How to Remove Unnecessary Regional URL Variations for a Single Region Store in Shopify?

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Topic summary

A Shopify Plus store owner using Hydrogen is experiencing unwanted regional URL variations (e.g., /en-at/, /en-au/, /en-be/) for their product collections, despite operating only in a single region.

The Problem:

  • Multiple country-specific URL paths are being generated automatically
  • These create duplicate content issues for a store that doesn’t serve multiple regions or languages
  • Disabling region-based settings in Shopify’s Markets section hasn’t resolved the issue

Current Status:

  • The user is seeking guidance on:
    • The source/origin of these automatic URL variations
    • How to completely remove or prevent these regional URL paths
  • No solutions or responses have been provided yet
  • The discussion remains open with the core question unanswered
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I have an ecommerce website built in Shopify with hydrogen.

Following are the variations of the https://example.com/collections/vacuums

https://example.com/en-at/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-au/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-be/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-ca/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-cn/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-cy/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-de/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-ee/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-es/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-fi/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-gb/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-gr/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-id/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-ie/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-in/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-it/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-jp/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-kr/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-lt/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-lu/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-lv/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-mc/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-me/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-mt/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-nl/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-nz/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-pt/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-sg/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-si/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-sk/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-sm/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-th/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-va/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-vn/collections/vacuums
https://example.com/en-xk/collections/vacuums

Please let me know from where these variations are coming and how to remove these duplicate copies.

I have disabled the region-based settings in the Markets section. Still these kind of URLs are appearing.

Note: my website is not dealing with multilingual and multiregional.

Please provide solution.