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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besides the one page checkout there may not be any developments. I agree that it is my store and I should have control yet chechout.liquid cannot be accessed unless you are on plus as there are security issues if they allow you to make changes to the code.

I think this thread gives most work arounds that exist. pick your poison

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