Can we access inventory history beyond 90 days in Shopify?

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Shopify’s inventory history limitation has sparked significant frustration among merchants. The platform initially restricted inventory adjustment history to just 90 days, which users found inadequate for seasonal ordering, inventory audits, and investigating discrepancies.

Core Issues:

  • Merchants need per-order quantity details, not just aggregate totals
  • Seasonal businesses order 6-9 months in advance, making 90-day history useless
  • No API access exists for historical inventory data
  • Third-party apps cannot retrieve data beyond Shopify’s imposed limits

User Impact:

  • Unable to audit inventory discrepancies from previous quarters
  • Forced to maintain manual records (printed packing slips, email archives)
  • Some merchants considering switching to competitors like Lightspeed
  • Security concerns raised about untracked inventory adjustments after the retention period

Shopify’s Response:
After 4+ years and nearly 12K thread views, Shopify doubled the history window from 90 to 180 days. However, users remain dissatisfied, requesting 3-5 years of history or unlimited retention from product creation date.

Workarounds:

  • Third-party app “Inventory History Guardian” created to address this gap
  • Manual exports using tools like Matrixify
  • Custom reports through Shopify Analytics (requires technical knowledge)

Current Status: Discussion remains open with users demanding further improvements and better inventory security controls.

Summarized with AI on October 28. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi,

I created Inventory History Guardian because of this post and the amount of people saying that it was an issue for them.
The app saves a record of the inventory of each product variant per location per day, allowing you to extend your inventory history beyond 90 days.
It also allows you to create inventory adjustments with custom notes, see all of them across your entire store in a single list view and again save them for more than 90 days whilst still working with Shopify’s inventory system.

Hopefully some of the posters in this thread will find the app useful. Let me know if you have any questions