How can I set no variant as default option in Athens 2.0?

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Topic summary

A user wants to prevent product variants from being automatically selected on their Athens 2.0 theme, requiring customers to manually choose options before adding items to cart.

Current Issue:

  • The first variant is automatically selected by default when visitors land on product pages
  • This was previously a theme option in their old theme but cannot be found in Athens 2.0

Proposed Solution:

  • Another participant suggests this requires custom coding to disable the default variant selection
  • A tutorial article from launchpit.com was recommended for turning off automatic product variant selection

Status:

  • The original poster attempted the suggested guide without success, noting the article may be for a different theme
  • The issue remains unresolved and requires further troubleshooting or Athens 2.0-specific guidance
Summarized with AI on November 18. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Does anyone know how to have the variants unselected by default, when you enter the site, so the customer has to choose before adding to cart.

Now when you enter this site its the first variant selected, we don’t want that, we want no variant selected as default

in our last theme this was a theme-option but I cant find that now

https://www.remlagret.se/products/drivrem-husqvarna-lt151-tradgardstraktor

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Yes, It’s possible to disable the default selection of variants. When we publish a post automatically we see the first variant and it will disable by doing some custom coding that disable the default selection.
Also, read this article for more:

https://www.launchtip.com/turn-automatic-selection-off-product-variants/

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Hello i tried this guide, but not with success, seems we have a different theme then the author of this article