Goal: hide/remove Express Checkout buttons (e.g., PayPal Express) from Shopify checkout. Original links cited by the OP include a community guide, but the referenced “here” link is inaccessible to them.
Key suggestions:
Use Shopify’s blog guide: https://community.shopify.com/c/blog/remove-the-express-checkout-buttons-from-first-checkout-page/ba-p/1200898. Important limitation: this method only works when customers proceed to checkout directly from the cart page; cart drawers/modals or external checkout links may not reliably remove the buttons. A workaround is to replicate the cart page’s checkout link behavior on other site areas (reported working with a minicart drawer).
App-based approach: PayRules: Hide Payment Methods. Steps given: open the app, go to the “PayPal Express Checkout” section, and enable the toggle to hide the button. An image was shared showing the toggle location (useful visual aid).
Additional request: one participant asked for the store URL to provide tailored help.
Outcome/status: No confirmed resolution yet; workable options provided (theme code/blog method with constraints, or PayRules app). Discussion remains open pending implementation and feedback.
Summarized with AI on December 25.
AI used: gpt-5.
and there is apparently a guide for how to remove it from themes in a reply that Bo posted :Our themes team have gone ahead and put together this guide on hiding the Express Checkout buttons such as PayPal Express here.
however when I click on the “here” button it tells me I do not have access to this community discussion board so I cannot have access to the solution to remove express checkout from my checkout page.
Make sure you read this “This method will only work if customers are checking out from the cart page directly (having the cart drawer or cart modal enabled, or checking out via external links will not guarantee this method to work).”
If you want to link to checkout from any other place on your site, you can check how your cart page template links to checkout and mimic it on any page. Worked for me when doing it with minicart drawer.
