How can I remove multiple meta tags from my source code?

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Topic summary

Main issue: Multiple Facebook domain verification meta tags appear in Shopify store source code, but only one is visible/editable in theme.liquid. A duplicated/“ghost” tag prevents verifying the domain with the correct Facebook Business Manager.

What was tried: Editing theme.liquid (the main layout file) to remove tags. Only the manually added tag is found; an older verified tag still shows in page source and cannot be located in the theme files.

Impact: Re-verification with the right Facebook account fails because the domain is already verified for another Business Manager and two verification tags are present.

Context/terms: Meta tags are HTML snippets in the head used by services like Facebook for domain ownership checks. Facebook-domain-verification is the specific meta tag Facebook reads to confirm control.

Evidence: Screenshots show one tag in theme.liquid and two tags in the rendered page source.

Status: Multiple users report the same unresolved issue and request Shopify support. No confirmed cause (e.g., source of the hidden tag) or fix shared.

Open questions: Where is the extra tag injected from, and how can it be removed to complete verification?

Summarized with AI on January 6. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi, I also have the same issue. In the source code, it shows that there are two meta tags but on the theme.liquid there’s only one ( the one that I’ve added manually - it’s the meta tag for the correct account). Theme.Liquid does not show the meta tags that has already been verified ()

We realised that we verified the domain of the wrong facebook account. We’re now trying to verify again our domain with the right facebook account but the verification cannot go through as there are two meta tags and the domain was already verified for another business manager. How should we proceed?

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