How can I manually edit the footer copyright section in the Dawn theme?

Store Design

Topic summary

A user seeks to manually edit the footer copyright section in Shopify’s Dawn theme but cannot locate it in the theme code sections.

Initial Problem:

  • The user searched through sections and code but couldn’t find where the copyright text is defined
  • They shared their footer.liquid file code, which appears garbled/reversed in the post

Resolution:

  • The original poster resolved the issue independently without sharing the specific solution

Follow-up Question:

  • Another user asks where the copyright section was found, as they need to translate it
  • Their translation app won’t translate the copyright content directly from the footer
  • They need to locate the global code to edit it for any language

The thread remains partially unresolved as the specific location of the copyright editing section was never disclosed.

Summarized with AI on November 14. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
1

How do we manually change the footer copyright section, I’ve search for it in sections and by jumping into edit code and I cannot find where it is, perhaps I’m missing something.

Can someone help, I’m using the theme Dawn.

2

Here’s my footer.liquid

{% comment %}theme-check-disable UndefinedObject{% endcomment %}
{{ ‘section-footer.css’ | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}

{{ ‘component-newsletter.css’ | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}
{{ ‘component-list-menu.css’ | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}
{{ ‘component-list-payment.css’ | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}
{{ ‘component-list-social.css’ | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}
{{ ‘component-rte.css’ | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}
{{ ‘disclosure.css’ | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}

{%- style -%}
.footer {
margin-top: {{ section.settings.margin_top | times: 0.75 | round: 0 }}px;
}

.section-{{ section.id }}-padding {
padding-top: {{ section.settings.padding_top | times: 0.75 | round: 0 }}px;
padding-bottom: {{ section.settings.padding_bottom | times: 0.75 | round: 0 }}px;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 750px) {
.footer {
margin-top: {{ section.settings.margin_top }}px;
}

.section-{{ section.id }}-padding {
padding-top: {{ section.settings.padding_top }}px;
padding-bottom: {{ section.settings.padding_bottom }}px;
}
}
{%- endstyle -%}

{%- if section.blocks.size > 0 or section.settings.newsletter_enable or section.settings.show_social -%}
{%- if section.blocks.size > 0 -%} {%- liquid if section.blocks.size == 9 assign footer_grid_class = 'grid--3-col-tablet' elsif section.blocks.size > 6 assign footer_grid_class = 'grid--4-col-desktop' elsif section.blocks.size > 4 assign footer_grid_class = 'grid--3-col-tablet' endif -%}
{%- for block in section.blocks -%}
{%- if block.settings.heading != blank -%}

{{- block.settings.heading | escape -}}

{%- endif -%}

{%- case block.type -%}
{%- when ‘text’ -%}

{{ block.settings.subtext }}
{%- when 'link_list' -%} {%- if block.settings.menu != blank -%} {%- endif -%} {%- when 'image' -%}
{%- if block.settings.image != blank -%} {%- assign image_size_2x = block.settings.image_width | times: 2 | at_most: 5760 -%} {{ block.settings.image.alt | escape }} {%- else -%} {{ 'image' | placeholder_svg_tag: 'placeholder-svg placeholder' }} {%- endif -%}
{%- endcase -%}
{%- endfor -%}
{%- endif -%}
{%- if section.settings.newsletter_enable -%}
{%- if section.settings.newsletter_heading != blank -%}

{{ section.settings.newsletter_heading | escape }}

{%- endif -%} {%- form 'customer', id: 'ContactFooter', class: 'footer__newsletter newsletter-form' -%}
{{ 'newsletter.label' | t }} {% render 'icon-arrow' %}
{%- if form.errors -%} {% render 'icon-error' %}{{ form.errors.translated_fields['email'] | capitalize }} {{ form.errors.messages['email'] }} {%- endif -%}
{%- if form.posted_successfully? -%}

{% render 'icon-success' %}{{ 'newsletter.success' | t }}

{%- endif -%} {%- endform -%}
{%- endif -%}

{%- if section.settings.show_social -%}

{%- endif -%}
{%- endif -%}
{%- if section.settings.enable_country_selector and localization.available_countries.size > 1 -%} {%- form 'localization', id: 'FooterCountryFormNoScript', class: 'localization-form' -%}

