Whoever created this app is a Hero! Paypal Checkout Express button was ruining out conversion rate at the checkout information page.
Topic summary
Goal: hide PayPal Express on the checkout Information page while keeping PayPal available at the Payment step.
Key facts:
- Theme/Liquid/CSS edits (e.g., removing additional_checkout_buttons) can remove dynamic buttons on the cart page, but no longer affect the checkout since mid‑2022.
- Shopify Payments settings do not offer a checkbox to disable PayPal Express; the only native action is deactivating the PayPal gateway (which removes PayPal entirely).
- Toggling “Show dynamic checkout button” on product pages is unrelated to checkout.
Workarounds via apps:
- BeSure Checkout Rules: hides express options on Checkout > Information while showing them on Payment; works mainly for new customers, limited for returning customers.
- Yagi Express Payment Hider: uses Shopify functions; can hide top express buttons; has an advanced workaround using a placeholder shipping rate to keep express hidden even when returning to Information; supports one‑page checkout.
- Other options mentioned: Checkout Rules app; PayRules: Hide Payment Methods (configure a rule to hide PayPal Express while retaining PayPal).
Status & limitations:
- Mixed results reported (address pre‑population can bypass hiding; cost concerns).
- No native Shopify setting; current solutions rely on third‑party apps. OP remains unresolved.
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