{"post_stream":{"posts":[{"id":1897026,"username":"merchant2010","avatar_template":"https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/{size}.png","created_at":"2026-09-24T01:51:50.782Z","cooked":"\u003cp\u003eShopify’s Bulk Editor currently preselects a large number of Category Metafield columns automatically.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is extremely frustrating and wastes time.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery time I open the Bulk Editor, I first have to manually uncheck all of these preselected category metafields just to get a clean screen and select the fields I actually want to edit.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven worse, after making changes and saving, the preselected columns come back again.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no reason for these columns to be selected by default. The Bulk Editor should open with \u003cstrong\u003eno optional columns preselected\u003c/strong\u003e, or at minimum remember the columns the user selected during the previous session.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe current workflow is basically:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen Bulk Editor.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncheck a long list of unwanted category metafields.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelect the fields you actually need.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake your edits.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSave.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGo back into Bulk Editor and repeat the same process again.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor merchants managing hundreds or thousands of products, this creates unnecessary repetitive work.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease remove the automatic Category Metafield selections. No column should be preselected by default. Let merchants choose what they want to see and edit.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the very least, Shopify should remember the user’s previous Bulk Editor column selection instead of resetting it every time.\u003c/p\u003e","post_number":1,"post_type":1,"posts_count":11,"updated_at":"2026-09-24T01:51:50.782Z","reply_count":0,"reply_to_post_number":null,"quote_count":0,"incoming_link_count":8,"reads":27,"readers_count":26,"score":70.4,"yours":false,"topic_id":686939,"topic_slug":"bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected","primary_group_name":"merchant","flair_name":null,"flair_url":null,"flair_bg_color":null,"flair_color":null,"flair_group_id":null,"badges_granted":[],"version":1,"can_edit":false,"can_delete":false,"can_recover":false,"can_see_hidden_post":false,"can_wiki":false,"read":true,"user_title":"Merchant","title_is_group":true,"bookmarked":false,"actions_summary":[{"id":2,"count":2}],"moderator":false,"admin":false,"staff":false,"user_id":803443,"hidden":false,"trust_level":1,"deleted_at":null,"user_deleted":false,"edit_reason":null,"can_view_edit_history":true,"wiki":false,"post_url":"/t/bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected/686939/1","category_expert_approved_group":null,"needs_category_expert_approval":null,"can_manage_category_expert_posts":false,"event":null,"calendar_details":[],"reactions":[{"id":"heart","type":"emoji","count":2}],"current_user_reaction":null,"reaction_users_count":2,"current_user_used_main_reaction":false,"can_accept_answer":false,"can_unaccept_answer":false,"accepted_answer":false,"topic_accepted_answer":null,"can_vote":false},{"id":1897114,"username":"AhsanMunir","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/community.shopify.com/ahsanmunir/{size}/405474_2.png","created_at":"2026-09-24T07:07:16.734Z","cooked":"\u003cp\u003eMy guess at why they keep coming back: those look like the metafields attached to the product category you’ve set on those products. Shopify wants them filled in, so it adds them as columns for any product that has a category. If that’s right, the editor isn’t forgetting your choice so much as rebuilding the list from the categories every time it loads, which is why saving doesn’t make it stick.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoesn’t make it less annoying. Until it changes, two things worth trying:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet up the columns you want once, then bookmark the page. The older bulk editor kept the column list in the URL, so a bookmark reopened it exactly as you left it. I haven’t checked whether the current version still does that, so try it on a handful of products first.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor big, regular edits, export to CSV, edit in a spreadsheet and import it back (or use Matrixify if you already have it). More steps, but you’re not fighting the columns every time.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne thing to check before you’d want them gone for good: if you use those category metafields for storefront filters or Google Shopping, hiding them means new products quietly go without them. That’s probably what Shopify is trying to prevent with this, even if the way it does it is irritating.