{{ 'localization.country_label' | t }}

{% render 'icon-caret' %}
{{ 'localization.update_country' | t }} {%- endform -%} {%- form 'localization', id: 'FooterCountryForm', class: 'localization-form' -%}

{{ 'localization.country_label' | t }}

{{ localization.country.name }} ({{ localization.country.currency.iso_code }} {{ localization.country.currency.symbol }}) {% render 'icon-caret' %}
{%- endform -%} {%- endif -%}

{%- if section.settings.enable_language_selector and localization.available_languages.size > 1 -%}

{%- form ‘localization’, id: ‘FooterLanguageFormNoScript’, class: ‘localization-form’ -%}

{{ 'localization.language_label' | t }}

{% render 'icon-caret' %}
{{ 'localization.update_language' | t }} {%- endform -%} {%- form 'localization', id: 'FooterLanguageForm', class: 'localization-form' -%}

{{ 'localization.language_label' | t }}

{{ localization.language.endonym_name | capitalize }} {% render 'icon-caret' %}
{%- endform -%} {%- endif -%}
{%- if section.settings.payment_enable -%}
{{ 'sections.footer.payment' | t }}
    {%- for type in shop.enabled_payment_types -%}
  • {{ type | payment_type_svg_tag: class: 'icon icon--full-color' }}
    • {%- endfor -%}
{%- endif -%}
© {{ 'now' | date: "%Y" }}, {{ shop.name | link_to: routes.root_url }} {{ powered_by_link }}

{% javascript %}
class LocalizationForm extends HTMLElement {
constructor() {
super();
this.elements = {
input: this.querySelector(‘input[name=“locale_code”], input[name=“country_code”]’),
button: this.querySelector(‘button’),
panel: this.querySelector(‘.disclosure__list-wrapper’),
};
this.elements.button.addEventListener(‘click’, this.openSelector.bind(this));
this.elements.button.addEventListener(‘focusout’, this.closeSelector.bind(this));
this.addEventListener(‘keyup’, this.onContainerKeyUp.bind(this));

this.querySelectorAll(‘a’).forEach(item => item.addEventListener(‘click’, this.onItemClick.bind(this)));
}

hidePanel() {
this.elements.button.setAttribute(‘aria-expanded’, ‘false’);
this.elements.panel.setAttribute(‘hidden’, true);
}

onContainerKeyUp(event) {
if (event.code.toUpperCase() !== ‘ESCAPE’) return;

this.hidePanel();
this.elements.button.focus();
}

onItemClick(event) {
event.preventDefault();
const form = this.querySelector(‘form’);
this.elements.input.value = event.currentTarget.dataset.value;
if (form) form.submit();
}

openSelector() {
this.elements.button.focus();
this.elements.panel.toggleAttribute(‘hidden’);
this.elements.button.setAttribute(‘aria-expanded’, (this.elements.button.getAttribute(‘aria-expanded’) === ‘false’).toString());
}

closeSelector(event) {
const shouldClose = event.relatedTarget && event.relatedTarget.nodeName === ‘BUTTON’;
if (event.relatedTarget === null || shouldClose) {
this.hidePanel();
}
}
}

customElements.define(‘localization-form’, LocalizationForm);
{% endjavascript %}

{% schema %}
{
“name”: “t:sections.footer.name”,
“blocks”: [
{
“type”: “link_list”,
“name”: “t:sections.footer.blocks.link_list.name”,
“settings”: [
{
“type”: “text”,
“id”: “heading”,
“default”: “Quick links”,
“label”: “t:sections.footer.blocks.link_list.settings.heading.label”
},
{
“type”: “link_list”,
“id”: “menu”,
“default”: “footer”,
“label”: “t:sections.footer.blocks.link_list.settings.menu.label”,
“info”: “t:sections.footer.blocks.link_list.settings.menu.info”
}
]
},
{
“type”: “text”,
“name”: “t:sections.footer.blocks.text.name”,
“settings”: [
{
“type”: “text”,
“id”: “heading”,
“default”: “Heading”,
“label”: “t:sections.footer.blocks.text.settings.heading.label”
},
{
“type”: “richtext”,
“id”: “subtext”,
“default”: “

Share contact information, store details, and brand content with your customers.

