How do I remove an unwanted banner from my website?

Topic summary

A Shopify store owner noticed a gray banner appearing at the top of their website and was concerned about its visibility to customers.

Root Cause:

  • The banner is Shopify’s admin toolbar
  • It only appears when logged into the Shopify account in the same browser
  • This is a built-in feature to provide quick access to the Shopify admin panel

Resolution:

  • The banner is not visible to actual customers visiting the live site
  • To verify the customer view, open the store in:
    • An incognito/private browser window
    • A different browser where not logged into Shopify
    • Using an email account different from the Shopify login

Status: Issue resolved - no action needed, as this is expected behavior for logged-in store administrators.

Summarized with AI on November 24. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Im not sure how to explain my issue, so look at the image ive attached. Essentially on my website it shows up some sort of banner about shopify, this does not come up when i edit my store from inside shopify.

anyone have a fix?

https://gyazo.com/012ee6cd17ae6a63d58a49eef4f13f2e

Hello @pedsmed

Don’t worry, it’s because the browser you log into Shopify with is using your Shopify account.
The gray part is the toolbar to help you enter Shopify admin faster.
If you go to your live page with another account or another window that doesn’t use the email you’re in with Shopify, that won’t happen.

I hope the above is useful to you.

Kind & Best regards,
GemPages Support Team

Hello @pedsmed
It is showing due to you are logged in your store and previewing it on same browser so thats why shopify things showing on left side of window.

It will not show for the live customers don’t worry.