\u003c/p\u003e","post_number":2,"post_type":1,"posts_count":11,"updated_at":"2026-09-24T07:07:16.734Z","reply_count":1,"reply_to_post_number":null,"quote_count":0,"incoming_link_count":0,"reads":18,"readers_count":17,"score":8.6,"yours":false,"topic_id":686939,"topic_slug":"bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected","primary_group_name":null,"flair_name":null,"flair_url":null,"flair_bg_color":null,"flair_color":null,"flair_group_id":null,"badges_granted":[],"version":1,"can_edit":false,"can_delete":false,"can_recover":false,"can_see_hidden_post":false,"can_wiki":false,"read":true,"user_title":null,"bookmarked":false,"actions_summary":[],"moderator":false,"admin":false,"staff":false,"user_id":1627471,"hidden":false,"trust_level":1,"deleted_at":null,"user_deleted":false,"edit_reason":null,"can_view_edit_history":true,"wiki":false,"post_url":"/t/bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected/686939/2","category_expert_approved_group":null,"needs_category_expert_approval":null,"can_manage_category_expert_posts":false,"event":null,"reactions":[],"current_user_reaction":null,"reaction_users_count":0,"current_user_used_main_reaction":false,"can_accept_answer":false,"can_unaccept_answer":false,"accepted_answer":false,"topic_accepted_answer":null},{"id":1897141,"username":"Jack_BuildsShopify","avatar_template":"https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/{size}.png","created_at":"2026-09-24T08:27:40.984Z","cooked":"\u003cp\u003eThis sounds like a good case for separating “fields Shopify thinks may be useful” from “fields I chose for this editing task.” For a large catalog, the safer behavior would be to remember a named or last-used column set, while still surfacing missing category attributes as a separate warning instead of forcing them into the grid every time.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne thing I’d measure is how many columns you actually use in a normal session versus how many Shopify preselects. If you’re repeatedly clearing 20–30 category fields to work with 5–8 operational fields, that makes the workflow cost very concrete. Do you mostly use Bulk Editor for the same recurring fields (price/SKU/inventory/metafields), or does your column set change a lot between jobs?\u003c/p\u003e","post_number":3,"post_type":1,"posts_count":11,"updated_at":"2026-09-24T08:27:40.984Z","reply_count":0,"reply_to_post_number":null,"quote_count":0,"incoming_link_count":0,"reads":11,"readers_count":10,"score":2.2,"yours":false,"topic_id":686939,"topic_slug":"bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected","primary_group_name":null,"flair_name":null,"flair_url":null,"flair_bg_color":null,"flair_color":null,"flair_group_id":null,"badges_granted":[],"version":1,"can_edit":false,"can_delete":false,"can_recover":false,"can_see_hidden_post":false,"can_wiki":false,"read":true,"user_title":null,"bookmarked":false,"actions_summary":[],"moderator":false,"admin":false,"staff":false,"user_id":1641360,"hidden":false,"trust_level":1,"deleted_at":null,"user_deleted":false,"edit_reason":null,"can_view_edit_history":true,"wiki":false,"post_url":"/t/bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected/686939/3","category_expert_approved_group":null,"needs_category_expert_approval":null,"can_manage_category_expert_posts":false,"event":null,"reactions":[],"current_user_reaction":null,"reaction_users_count":0,"current_user_used_main_reaction":false,"can_accept_answer":false,"can_unaccept_answer":false,"accepted_answer":false,"topic_accepted_answer":null},{"id":1897356,"username":"merchant2010","avatar_template":"https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/{size}.png","created_at":"2026-09-24T11:43:46.287Z","cooked":"\u003cp\u003ewe use bulk edit for metafields that we created. 5-10 at most is used at a time. Shopify preselects around 30 for their created category metafields which we have to deselect every single time. after every save it randomly adds those back which we have to deselect again. so half the time goes with deselecting. it should be very simple toggle of and having hard time to see any kind of logic behind this pre selection. Just wastes time and energy.\u003c/p\u003e","post_number":4,"post_type":1,"posts_count":11,"updated_at":"2026-09-24T11:43:46.287Z","reply_count":0,"reply_to_post_number":null,"quote_count":0,"incoming_link_count":0,"reads":10,"readers_count":9,"score":2.0,"yours":false,"topic_id":686939,"topic_slug":"bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected","primary_group_name":"merchant","flair_name":null,"flair_url":null,"flair_bg_color":null,"flair_color":null,"flair_group_id":null,"badges_granted":[],"version":1,"can_edit":false,"can_delete":false,"can_recover":false,"can_see_hidden_post":false,"can_wiki":false,"read":true,"user_title":"Merchant","title_is_group":true,"bookmarked":false,"actions_summary":[],"moderator":false,"admin":false,"staff":false,"user_id":803443,"hidden":false,"trust_level":1,"deleted_at":null,"user_deleted":false,"edit_reason":null,"can_view_edit_history":true,"wiki":false,"post_url":"/t/bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected/686939/4","category_expert_approved_group":null,"needs_category_expert_approval":null,"can_manage_category_expert_posts":false,"event":null,"reactions":[],"current_user_reaction":null,"reaction_users_count":0,"current_user_used_main_reaction":false,"can_accept_answer":false,"can_unaccept_answer":false,"accepted_answer":false,"topic_accepted_answer":null},{"id":1897359,"username":"merchant2010","avatar_template":"https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/{size}.png","created_at":"2026-09-24T11:47:25.505Z","cooked":"\u003caside class=\"quote no-group\" data-username=\"AhsanMunir\" data-post=\"2\" data-topic=\"686939\" data-full=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"title\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote-controls\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cimg alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" src=\"https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/shopifyforum/user_avatar/community.shopify.com/ahsanmunir/48/405474_2.png\" class=\"avatar\"\u003e AhsanMunir:\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy guess at why they keep coming back: those look like the metafields attached to the product category you’ve set on those products. Shopify wants them filled in, so it adds them as columns for any product that has a category. If that’s right, the editor isn’t forgetting your choice so much as rebuilding the list from the categories every time it loads, which is why saving doesn’t make it stick.