customize dawn theme - remove icons

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Topic summary

A Dawn theme user seeks to remove header icons (search, account, shopping cart) and the “Powered by Shopify” footer text through CSS customization.

Initial Problem:

  • User successfully hid the shopping cart icon but struggled with the search and account icons
  • Also wanted to remove footer branding

Solution Provided:

  • Add custom CSS code to theme.liquid file before the closing </body> tag
  • Access via: Online Store > Themes > Three-dot menu > Edit code
  • Insert CSS directly after the <head> section to hide specific elements

Outcome:

  • User successfully resolved the issue with community assistance
  • Multiple contributors offered CSS snippets and step-by-step instructions
  • Thread marked as resolved after user confirmed the solution worked

Note: The conversation includes several code snippets and screenshots demonstrating the CSS implementation, though some text appears reversed/encoded in the original posts.

Summarized with AI on November 6. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi, I am using the dawn theme, and just wanted to turn off the eyeglass, account and shopping cart icons in the upper right hand corner of the page. I also would not mind removing the “powered by Shopify” copy in the footer. Can anyone tell me how to edit the theme file? Thanks

turn off.jpg

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Hi @keithc123 , can you share your store url?

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@keithc123 , go to theme.liquid and add the following code to the end of it before tag :
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thanks, I was able to get the shopping bag to turn off, but not the rest?

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oh footer is turned off also, thanks

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@keithc123 , can you share your store url to better fix this?

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@Also, can you remove the first style here :

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Ok, thanks, I just need the last bit of code for the account icon. I tried a couple of versions.

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Thanks for your help, appretiate it

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@keithc123 , please share your store url so I can help you with that?

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Hi @keithc123 ,

I hope you are doing well.

You can hide those content by following instruction

Step 1: Online store > Themes > Three-dot button > Edit code

Step 2: Search and Open “theme.liquid” file

Step 3: Add these codes right after like this picture

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I hope this is useful to you!!! :hugs:

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Thanks to you both for your help, this was terrefic

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Hi @keithc123 ,

We’re happy to see that our suggestion helped you solve the issue, bro.

Can you kindly give us some likes? This can be a reference for other merchants if they have an issue like you and greatly motivate us to contribute to our community.

Thanks in advance.

Have a nice day!! ^^