Add an "clear the cart"-button to the cart page on Dawn theme

Store Design
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Topic summary

A user seeks code to add a “clear cart” button to Shopify’s Dawn theme without using third-party apps.

Solution Provided:
Another user shares a simple code snippet:

<a href="/cart/clear">Clear cart</a>

Implementation Details:

  • For Dawn theme: Add the code to the cart-drawer.liquid snippet (not the section file)
  • For Refresh theme (Dawn-based): Successfully placed on line 29 of main-cart-items.liquid for the main cart page
  • The drawer/sidebar cart requires placement in the snippet file specifically

Key Points:

  • The solution works across Dawn-based themes
  • Placement location matters: snippets vs. section files produce different results
  • One user confirms the code worked quickly and simply
  • Discussion includes troubleshooting for proper button positioning, particularly above the checkout button in the cart drawer
Summarized with AI on November 12. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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I think it would, Refresh is a Shopify theme, based on Dawn. I see in the demo it uses a drawer, so you might want look into the cart-drawer.liquid to add the

Clear cart

in to.