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoesn’t make it less annoying. Until it changes, two things worth trying:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet up the columns you want once, then bookmark the page. The older bulk editor kept the column list in the URL, so a bookmark reopened it exactly as you left it. I haven’t checked whether the current version still does that, so try it on a handful of products first.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor big, regular edits, export to CSV, edit in a spreadsheet and import it back (or use Matrixify if you already have it). More steps, but you’re not fighting the columns every time.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne thing to check before you’d want them gone for good: if you use those category metafields for storefront filters or Google Shopping, hiding them means new products quietly go without them. That’s probably what Shopify is trying to prevent with this, even if the way it does it is irritating.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c/aside\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat may very well be why Shopify is doing it, and I appreciate the explanation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut I still think the Bulk Editor should give merchants control over what they want to work on.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI don’t want to export/import CSV files for routine product edits, and I don’t think merchants should need another paid app just to get a usable bulk-editing workflow. Shopify already has a Bulk Editor. It should simply work properly.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven if Shopify believes category metafields are important, they do not need to be forced into the editor every single time. Show a warning, highlight missing fields, or make them easy to add — but give us a blank slate when we open the editor.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIdeally:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen Bulk Editor with no optional columns selected.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet us choose exactly which fields we want to edit.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemember those column selections the next time we open it.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGive us a “Reset columns” option if we want to start over.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat would solve the problem without removing category metafields or affecting how merchants use them.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe issue isn’t that category metafields exist. The issue is Shopify deciding what I need to see every time I open the Bulk Editor instead of letting me decide.\u003c/p\u003e","post_number":5,"post_type":1,"posts_count":11,"updated_at":"2026-09-24T11:47:25.505Z","reply_count":0,"reply_to_post_number":2,"quote_count":1,"incoming_link_count":0,"reads":11,"readers_count":10,"score":2.2,"yours":false,"topic_id":686939,"topic_slug":"bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected","primary_group_name":"merchant","flair_name":null,"flair_url":null,"flair_bg_color":null,"flair_color":null,"flair_group_id":null,"badges_granted":[],"version":1,"can_edit":false,"can_delete":false,"can_recover":false,"can_see_hidden_post":false,"can_wiki":false,"read":true,"user_title":"Merchant","title_is_group":true,"bookmarked":false,"actions_summary":[],"moderator":false,"admin":false,"staff":false,"user_id":803443,"hidden":false,"trust_level":1,"deleted_at":null,"user_deleted":false,"edit_reason":null,"can_view_edit_history":true,"wiki":false,"post_url":"/t/bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected/686939/5","category_expert_approved_group":null,"needs_category_expert_approval":null,"can_manage_category_expert_posts":false,"event":null,"reactions":[],"current_user_reaction":null,"reaction_users_count":0,"current_user_used_main_reaction":false,"can_accept_answer":false,"can_unaccept_answer":false,"accepted_answer":false,"topic_accepted_answer":null},{"id":1898588,"username":"ahsandoesntcare","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/community.shopify.com/ahsandoesntcare/{size}/415687_2.png","created_at":"2026-09-26T09:04:28.466Z","cooked":"\u003cp\u003eSince those columns are rebuilt from the categories assigned to the selected products, that’s taxonomy behaviour rather than a saved preference, which is why saving doesn’t keep your selection. There’s no native toggle to disable the preselection. Two things worth checking instead: first, export a CSV of one affected product and see whether your 5–10 custom metafields appear as columns, since a spreadsheet round-trip avoids the grid entirely; second, whether those products genuinely need their category assigned, because the columns follow it — don’t remove it if you rely on it for tax, feeds or search filters. Worth logging as a feature request too.