Coming Soon page shows header and footer

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Issue: After changing settings in the Theme editor (Options → Passwords), the “Coming Soon” (password) page now shows the store’s header and footer, whereas it previously displayed only a simple coming-soon message.

Impact: Removing the menu/header/footer to fix the password page also removes them from the draft store pages, which is not desired.

Clarification: The password page is the storefront lock screen shown when a Shopify store is not yet launched. The user wants to edit this page independently of the rest of the theme.

Request: Guidance on how to customize the password page without affecting the “real” store; asks whether creating a copy (duplicate theme/store) is necessary.

Status: No solutions or actions yet; question remains open and unresolved.

Summarized with AI on February 1. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hello there,

I have played around a bit under the themes editor - options - passwords in order to set a coming soon page. I was trying out different things. Before I started it was more or less a blank page with the information, coming soon. Now still the same but it shows also the header and footer of my store (which is currently still under construction).

If I remove the menu/ header and footer then it will disappear also from my draft-page.

Question: How can I edit the password-page without touching the “real” store? Do I have to create a copy of the store?