How can I delete express checkout buttons from my website?

Store Design

Topic summary

Merchants are struggling to remove express checkout buttons (Shop Pay, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay) that appear prominently during checkout, causing customer confusion and cart abandonment.

Core Problem:

  • Customers mistake these express options as the only payment methods available
  • Particularly problematic in regions where these methods aren’t dominant (e.g., Netherlands uses iDEAL for 59% of transactions vs. PayPal’s 5%)
  • One merchant’s testing showed 50% of users couldn’t complete purchases, believing they needed accounts for these services

Working Solutions:

Current workarounds:

  • Disable express payment providers entirely via Settings > Payments > Manage (removes them from final checkout too)
  • Use third-party apps like “BeSure Checkout Rules” or “Yagi Express Payment Hider” (works for new customers primarily)
  • Switch to Shopify’s one-page checkout layout (helps visibility of standard payment options)
  • Add clarifying text near buttons explaining other payment methods available on next page
  • Some themes (like Yuva) offer option to revert to three-page checkout

Deprecated methods:

  • CSS/Liquid code solutions no longer work since checkout.liquid is being phased out
  • Checkout Extensibility doesn’t currently provide equivalent control

Status:
Shopify acknowledges the issue and claims improvements are “on the roadmap,” but no timeline provided. Merchants express frustration that this isn’t a simple toggle setting, especially given regional payment preference variations.

Summarized with AI on November 10. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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I appreciate your reply.

The reason I’m doubtful is because I have been seeing related posts on this topic where users have stated ‘Shopify is working on it’ as far back as pre-2020. This post began in September 2021. It’s discouraging to say the least.