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you’d rather skip the grid, Airo Bulk Product Editor edits metafields across products selected by tag, collection or vendor, with previews and undo.\u003c/p\u003e","post_number":6,"post_type":1,"posts_count":11,"updated_at":"2026-09-26T09:04:28.466Z","reply_count":0,"reply_to_post_number":null,"quote_count":0,"incoming_link_count":0,"reads":6,"readers_count":5,"score":1.2,"yours":false,"topic_id":686939,"topic_slug":"bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected","primary_group_name":null,"flair_name":null,"flair_url":null,"flair_bg_color":null,"flair_color":null,"flair_group_id":null,"badges_granted":[],"version":1,"can_edit":false,"can_delete":false,"can_recover":false,"can_see_hidden_post":false,"can_wiki":false,"read":true,"user_title":"","bookmarked":false,"actions_summary":[],"moderator":false,"admin":false,"staff":false,"user_id":1640284,"hidden":false,"trust_level":2,"deleted_at":null,"user_deleted":false,"edit_reason":null,"can_view_edit_history":true,"wiki":false,"post_url":"/t/bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected/686939/6","category_expert_approved_group":null,"needs_category_expert_approval":null,"can_manage_category_expert_posts":false,"event":null,"reactions":[],"current_user_reaction":null,"reaction_users_count":0,"current_user_used_main_reaction":false,"can_accept_answer":false,"can_unaccept_answer":false,"accepted_answer":false,"topic_accepted_answer":null},{"id":1899846,"username":"Jack_BuildsShopify","avatar_template":"https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/{size}.png","created_at":"2026-09-27T20:55:09.179Z","cooked":"\u003cp\u003eThat makes the workflow cost much clearer. If you are only working with 5–10 merchant-created metafields while Shopify keeps injecting ~30 category metafields after every save, I agree the problem is not “missing fields” — it is that the editor is mixing system recommendations with the task-specific working set.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA practical design I would want is:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea saved/last-used field set;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecategory metafields hidden by default unless explicitly selected;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea separate warning for missing recommended category attributes;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea reset option when you actually want to rebuild the column set.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne useful thing to quantify for Shopify support/product feedback would be the number of products you typically edit in one session and roughly how many bulk-edit sessions you run per week. Since you are already spending about half the session just clearing columns, that turns this from an annoyance into a measurable productivity cost.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you ever want to sanity-check a safer bulk-metafield workflow on a small real example, even just 10–20 products with your usual 5–10 fields, I’d be happy to help map what the ideal edit/preview/verify flow should look like without forcing a CSV round-trip.\u003c/p\u003e","post_number":7,"post_type":1,"posts_count":11,"updated_at":"2026-09-27T20:55:09.179Z","reply_count":0,"reply_to_post_number":null,"quote_count":0,"incoming_link_count":0,"reads":4,"readers_count":3,"score":0.8,"yours":false,"topic_id":686939,"topic_slug":"bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected","primary_group_name":null,"flair_name":null,"flair_url":null,"flair_bg_color":null,"flair_color":null,"flair_group_id":null,"badges_granted":[],"version":1,"can_edit":false,"can_delete":false,"can_recover":false,"can_see_hidden_post":false,"can_wiki":false,"read":true,"user_title":null,"bookmarked":false,"actions_summary":[],"moderator":false,"admin":false,"staff":false,"user_id":1641360,"hidden":false,"trust_level":1,"deleted_at":null,"user_deleted":false,"edit_reason":null,"can_view_edit_history":true,"wiki":false,"post_url":"/t/bulk-editor-category-metafields-should-not-be-preselected/686939/7","category_expert_approved_group":null,"needs_category_expert_approval":null,"can_manage_category_expert_posts":false,"event":null,"reactions":[],"current_user_reaction":null,"reaction_users_count":0,"current_user_used_main_reaction":false,"can_accept_answer":false,"can_unaccept_answer":false,"accepted_answer":false,"topic_accepted_answer":null},{"id":1900356,"username":"SealSubs-Roan","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/community.shopify.com/sealsubs-roan/{size}/278057_2.png","created_at":"2026-09-28T17:01:38.875Z","cooked":"\u003cp\u003eHi there \u003ca class=\"mention\" href=\"/u/merchant2010\"\u003e@merchant2010\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nI agree the workflow is tedious when you have big catalog. The workaround is to keep your Bulk Editor views to just the fields you need to regularly maintain, and keep your category metafields to a minimum when you create each edit. For recurring updates, you may also use Shopify’s product CSV export and import workflow if you’re dealing with even bigger batches of products and don’t want to rebuild the editor columns each time. 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