How can I disable automatic related products in Search & Discovery app?

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Topic summary

A user is experiencing an issue with Shopify’s Search & Discovery app regarding product recommendations.

The Problem:

  • The app allows manual selection of related products for specific product pages
  • However, it’s also automatically displaying random related products on pages where no manual selections have been made
  • The user wants to disable this automatic feature entirely

What They Want:

  • Only show related products on pages where they’ve manually selected items
  • No automatic recommendations on other product pages

Current Situation:

  • No settings exist within the app to disable automatic related products
  • The user is seeking either code modifications or alternative solutions to achieve this

Status: The question remains unanswered with no resolution provided yet.

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Hello,

I am using Shopify’s Search & Discovery app on our store for search and product recommendations in our store.

The app allows me to manually select a bunch of products to be shown on a particular product’s page as related products. Unfortunately, right now, the app is also showing a random list of “related products” on products which doesn’t have any manual related products already selected.

I would like to disable this feature as I only want to show “related products” on product pages that I manually selected items on.

There are no settings in the app for disabling it for all the products. Hoping to see if someone might know where to edit the code to accomplish this, or an alternative way.

Thanks:)

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