Hide Feature Image thumbnail on Product Page / Dawn Theme

Topic summary

Goal: Hide the featured image’s thumbnail on a Shopify Dawn product page to avoid a duplicate view when a variant image is selected, while keeping the featured image intact for collection pages.

Context:

  • Featured image: the main product image shown prominently.
  • Thumbnails: the smaller media previews below/alongside the main image.
  • Variant image: image tied to a specific product option (e.g., “apple,” “chicken”).

Proposed solution (rejected): Delete the featured image from the product’s media and keep only the variant images. The requester declines because the featured image is needed for collection page display.

What’s requested: A way (likely via CSS/theme customization) to hide only the featured image’s thumbnail on the product page, without removing the image from the product media library.

Status: Unresolved/ongoing. No CSS or code solution provided yet. Attachments show the duplicate thumbnail issue, which is central to understanding the display problem.

Summarized with AI on January 9. AI used: gpt-5.

Hi I was wondering if there is a way to hide the feature image thumbnail so it doesn’t look duplicated when selecting a variant.

In this case when I choose apple variant I can see the variant thumbnail, but underneath the main feature image, I would like to hide it.

Hi @oliviagnaws ,

You just need to delete that picture in the media section of that product and keep pictures of variants apple and chicken

hi! i would just like to hide the thumbnail, not delete the image per se, because if you see the product, from a collection page, then you wont be able to see the main feature image.