Remove shopify defeault collections page

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Topic summary

A user wants to remove or hide Shopify’s default collections page (website.shop/pages/products) because it’s appearing in SEO results and making the site look disorganized. They’ve already tried adding code to the theme’s liquid files without success.

Key constraint: They want to keep the collection itself, just remove the SEO-indexed page.

Proposed solutions include:

  • Method 1: Remove the collections link from site navigation (Online Store > Navigation)
  • Method 2: Create a URL redirect from /collections to a custom “Collections Disabled” page
  • Method 3: Edit theme code (templates/collection.liquid) to hide products and display a custom message
  • Method 4: Remove collection references from theme code by commenting out or deleting relevant sections

Current status: The discussion remains open, with one responder requesting the store URL and additional images to provide more specific guidance. No solution has been confirmed as working yet.

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Ignore the blocks, but I want to delete this page because its appearing on my SEO and just making the website appear disorganized. It appears to be a default generated Shopify page. Looking for some help!!! Dont want to delete the collection, before anyone asks.

I also tried inputting code in the theme liquid, you know from other help where its inbetween the or

But I want that SEO link eradicated, gone. website.shop/pages/products

I dont even know why its there

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@onbfish

Method 1: Hide Collections Page via Navigation
Remove From Navigation:
Go to Online Store > Navigation.
Find the menu that includes the collections link (usually the Main Menu).
Remove the link to the collections page from the menu.
Method 2: Redirect Collections Page
If you want to completely disable access to the collections page, you can create a redirect:

Create a New Page:

Go to Online Store > Pages.
Click Add page and create a new page, e.g., "Collections Disabled."
Add a message explaining that collections are not available.
Set Up Redirect:

Go to Online Store > Navigation.
Click on URL Redirects.
Click Create URL redirect.
In the Redirect from field, enter /collections.
In the Redirect to field, enter /pages/collections-disabled (or whatever your new page’s URL is).
Click Save redirect.
Method 3: Customize Theme Code to Hide Collections Page
If you want to hide the collections page visually rather than redirecting:

Edit the Template:

Go to Online Store > Themes.
Click on Actions for your active theme and select Edit code.
Open the file templates/collection.liquid or sections/collection-template.liquid.
Add a Conditional Check: You can add code to prevent products from displaying and show a message instead:

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liquid

{% comment %}
This section will prevent the default collection page from displaying products
{% endcomment %}
## Collections are currently not available.

Please check back later or browse our other products.

Hide Collections in Navigation: Ensure you also hide any links to collections in your navigation as described above.

Method 4: Remove Collections from the Theme
Edit the Theme Code:
In the code editor, navigate to the sections or snippets folder and look for any references to collections (such as collection-list.liquid or similar).
Comment out or delete sections of code that specifically render collections if you don't want them to appear anywhere in your theme.
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Hi. can you share store URL and detail image?