The recent update to Shopify added a spinning globe to the Home screen showing the live view of my customers. This is incredibly distracting and there does not seem to be a way to disable it (according to Sidekick). So I have to hide the tab in my browser or sit in the Orders page to avoid that globe and the moving colored lines constantly pulling my attention away from other things. PLEASE give me a way to turn that off. It is not useful.
Not an option at the moment.
If this really bother you, install this chrome extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/user-javascript-and-css/nbhcbdghjpllgmfilhnhkllmkecfmpld and add rule like this to the CSS for shopify admin:
[class^=_Globe] {
display: none;
}
The idea of using an ad blocker is a nice one, but it may not work as expected:
- I use AdBlock and it was unable to properly select the element (probably can add the rule manually, in Options). uBlock may be better, but I have not tried it;
- Frankly, I’d keep ad blockers disabled on your admin pages – false positive are possible and so adblocker may break something in your admin – I would not want that…
This has been annoying a lot of merchants since it rolled out. A few ways to deal with it:
Quickest fix — browser extension
Install the free Chrome/Firefox extension uBlock Origin or Stylebot. With Stylebot you can write a one-line CSS rule that hides the globe permanently on your end without affecting anything else:
[data-live-map], .LiveMap, iframe[src*="live-view"] {
display: none !important;
}
This only affects your browser view, nothing on the store itself.
Without an extension
Shopify has not added a native toggle for it yet, but you can avoid it by setting your Shopify admin to open directly to Orders or Products instead of Home. Bookmark this URL directly:
https://admin.shopify.com/store/YOUR-STORE-HANDLE/orders
Replace YOUR-STORE-HANDLE with your actual store name. Set that as your browser default for Shopify and you bypass the Home screen entirely.
The actual fix Shopify needs to ship
You are not alone in asking for this. There is an active thread on the Shopify Community feedback board specifically requesting a toggle to disable the live globe. Worth upvoting it so it gets prioritised, Shopify does track those votes when deciding what to build next.
The browser bookmark workaround is honestly the most practical solution right now until they add a native off switch.