Can an app successfully backdate orders?

Topic summary

The discussion centers on whether apps exist to backdate orders in Shopify, a feature not natively available in the platform.

Solutions Provided:

Key Points:

  • One user questioned whether these solutions work specifically for Shopify POS orders (unanswered)
  • A participant expressed frustration that manual order date modification isn’t built into Shopify, calling it “basic and easy” functionality
  • The thread includes an informal feature request to Shopify Support for native backdating capability

The discussion appears resolved for the original poster’s needs, though the POS-specific question remains open.

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Has anyone had luck having an app created to backdate orders?

Hi Rosebud I think this App Lets you backdate orders and also you can use it for financial reporting so pretty cool !

https://editify.kejrtech.com

https://apps.shopify.com/retroorder

You can use this free app to backdate orders. Useful if you need to backdate orders in bulk.

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Is this app for POS Shopify orders?

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed! An app to manually change the order date of an order. Why is this not native functionality for something so basic and easy? Shopify Support - this is a feature request!