How can I make my home address private on my online store?

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment

Topic summary

  • New Shopify user running a home-based business set their store location to their home address, used for mailing labels and other basic information.

  • A neighbor reported someone arriving at their home at 10 p.m.; security camera footage showed an unknown person. The poster suspects the visitor may have been looking for the store.

  • They believe their home address might be publicly visible on their Shopify storefront and ask how to keep the address private while still allowing Shopify to use it internally for operational needs (e.g., shipping labels). They are seeking guidance on privacy settings or configurations to hide the address from customers while retaining it for backend use. No solutions or decisions are provided yet; the question remains open and unresolved.

Summarized with AI on February 6. AI used: gpt-5.
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New to Shopify. Home Business. When I set of our location, I used our home address, of course.

Needed for mailing labels and other basic info.

Last night I had someone show up at my door at 10 p.m. according to my neighbor. I was not home. Looked later on the security camera and I am sure I don’t know them.

I am not 100 percent certain but I wonder if they were looking for my store?

I am assuming that my address is visible to the public on my Shopify store. Is there a way to make my address private and still allow Shopify to have access to the address for its needs?

Thank you!