Remove Printify Product Color Variant = "Seam Thread Color Automatically Matched [...]"

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

A Shopify store owner uploaded a basketball jersey from Printify and encountered an unwanted color variant labeled “Seam thread color automatically matched to design.” They want to hide this variant but are concerned that doing so might:

  • Prevent legitimate color options (like Black/White) from displaying on future products
  • Break the connection to Printify for order fulfillment

A community member suggested a workaround involving custom code added to the theme.liquid file to hide the variant using CSS/JavaScript.

Resolution: The original poster declined the code solution, noting that editing theme files would prevent future theme updates. They decided to leave the variant visible to preserve customer choice on other products, accepting this as a necessary trade-off given the limitations.

Summarized with AI on November 7. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Uploading a Basketball Jersey to my Shopify store added a “Color: Seam thread color automatically matched to design” - I don’t want customers to see that, and if I “hide” that, I bet my graphic tees that I upload later won’t show Black / White options if I upload those too. I fear removing that from Product details where I edit price/variants/metafields would affect the ability to push the product to Printify to get fulfilled.

How would you guys recommend fixing this?

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Website is not ready to sell yet, but is https://metafurs.tv

First product upload test is: https://metafurs.tv/products/insert-coin-arcade-basketball-jersey

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Hey @CaelanB

Follow these Steps:

  1. Go to Online Store

  2. Edit Code

  3. Find theme.liquid file

  4. Add the following code in the bottom of the file above tag

RESULT:

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If I managed to help you then, don’t forget to Like it and Mark it as Solution!

Best Regards,
Moeed

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if I edit the code, then I can’t update the theme I paid for anymore, correct? I’ve decided to leave it be, because I want the customer to have the choice of being able to pick variants for other products; I don’t think I have any other choice. Thanks for the help.