How can I turn off Google Fonts for GDPR compliance?

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

Goal: Disable Google Fonts to meet GDPR (EU data protection) requirements on a Shopify store.

  • The store owner reports Chrome DevTools show Google Fonts loaded via API and asks how to turn them off. Site: maldivesdreams.eu.
  • A helper requests the URL, then advises removing any Google Fonts link from theme.liquid.
  • The owner cannot find a Google Fonts link and shares the theme.liquid code.

Key technical details:

  • The shared code preconnects to fonts.shopifycdn.com and preloads fonts via Shopify’s font_url (woff2) and Shopify CDN, not an explicit fonts.googleapis.com link.
  • theme.liquid is the main Shopify theme template. “Preconnect” hints early connections; “font_url” references theme-configured fonts; CDN is a content delivery network.

Status and outcomes:

  • Action items completed: URL provided; theme code shared.
  • No concrete fix identified yet; the helper is expected to review the code further and provide a solution.
  • Unresolved: Whether Google Fonts are being pulled elsewhere (e.g., apps, other templates) or if the fonts observed are served via Shopify CDN rather than Google APIs.

Central artifact: The posted theme.liquid snippet is key to the issue.

Summarized with AI on February 7. AI used: gpt-5.
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@maheu

please share theme code