# Update theme without loosing code customization

**URL:** <https://community.shopify.com/t/update-theme-without-loosing-code-customization/190818>\
**Category:** Shopify Apps\
**Tags:** migration, third-party-apps, shopify-apps\
**Created:** [February 10, 2023, 10:00am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/update-theme-without-loosing-code-customization/190818 "2023-02-10T10:00:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

## AI-generated summary

- Goal: Upgrade a Shopify “Sense” theme from version 2.0 to 8.0.
- Issue: Automatic updating isn’t possible because the theme code was directly edited/customized.
- Request: Guidance on how to update to the latest theme version while keeping all existing site functionality and custom code intact (i.e., avoiding loss of customizations during the migration).
- Context: Concern centers on preserving code changes that may be overwritten by a standard update process; no images, code snippets, or attachments provided.
- Status: No responses or solutions yet; the question remains open and unresolved.

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**Author:** ![clavilla57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@clavilla57](https://community.shopify.com/u/clavilla57)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 10:00am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/update-theme-without-loosing-code-customization/190818/1 "2023-02-10T10:00:26Z")

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Hi all, i would like to update my sense 2.0 theme to the latest 8.0 update, but i cannot do it automatically cause i ve done some edit on the code.

Theres a way to mantain all my site updating it?