Add SKU in Product Checkout screen for Dawn 2.0

Topic summary

Goal: Show SKU on the cart page and remove the “Total” price column in the Dawn 2.0 theme; clarify checkout customization limits.

Key actions provided:

  • File: main-cart-items.liquid. Comment out/remove the “Total” column headers for mobile and desktop, and the corresponding total price sections for both views. Images were used to point to the exact sections.
  • Add SKU by inserting: {{ item.sku }} inside the cart items loop (table body).
  • Checkout note: Checkout layout isn’t editable unless on Shopify Plus (checkout.liquid). Official docs linked.

Outcomes:

  • Requester confirmed success removing the Total column and adding SKU (placed a few lines lower than suggested).
  • Follow-up question: how to shift the Quantity column into the former Total column position (move one column to the right). No explicit solution/code was provided for this rearrangement.

Status:

  • Partially resolved. SKU display and Total removal achieved on the cart page.
  • Open item: guidance needed to reposition the Quantity column after removing Total.
Summarized with AI on January 9. AI used: gpt-5.

How can I add SKU to item in Cart Page? Is it possible to remove ‘Total’ column for Price? Customization of .liquid files or CSS is welcome. Theme is Dawn 2.0. Please be clear about what code is needed and the location where it needs to be inserted.

Hello @greenonions ,

You post title you want to add SKU in product checkout screen but your message you mention cart page, anyway I guide you on cart page.

  1. Go to online store, edit you theme,

  2. search main-cart-items.liquid file.

  3. open it and scroll down see the

The first arrow total headings for mobile devices and second for desktop, if not show on either of them, rid of or comment out.

  1. same page scroll

This total price section for mobile.


This total price section for desktop.

  1. Add SKU
{{ item.sku }}

You just paste this code in table body item loop.

Example I show after image.

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For checkout page you not customization on liquid file, theme product his own setting,

This is official documentation of shopify for checkout https://shopify.dev/docs/themes/architecture/layouts/checkout-liquid

If you are shopify plus account you can access checkout.liquid file.

Amazing!!

That’s super helpful.

Commented out where you indicated on 3) and it worked. One followup, how would I push the quantity column over to where Total Price had been, that is, shift it a column over to the right?

Separately, for SKU, thank you for guiding me to the right place. I ended up adding it a few more lines down.

Yes, you are right.

That’s great

If the solution is helpful mark my answer approve. thanks.