How to Remove Powered by Shopify from Your Store’s Footer

What is the Powered by Shopify Link?

By default, Shopify stores come with a “Powered by Shopify” link that points back to Shopify. This link can be found at the bottom of your Shopify store, next to the copyright information.

While this link can be beneficial for Shopify as it leads future users to their website, removing or replacing the Powered by Shopify link is very common. Here are a few reasons why it is often altered:

• To Make Room for Other Text/Links: You may wish to use this area for other items such as copyright information, your company’s legal name, terms, policies, and more. Leaving the link in place takes up more room and can make for a very lengthy line at the bottom of your site.
• Customization and Professionalism: Removing the default Shopify link can make your eCommerce store look more professional and less “cookie cutter”.
• Keeping Things Close to Your Chest: Some store owners would rather keep their tools of choice to themselves. Deleting the Powered by Shopify link makes it less obvious as to which platform is being used to run your store. Do be warned, though. You can very easily tell it’s a Shopify store by viewing the source code.
• Your Own Future Leads: If you have created this Shopify store for someone else – perhaps you’re a web professional or work at a web agency – you can replace the Powered by Shopify link with a link pointing to your website or portfolio.

How to Remove the Powered by Shopify Link

To delete the Powered by Shopify link, you will need to edit your Shopify store’s footer code.

1. Once logged into your Shopify admin, click on Online Store in the left-hand menu. This will bring you to the Themes page.
2. On the right side of the screen, next to the Customize button, click on the 3 dots and select Edit Code.
3. In the search field, enter the word “footer” and then click on the footer.liquid file to edit it.
4. Hit Command+F if you’re on a Mac or Control+F if you’re on a PC to find and locate the word “powered”.

5. Highlight the following code and then delete it.

{{ powered_by_link }}

6. Click on the Save button in the top right.

How to Replace the Powered by Shopify Link with Another Link

Instead of deleting Shopify’s link entirely, you can replace it with a link of your own.

1. Once logged into Shopify, click on Online Store in the left-hand menu. This will bring you to the Themes page.
2. Click on the 3 dots found on the right side of your screen and then select Edit Code.
3. Search for the word “footer” in the search field. Then, click on the footer.liquid file to edit it.
4. Using Command+F or Control+F, find the word “powered” within the code.

5. Delete the following code:

{{ powered_by_link }}

6. Replace it with the text you’d like to see in its place. This is simply the text; not a link. For example, in the video above, we wrote:

 | Website created by eStoreKings

7. To add a link, you will need to replace {{ powered_by_link }} with the following. Be sure to replace our link and text (in bold) with something of your own.

<a href="https://estorekings.com/" target="_blank"> | Website created by eStoreKings</a>

8. Click on the Save button found in the top right corner of your screen.

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