automated collections.

Steps:

Android

1. In the Conditions section, tap Add condition.
2. Select a condition type.
3. Select how a product needs to match the condition to be included in the collection.
4. Enter a condition value.
5. 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:

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.

2. Click a collection.

3. In the Sales channels section, click the calendar icon beside Online Store.

4. Set the date and time that you want to publish the collection.

5. Click Save.

Change the contents of an automated collection

You can change the contents of an automated collection by editing the conditions or by editing a product so that it doesn't meet the conditions.

Steps:

Android

1. From the Shopify app, go to Products > Collections.
2. Tap the collection whose conditions you want to edit.
3. 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 an automated collection

You can't change a manual collection into an automated collection, but you can create a new automated collection to replace the existing manual collection.

Steps:

1. Add a tag to all of the products in your manual collection.
2. Create a new automated collection and set the tag as a condition.
3. After you set up the automated collection, you can delete the original manual collection.

Delete a collection

Note

Deleted collections are permanently removed from your Shopify admin. You can also hide the collection from a sales channel without deleting it.

Steps:

Android

1. From the Shopify app, go to Products > Collections.
2. Tap the collection that you want to delete.
3. Tap the ⋮ button.
4. Tap Delete collection.
5. If you're sure that you want to delete the collection, then tap Delete to confirm.