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Shopify Password Protection. How to Remove, Add and Customize

Author: Serhiy Manuilo, Publication Date: Sep 7, 2024, Last Updated: Oct 12, 2024
by Serhiy Manuilo, Oct 12, 2024
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Shopify provides solid functionality for anyone who wants to build an e-commerce store, which makes the password protection relatively easy task that doesn’t take too much time and effort.

To set a password to a Shopify store, on the left-hand navbar, go to “Online Store” > “Preferences”, scroll down to the very bottom, select the “Restrict access to visitors with the password” checkbox, enter the password and the message to visitors (optional) and save the changes.

To remove a password from a Shopify store, on the left-hand navbar, go to “Online Store” > “Preferences”, scroll down to the very bottom, uncheck “Restrict access to visitors with the password” checkbox and save the changes.

To customize the Shopify password page, on the left-hand navbar, go to “Online Store”, then click on the “Customize” button of your current theme, enter “Password” in the search bar at the top, navigate to the password page and customize its UI. To edit the password page click ”…” > “Edit default theme content” and customize the labels.

How to Remove a Password from a Shopify Store

Follow these 4 steps to get rid of the store password:

  1. Navigate to Online Store > Preferences Navigate to Shopify Store Preferences
  2. Scroll down to the very bottom
  3. Uncheck Restrict access to visitors with the password
  4. Save Remove a Password from a Shopify Store

How to Add a Password to a Shopify Store

Follow these 6 steps to password protect your store:

  1. Navigate to Online Store > Preferences Navigate to Shopify store Preferences
  2. Scroll down to the very bottom
  3. Select Restrict access to visitors with the password
  4. Set Password
  5. Enter Message to your visitors if needed
  6. Save Add a Password to a Shopify Store

Visitors of your store will see this default Password page (Dawn theme) after the password set up Default password page of a Shopify store (Dawn theme)

This pop-up appears when “Enter using password” (top right corner of the password page) is clicked, it contains the password input and the owner’s login link. Password input of the default password page of a Shopify store (Dawn theme)

How to Customize Password Page of a Shopify Store

Follow these 6 steps to customize the password page UI and its contents:

  1. Navigate to Online Store > Themes
  2. Click on Customize Navigate to the Shopify Store Theme Editor
  3. Search for the Password page, click on one Search for the password page in Shopify Store Theme Editor
  4. Customize the Password page UI Password page UI customization in Shopify Store Theme Editor
  5. Navigate to the default theme content editor Navigate to the default theme content editor in Shopify
  6. Customize default content of the password page Customize default content of the password page in Shopify

Summary

As you can see it’s quite easy to set and remove password of a Shopify store, it takes a moment to do. On the other hand password page customization might take a bit more effort.