How to Remove Powered by Shopify from Your Store (2026)

To remove "Powered by Shopify", go to Online Store in your Shopify admin, click the ... button next to your theme and choose Edit default theme content. Search for "powered", enter a single space in the Powered by Shopify box and click Save.

That works in most themes. Below are the exact steps, the checkbox in Shopify's Horizon theme, the code method for themes where the text stays, and the password page.

How do I remove Powered by Shopify from my footer?

These steps follow Shopify's own Help Center guide, checked in October 2026:

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store. This opens your Themes page.
2. Find the theme you want to change, usually your live theme, and click the ... button next to it.
3. Select Edit default theme content.
4. In the Filter items search box, type powered.
5. In the Powered by Shopify box, enter a single space.
6. Click Save.

Refresh your store and check the footer. The Shopify mobile app has the same option: open Online Store, tap Manage all themes, then use the ... button on your theme to reach Edit default theme content.

One thing to know: this method blanks the words, not the link. In themes such as Dawn, an empty link to shopify.com stays in the page code. Visitors will not see it, but if you want it gone completely, use the code method below.

How do I turn it off in the Horizon theme?

Horizon, Shopify's free theme (version 4.3.0 as of October 2026), has a setting for this. Use it instead of the single-space method. In Horizon the credit sits after your store name with a comma, so blanking the text leaves a stray comma behind.

1. Go to Online Store and click Customize on your theme.
2. In the sidebar, find the footer and select the Policies and links section.
3. Click the Copyright block.
4. Uncheck Show "Powered by Shopify".
5. Click Save.

This removes both the text and the link. Some other themes also have a checkbox like this in their footer settings, so look there before you edit code.

How do I remove Powered by Shopify with code?

Use the code method when the text is still there after the steps above, or when you want the link out of the HTML too. Before you start, duplicate your theme from the same ... menu, so you have a copy to go back to.

1. Go to Online Store, click the ... button next to your theme and select Edit code.
2. Open the footer file. In Dawn and many other themes it is sections/footer.liquid. In Horizon it is blocks/footer-copyright.liquid. Some themes keep the footer in a snippet instead.
3. Search the file for {{ powered_by_link }}.
4. Delete the tag, together with any wrapper element that only holds it.
5. Click Save and check your live store.

In Dawn, the tag sits on its own line. Delete the whole line so no empty element is left in the footer:

<small class="copyright__content">{{ powered_by_link }}</small>

powered_by_link is a Liquid object that outputs a link to shopify.com with the text "Powered by Shopify", as described in Shopify's Liquid reference. If you cannot find it, search all theme files for the words "Powered by Shopify". Some third-party themes write the credit as plain text, or add a theme designer credit next to it.

How do I remove it from the password page?

New stores start in private mode, where visitors see a password page instead of the store. In Dawn and Horizon that page is headed "Opening soon", and its footer says "This shop will be powered by" followed by the Shopify logo.

• Dawn and most other themes: while you are in Edit default theme content, also enter a single space in the Powered by Shopify HTML box and save. Shopify's guide lists this step for stores in private mode. In Dawn it removes both the text and the logo.
• Horizon: the line is written into sections/password-footer.liquid, with the Shopify logo next to it. You can blank the "This shop will be powered by" text in Edit default theme content, but the logo stays. To remove both, delete the <p class="password-footer__powered-by"> element in that file.

The password page goes away once you switch the store to public, so this only matters before launch.

Still showing? Check these four things

• You edited the live theme. Changes to an unpublished theme do not show on your storefront. Make sure you changed the published one.
• Your browser cache. Open the store in a private window to see the latest version.
• Your theme writes the credit itself. Search the code for "Powered by Shopify" as well as powered_by_link.
• An app controls the footer. If a page builder renders your footer, change it in that app's settings.

Should you remove it?

You do not have to. The credit does no harm, and removing it changes nothing about your checkout, payments or plan. Most brands remove it because they want the footer to show their own name, policies and links, and nothing else.

Shopify treats it as a normal customization and documents it in its Help Center. On its own it is a few minutes of work. If the footer is one of several things on your store that feel unfinished, our Shopify theme development work covers the whole theme, footer included.

FAQ

Does removing Powered by Shopify affect SEO?

No. Shopify outputs the link with rel="nofollow", so it passes no ranking value either way. Removing it does not change your URLs, content or indexing.

Is it allowed to remove Powered by Shopify?

Yes. Shopify publishes its own guide to removing it. If you use a free Shopify theme, Shopify Support may be able to help with this change.

Will it come back if I change themes?

Usually, yes. Each theme keeps its own content and settings, so a new theme shows the credit until you remove it there too. Horizon, for example, ships with the checkbox turned on.

Can I replace it with my own text?

Yes, but not through the Powered by Shopify box. Whatever you type there becomes the text of a link to shopify.com. Instead, replace the {{ powered_by_link }} tag in the footer code with your own text, or turn the credit off and add a text block to your footer in the theme editor. The store name in the copyright line comes from your store settings. To change it, see how to change your Shopify store name.

Can I hide it with CSS instead?

You can, but CSS only hides it from view. The link stays in your HTML. The setting or the code method removes it properly.