Editing variants for an existing product

This page was printed on May 25, 2022. For the current version, visit https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/products/variants/edit-variants.

You can edit and remove variants for a product on its details page. This gives you the flexibility to change the variants that you sell for a product at any time.

Change variant details

You can change the details for a specific variant. For example, you can change the price of the variant, or change its image.

If you're editing a variant for the online store and you select Continue selling when out of stock, then you can continue selling products when your inventory reaches zero and below. For example, you have zero stock but are using a product listing as a pre-order and want customers to be able to buy the product. As the product is purchased, your stock levels will drop below zero. However, if you deselect this option because you don't want to sell a product that has sold out, then customers can't buy the product.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products.

  2. Click the name of the product that has the variant that you want to edit.

  3. In the Variants section of the product details page, click Edit beside the name of the variant that you want to edit.

  4. Change the variant details.

  5. Click Save.

  1. From the Shopify app, go to Products > All products.
  2. From the All products screen, tap the product that you want to edit.
  3. From the product details screen, tap the variant that you want to edit.
  4. On the variant details screen, edit the variant's information.
  5. Tap the product's name to return to its details screen.
  6. Tap Save.
  1. From the Shopify app, go to Products > All products.
  2. From the Products screen, tap the product that you want to edit.
  3. From the product details screen, tap the variant that you want to edit.
  4. On the variant details screen, edit the variant's information.
  5. Tap the check mark to save.

Editing variants for stores with multiple locations

If your store uses multiple locations, then the way that you edit variants is different than it is for stores store with only one location.

Edit the prices, quantities, SKUs, barcodes, or HS codes for all variants

You can quickly edit the prices, quantities, SKUs, barcodes, or HS codes for all the variants of a product, without selecting the variants first.

Steps:

  1. In the Variants section, click Edit.

  2. Edit the relevant details for a variant.

  3. Click Save.

Edit all variants in the bulk editor

For an existing product, you can edit all the fields for all the variants in the bulk editor, without selecting the variants first.

Steps:

  1. In the Variants section, click Edit > Open bulk editor.
  2. On the Bulk editor page, enter your changes in the related fields.
  3. Click Save.

For information on using the bulk editor, see Bulk editing products and variants.

Change the display order of options

When your customers are viewing your products, they see variant options in a particular order. You can change the display order on the product details page.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products.

  2. Click the name of the product whose options you want to re-order.

  3. In the Options section of the product details page, drag the option to move it to a different position.

    When a customer is on the product page, they see the options for this product in the order that you set.

  4. After you have the options in the order that you want, you can change the display order of the option values. Click Edit next to the option whose values you want to re-order. Then drag an option value to move it to a different position and click Done.

    When a customer is on the product page, they see the option values for each option in the order that you set.

  5. Click Save.

Edit a product's options

You can add, remove, or edit options and option values from the product details page.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products.

  2. Click the name of the product that you want to edit.

  3. In the Options section, make any edits that you need:

    • To add a new option, click Add another option and enter the option name and a default option value. The default option value is applied to all the existing variants. You can have a maximum of three options for a product.
    • To change an option name, click Edit and enter the new name.
    • To delete an option value, click Edit and click the trash icon next to the value you want to delete.
    • To delete an option entirely, remove all but one of the option values, then click the trash can icon beside the option. When there is only one option, you can't remove it by editing the options. If you want to sell a product without any variants, then you need to delete all the variants.
  1. From the Shopify app, go to Products > All products.
  2. From the All products screen, tap a product.
  3. In the Options section, make any edits that you need:
    • To add a new option:
      1. Tap Add another option.
      2. Enter a name for the new option.
      3. Enter the option values.
    • To change an option name:
      1. Tap Edit next to the option that you want to rename.
      2. Enter a new name.
    • To delete an option:
      1. Tap the option that you want to delete.
      2. Tap the trash can icon.
  1. When you're finished, tap Save to apply your changes.
  1. From the Shopify app, go to Products > All products.
  2. From the All products screen, tap a product.
  3. In the Options section, make any edits that you need:
    • To add a new option:
      1. Tap Add another option.
      2. Enter a name for the new option.
      3. Enter the option values.
    • To change an option name:
      1. Tap Edit next to the option that you want to rename.
      2. Enter a new name.
    • To delete an option:
      1. Tap the option that you want to delete.
      2. Tap the trash can icon.
  1. When you're finished, tap the check mark to apply your changes.

Editing a metafield for a variant

You can add custom fields to your variant details pages by using metafields. Metafields are displayed in an editable table on your variant details pages. Each metafield displays the name that you select when you create your metafield definition. You can click in each table row to display the metafield type and its description, and then click in the field to enter a value.

If you have an Online Store 2.0 theme, such as Dawn, the free Shopify theme, then you can add references to your product variant metafields through the theme editor.

Delete a variant

When you delete a variant, it is permanently removed.

If you don't want to sell a product with variants any more, then you need to delete all its variants, including the default. Otherwise the drop-down menu to select a variant is still shown to your customers. To delete multiple variants together, use a bulk action.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products.

  2. Click the product with the variant that you want to delete.

  3. Under Variants, click the trash icon next to the variant.

  4. Click the trash can icon.

  1. From the Shopify app, go to Products > All products.
  2. From the All products screen, tap the product that you want to update.
  3. Under Variants, tap the variant that you want to delete.
  4. At the bottom of the variant details screen, tap Delete variant.
  5. If you're sure that you want to delete this variant, then tap the trash can icon to remove it from your store.
  1. From the Shopify app, go to Products > All products.
  2. From the Products screen, tap the product that you want to update.
  3. Under Variants, tap the variant that you want to delete.
  4. At the bottom of the variant details screen, tap DELETE VARIANT.
  5. If you're sure that you want to delete this variant, then tap the trash can icon to remove it from your store.

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