Shopify: Disabling Yotpo Reviews
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    Article summary

    Products


    Reviews

    Supported plans

    Free, Starter, Pro, Premium, Enterprise

    eCommerce Platform

    Shopify, Shopify Plus

    If you want to uninstall Yotpo Reviews from your store, you need to follow these steps:

    1. Disable the review request email.

    2. Disable Yotpo email notifications.

    3. Comment out the Yotpo JavaScript.

    4. Comment out Yotpo-related code (Optional).

    Step 1: Disable the Review Request Email

    1. In your Yotpo Reviews main menu, go to Emails > Email Setup.
    2. Click the Review request email card.
    3. Click Settings in the top right corner.
    4. Click Deactivate.

    Step 2: Disable Notifications Within the Yotpo Admin

    1. In your Yotpo Reviews main menu, go to the Profile icon in the top right corner.

    2. Go to Teammates.

    3. Click on Email Preferences.

    4. Disable each notification you do not want to receive.

    Step 3: Comment out Yotpo JavaScript

    1. Log in to your Shopify account.

    2. In the left-side menu, under Sales channels, click Online Store > Themes.

    3. Find your active theme and click the three-dot button next to the Customize one.

    4. Select Edit Code from the dropdown menu.

    5. In the Layout folder, open the theme.liquid file.

    6. Press Ctrl+F (or Cmd+F on Mac) and search for “Yotpo”.

    7. To disable the Yotpo-related code, wrap it in HTML comments by adding <!-- at the beginning and --> at the end of the code element.

    8. Click Save.


    Note:

    • If you are unable to locate the Yotpo JavaScript, please follow step 4 as well. 

    • If you were able to locate the Yotpo JavaScript, skip this step.

    Step 4 - Optional: Comment out Yotpo-Related Code

    1. Log in to your Shopify account.

    2. Under Sales channels, click Online Store > Themes.

    3. Find your current theme and click the three-dot button next to the Customize button.

    4. Select Edit Code from the menu.

    5. Open the relevant theme files (e.g., product, collection, or custom sections) where the Yotpo code may have been added.

    6. Press Ctrl+F (or Cmd+F) and search for “Yotpo”.

    7. Comment out the code by wrapping it with <!-- in the beginning and --> at the end.

    8. Click Save.

    Note

    You can always remove the comment-out markings you have added to the code and the Yotpo features will re-appear on your site

    Tip

    To easily inspect your theme files for Yotpo-related code, search the following theme files: theme.liquid, product.liquid, product-template.liquid, product-grid-item.liquid, product-collection.liquid or product-card-grid.liquid.

    You can view the complete code elements that have been implemented as part of the installation process, as well as their locations, here.


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