How can I manage auto-generated /fr URLs on my store?

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Auto-generated /fr language subdirectory URLs appear across the Shopify store (e.g., /fr/products, /fr/blog) but display English content. The store has no regional or multilingual versions.

The merchant disabled the creation of these /fr URLs in Shopify. However, some /fr pages had already been indexed (included in search engine results) and are receiving traffic.

They seek guidance on what to do with these indexed /fr pages, given they don’t need them and worry about SEO and user experience impacts.

One reply asserts it was a mistake to disable the URLs, implying potential negative SEO consequences. No concrete steps or alternatives were provided.

Status: Unresolved. Key open questions include whether to keep, redirect, or remove the indexed /fr pages, and how to preserve existing search traffic while aligning URLs with the site’s single-language setup.

Summarized with AI on January 5. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi SEO’s!
there are /fr URLs which are auto generating on my store like

home/ , home/fr

/products, /fr/products

/blog, /fr/blog

these /fr pages are also in English language,

this have done with all URLs or pages.

after disabling these generating URLs from Shopify, some of these /fr pages are indexed and gaining traffic.

we don’t have any regional variations or different languages, so we don’t need these URLs.

any suggestion what could I do with these /fr URLs which are indexed and gaining traffic?

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Was a big mistake to disable the URLs-