Accessing administration options on the Settings page

Staff need theManage settingspermission to access most but not all the administration options on theSettingspage in the Shopify admin. This table lists the minimum required permissions that staff need to access the different options on theSettingspage. However, staff members usually need to have more permissions to edit the settings within each option.

For more information about staff permissions, refer toDescription of staff permissions.

table description
Settings option Description Minimum required permissions
Store details Allows you to view and update your store details.
  • Manage settings
Plan

Allows you to view your Shopify plan.

Any staff member can view the plan details, but only the store owner or staff members with theManage planpermission can make changes to the plan. Only the store owner can pause or deactivate the store.

Billing

Allows you to manage your payment methods for purchases and bills in Shopify.

For merchants in the United States, this option is in theFinancessection of the Shopify admin.

  • View billing and receive billing emails
Users and permissions

Allows you to manage what your staff can view and manage in your store.

If a staff member doesn't have anyAdministrationpermissions, then they can edit their own account information, but they can't manage any other staff accounts. For more information about the permissions that are required to manage other staff accounts, refer to thedescription of staff permissions.

Payments

Allows you to activate and manage your store's payment providers and payout information.

If a staff member only has theManage settingspermission, then they can only access the payment information.

If a staff member has both theManage settingsandManage other payment settingspermissions, then they can manage payment settings.

If a staff member has both theManage settingsandView Shopify Payments payoutspermissions, then they can access Shopify Payments payout information.

Note:For merchants in the United States, thePayoutsoption is in theFinancessection of the Shopify admin.

  • Manage settings
Checkout Allows you to customize your online checkout process.
  • Manage settings
Shipping and delivery 允许您管理如何船订单customers.
  • Manage settings
Taxes and duties Allows you to manage how your store charges taxes and duties.
  • Manage settings
Locations Allows you to manage the places where you stock inventory, fulfill orders, and sell products.
  • Locations
Gift cards Allows you to activate Apple Wallet passes and to set gift card expiry dates.
  • Gift cards
Markets Allows you to manage the different countries and regions where you sell your products and services.
  • Manage settings
  • Domains
  • Dashboards
  • Reports
  • Products
Apps and sales channels Allows you to manage the apps and sales channels that you use to sell your products and services.
  • Manage and install apps and channels
Domains Allows you to buy a new domain through Shopify or to connect your third-party domain to Shopify.
  • Domains
Brand Allows you to manage your brand assets so that you can use them across multiple sales channels.
  • Manage settings
Notifications Allows you to manage the notifications that are sent to you and to your customers.
  • Manage settings
Custom data Allows you to extend your store by adding metafields for the following resources:
  • Products
  • Variants
  • Collections
  • Customers
  • Orders
  • Locations
  • Pages
  • Blogs
  • Blog posts
    • Metafield definitions and their values have the same user permissions as the resource they are associated with. For example, product metafields require product permissions.
    Allows you to extend your store by adding multi-field objects for custom content or data structures.
    • Metaobject definitions
    • Metaobject entries
    Languages Allows you to manage the languages that your customers can view on your store.
    • Manage settings
    Policies Allows you to manage your store's policies about refunds, privacy, and terms of service, and shipping.
    • Manage settings
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