”,
“label”: “t:sections.footer.blocks.text.settings.subtext.label”
}
]
},
{
“type”: “image”,
“name”: “Image”,
“settings”: [
{
“type”: “image_picker”,
“id”: “image”,
“label”: “Image”
},
{
“type”: “range”,
“id”: “image_width”,
“min”: 50,
“max”: 200,
“step”: 5,
“unit”: “px”,
“label”: “Image width”,
“default”: 100
},
{
“type”: “select”,
“id”: “alignment”,
“label”: “Image alignment on large screen”,
“options”: [
{
“value”: “”,
“label”: “Left”
},
{
“value”: “center”,
“label”: “Center”
},
{
“value”: “right”,
“label”: “Right”
}
],
“default”: “center”
}
]
}
],
“settings”: [
{
“type”: “select”,
“id”: “color_scheme”,
“options”: [
{
“value”: “accent-1”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.colors.accent_1.label”
},
{
“value”: “accent-2”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.colors.accent_2.label”
},
{
“value”: “background-1”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.colors.background_1.label”
},
{
“value”: “background-2”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.colors.background_2.label”
},
{
“value”: “inverse”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.colors.inverse.label”
}
],
“default”: “background-1”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.colors.label”
},
{
“type”: “header”,
“content”: “t:sections.footer.settings.header__1.content”,
“info”: “t:sections.footer.settings.header__1.info”
},
{
“type”: “checkbox”,
“id”: “newsletter_enable”,
“default”: true,
“label”: “t:sections.footer.settings.newsletter_enable.label”
},
{
“type”: “text”,
“id”: “newsletter_heading”,
“default”: “Subscribe to our emails”,
“label”: “t:sections.footer.settings.newsletter_heading.label”
},
{
“type”: “header”,
“content”: “t:sections.footer.settings.header__2.content”,
“info”: “t:sections.footer.settings.header__2.info”
},
{
“type”: “checkbox”,
“id”: “show_social”,
“default”: false,
“label”: “t:sections.footer.settings.show_social.label”
},
{
“type”: “header”,
“content”: “t:sections.footer.settings.header__3.content”,
“info”: “t:sections.footer.settings.header__4.info”
},
{
“type”: “checkbox”,
“id”: “enable_country_selector”,
“default”: true,
“label”: “t:sections.footer.settings.enable_country_selector.label”
},
{
“type”: “header”,
“content”: “t:sections.footer.settings.header__5.content”,
“info”: “t:sections.footer.settings.header__6.info”
},
{
“type”: “checkbox”,
“id”: “enable_language_selector”,
“default”: true,
“label”: “t:sections.footer.settings.enable_language_selector.label”
},
{
“type”: “header”,
“content”: “t:sections.footer.settings.header__7.content”
},
{
“type”: “checkbox”,
“id”: “payment_enable”,
“default”: true,
“label”: “t:sections.footer.settings.payment_enable.label”
},
{
“type”: “header”,
“content”: “t:sections.all.spacing”
},
{
“type”: “range”,
“id”: “margin_top”,
“min”: 0,
“max”: 100,
“step”: 4,
“unit”: “px”,
“label”: “t:sections.footer.settings.margin_top.label”,
“default”: 0
},
{
“type”: “header”,
“content”: “t:sections.all.padding.section_padding_heading”
},
{
“type”: “range”,
“id”: “padding_top”,
“min”: 0,
“max”: 100,
“step”: 4,
“unit”: “px”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.padding.padding_top”,
“default”: 36
},
{
“type”: “range”,
“id”: “padding_bottom”,
“min”: 0,
“max”: 100,
“step”: 4,
“unit”: “px”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.padding.padding_bottom”,
“default”: 36
}
],
“default”: {
“blocks”: [
{
“type”: “link_list”
},
{
“type”: “text”
}
]
}
}
{% endschema %}

3

I got it. Thanks, no reply needed.

4

Where did you find it? I want to translate it and my translate app won’t translate the copyright content from my footer. So I have to find the code to global edit it for any language.