Sold-out sizes and colours are dead ends that cost conversions. Here are four ways to hide them — manual edits, Liquid theme code, storefront JavaScript, and full automation — with steps, trade-offs, and SEO notes for each.
Read the guideDeleting a sold-out variant destroys its SKU, pricing, and analytics history. Here's the non-destructive way: unpublish it from your channels, keep every byte of data, and bring it back automatically on restock.
Read the guideGreying out preserves context and captures restock demand; hiding kills dead-end clicks and clutter. An honest look at which approach fits which catalogue, hybrid strategies, and how to measure it in your own store.
Read the articleHiding sold-out variants is the easy half. The expensive half is the restocked variant that stays hidden — how webhook-driven republishing works, and how to set the policy that protects your manual unpublishes.
Read the guideDawn greys out sold-out variants and has no toggle to hide them — and its section re-rendering wipes JavaScript hacks. The CSS fix, the Liquid fix, and the route that survives every Dawn update.
Read the guideImpulse crosses out sold-out variants but won't hide them. The CSS workaround for Archetype's dynamic product options, its catches, and the five-minute alternative.
Read the guideNine causes cover almost every case — from Shopify's "Continue selling" setting and untracked inventory to channel selection, the never-404 safeguard, and plain old caching. Work through them in order.
Read the checklistThe two channel-level hiding apps, head to head — pricing, Built for Shopify status, variant caps, B2B and Markets support — and why VarHide comes out ahead on every one of them.
Read the comparisonVarHide, HiVar, Scala, Veil, and Kokfy — compared honestly on pricing, ratings, badges, and the channel-level vs. display-level split that actually decides the choice.
Read the roundupHide the last unit online while your POS staff can still sell it. How Shopify's publishing system enables per-channel variant visibility — and why most hiding tools can't do it.
Read the guideWholesale buyers and regional storefronts need accurate availability. Per-catalog and per-region variant hiding — including location-aware sold-out rules that track the warehouse serving each market.
Read the guideVariants share the product URL, so hiding them removes nothing from Google's index. Where the real risk lives (product-level 404s), what happens to structured data and Shopping feeds, and the SEO-safe checklist.
Read the articleVarHide keeps your product pages clean in real time — free plan available.
