Manage Categories
In this document, you’ll learn how to create a category, edit existing categories, delete a category, and more.
Note
Product Categories are available as a beta feature and must be enabled first. If you want to use them, ask your technical team to enable them first.
Create a Category
To create a product category:
- Go to the Categories Page.
- Click on the “Add category” button at the top right.
- In the form that opens:
- Enter the name of the category. This is the only required field.
- You can enter a handle if you don’t want to use a default handle. A handle is generally used to format the URL shown on your storefront. The default handle will lower-case the category name, and replace spaces with a dash (-). For example, if you name the category “Men Clothing” the handle will be
men-clothing
. - You can change the Status to “Inactive” if you’re creating the category, but you’re still not ready to use it.
- You can change the Visibility to “Private” if you’re creating an internal category that shouldn’t be shown to the customer.
- Once you’re done, click the “Save category” button.
Edit a Category
To edit a product category:
- Go to the Categories page.
- Click on the icon at the right of the category you want to edit.
- Choose Edit from the dropdown.
- In the form that opens, you can edit any of the fields of the category.
- Once you’re done, click the “Save and close” button.
Add a Nested Category
To add a new category that should be nested inside another category:
- Go to the Categories page.
- Click on the icon at the right of the category you’re adding the new category inside.
- In the form that opens, enter the details as described in the Create a Category section.
- Once you’re done, click on the “Save category” button.
Organize Categories
To organize categories and adjust their hierarchy:
- Go to the Categories page.
- Click and hold the icon next to the category you want to move. Keep holding the icon until step four.
- Move the category to the new destination. You can make it a parent category to another category, nest it inside another category, or move it to the top hierarchy.
- Once you move it to the new destination, release the icon.
Delete a Category
Warning
Deleting a category can’t be undone, and its data can’t be restored.
- Go to the Categories page.
- Click on the icon at the right of the category.
- Choose Delete from the dropdown.
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