Editing variants for an existing product

This page was printed on Jul 26, 2023. 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. You can change the details for a specific variant. For example, you can change the price of the variant, or change its image.

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Edit variant details individually

You can edit your variant details individually. Some variant details, such as price, quantity, SKU, barcodes, weight, HS codes, and country or region of origin, can be edited directly in the variant list.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go toProducts。

  2. Click the product that you want to edit.

  3. In theVariantssection, click the variant that you want to edit.

  4. Edit your variant details, such as options, pricing, inventory, and shipping.

  5. ClickSave。

Steps:

  1. From theShopify app, go toProducts>All products。
  2. Tap the product that you want to edit.
  3. In theVariantssection, tapXX variants。
  4. Tap the variant that you want to edit.
  5. Edit your variant details, such as options, pricing, inventory, and shipping.
  6. ClickSave。

Steps:

  1. From theShopify app, go toProducts>All products。
  2. Tap the product that you want to edit.
  3. In theVariantssection, tapXX variants。
  4. Tap the variant that you want to edit.
  5. Edit your variant details, such as options, pricing, inventory, and shipping.
  6. Tap✓。

Edit variant details in bulk

You can make changes to all details for multiple variants at once using the bulk editor. For information on using the bulk editor, refer toBulk editing products and variants。

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go toProducts。

  2. Click the product that you want to edit.

  3. In theVariantssection, do one of the following:

    • To edit specific variants, select the variants that you want to edit using the checkboxes, and then clickBulk edit。
    • To edit all variants at once, clickEdit>Bulk edit。

  4. Make the changes to your variants.

  5. ClickSave。

Edit variant options and values

You can add, remove, or edit variant options and option values.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go toProducts。

  2. Click the product that you want to edit.

  3. In theVariantssection, do any of the following:

    • To add a new variant option, click+ Add another optionand 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 a variant option name, clickEditnext to the option that you want to change, and then enter the new option name.
    • To delete a variant option value, clickEdit, and then click the trash icon next to the value you want to delete. If there is only one option value listed, then you need to delete the option entirely to remove the value.
    • To delete a variant option, click the trash can icon next to the option name.

  4. ClickSave。

Steps:

  1. From theShopify app, go toProducts>All products。
  2. Tap the product that you want to edit.
  3. In theOptionssection, tapEdit。
  4. In theOptionsscreen, do any of the following:
    • To add a new variant option, tap+ Add another optionand 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 a variant option name, tap the option name, and then enter the new option name.
    • To delete a variant option value, tap the trash icon next to the value you want to delete. If there is only one option value listed, then you need to delete the option entirely to remove the value.
    • To delete a variant option, tap the trash can icon next to the option name.
  5. TapDone。

Steps:

  1. From theShopify app, go toProducts>All products。
  2. Tap the product that you want to edit.
  3. In theOptionssection, tapEdit。
  4. In theOptionsscreen, do any of the following:
    • To add a new variant option, tap+ Add another optionand 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 a variant option name, tap the option name, and then enter the new option name.
    • To delete a variant option value, tap the trash icon next to the value you want to delete. If there is only one option value listed, then you need to delete the option entirely to remove the value.
    • To delete a variant option, tap the trash can icon next to the option name.
  5. Tap✓。

Change the display order of variant options and values

When your customers view your products, variant options and values display in a particular order. You can change the display order.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go toProducts。

  2. Click the product that you want to edit.

  3. In theVariantssection, do any of the following:

  • To rearrange the variant option order, use the drag and drop handles⋮⋮next to the option.
  • To rearrange the option value order, clickEditnext to the option, and then use the drag and drop handles⋮⋮。
  1. ClickSave。

Editing a metafield for a variant

You can add custom fields to your variant details pages by usingmetafields。表在你Metafields显示在一个可编辑的variant details pages. Each metafield displays the name that you select when youcreate 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.

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Delete a variant

If you don't want to sell a product with variants any more, then you need to delete all its variant options and values, including the default. Otherwise, the drop-down menu to select a variant continues to display to your customers.

To delete multiple variants at once, use abulk action。

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go toProducts。

  2. Click the product that you want to edit.

  3. In theVariantssection, click the variant that you want to delete.

  4. ClickDelete variant, and then clickDelete variant。

  1. From theShopify app, go toProducts>All products。
  2. Tap the product that you want to edit.
  3. In theVariantssection, tapXX variants。
  4. Tap the variant that you want to delete.
  5. Tap。.., and then tapDelete variant。
  6. TapDelete。
  1. From theShopify app, go toProducts>All products。
  2. Tap the product that you want to edit.
  3. In theVariantssection, tapXX variants。
  4. Tap the variant that you want to delete.
  5. Tap。.., and then tapDelete variant。
  6. TapDelete。

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