reinstall add to cart button

Topic summary

Main issue: The store’s Add to cart button was manually removed from Shopify’s Dawn theme. Only the Buy now button remains, sending customers directly to checkout. The merchant wants the Add to cart button restored or the Buy now button to redirect to the cart page instead.

Constraints: A full file revert isn’t acceptable because it would overwrite the entire website. The change likely involved deleting theme code previously.

Requested outcome: Restore the Add to cart button, or reroute the Buy now button to the cart page.

Latest update: A respondent offered help and asked for the store URL to investigate and implement a fix.

Status: Unresolved and pending the store URL. Note: Dawn is Shopify’s default theme; Buy now typically triggers accelerated checkout and bypasses the cart by design.

Summarized with AI on December 14. AI used: gpt-5.

I deleted the add-to-cart button on the “Dawn” theme. How can I add it again?

I am pretty sure I deleted something like a code a while ago, but I can’t just go back to the old saved file because my entire website will be gone.

I only have the buy now button which is also fine if I could redirect it to my cart.

Can someone help me get the add to cart button back or make sure the buy now button redirects to my cart instead of the checkout?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

@Gioily

Yes i can help you to solve this issue can you please share your store URL?