I like how this was accepted as a solution. 
Topic summary
Shopify rolled out a redesigned bulk product editor that users find significantly worse than the previous version. The new interface removed several key features that merchants relied on daily.
Main complaints include:
- Columns cannot be reordered or resized to user preference
- Column selections are not saved between sessions, requiring manual re-selection each time
- Product titles cannot be expanded to view full text
- Tags display is limited (showing only 2 tags with “+2” indicator despite available space)
- Tag editing functionality changed: adding tags to multiple products now overwrites existing tags instead of appending
- Performance issues and slow loading times
- Cannot spot-delete individual tags without scrolling through entire tag list
Shopify’s stated improvements:
- Add/remove multiple columns at once
- Drag-select multiple cells for editing
- Validation for saved changes
- Loads 250 products instead of 50 with infinite scrolling
Current status:
Users report these promised features don’t work reliably (bulk saves often fail). A workaround removing ‘/products’ from the URL initially allowed access to the old editor but was later disabled. Multiple users threaten to switch platforms. After over a year, Shopify added column width adjustment, but most core issues remain unresolved. Some users resort to paid third-party apps like Hextom Bulk Product Editor ($10/month) as alternatives.
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Can we reopen this thread? This is clearly not a solution. Nor is changing the hyperlink. Please have the option to revert to the old bulk editor.
It’s is completely useless and has made updating our inventory easily twice as long as it was previously. It will drastically slow down workflow in busier seasons.
I should be able to select columns, organize them in the order I want, have it remember which columns I selected so I don’t have to select them for each item I want to update. I cannot change the width of the columns any more to see the full product description. I have to scroll right to see all of the columns I have selected. There is zero improvement to the bulk editor other than being able to view more items. But you broke a bunch of features that actually made it useful.
We need a resolution please. Thank you.
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I was on chat for about an hour, they are sloooowly making the new page kind of work like the old one… The tag issue is fixed, but the columns are still not sizeable, and the columns are not persistent or orderable by the user… but, you can no longer access the previous bulk editor, so - FAIL
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The one I love, is “download the cvs file” to bulk edit. I suggested that they not recommend that…
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Hey Shay,
It is now the end of May and no further useful updates have been made on the bulk editor. In fact, most of the benefits you list for why the update was made don’t even work. It doesn’t even matter if you can load 250 products…saving too many changes just doesn’t work - it just doesn’t save. There are so many broken things with this new bulk editor that I am actively looking for a new platform because I work with hundreds of updates each week and adding yet another app for something Shopify broke is not an option just out of principle. Many of us found a workaround that kept things working smoothly but now the workaround has been removed/fixed and we are all back to square one.
Please tell me how much feedback you need before your developers will listen and I’ll find that feedback for you. Is it hearing from 200 shops? 2000? Please, I genuinely want to know.
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This workaround no longer works/is available. Have you found another way to fix this useless update?
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Here is a clearer summary of some of the problems stated so far.
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You can no longer expand column titles to view the full title of a product page.
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You can no longer select columns in the order that you want to view them in.
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I can no longer see all the tags on an item that has more than two tags.
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I can no longer access the side bar menu. Why is the bulk editor forced full screen?
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- The bulk editor no longer remembers the selection of columns I made, making me have to reselect columns every time I go into the bulk editor.
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Over 570 views and still no adequate response from @Shopify_77 . Please fix the bulk editor. You’ve ruined it.
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Time is money. More time to do everyday tasks is not the reason we signed up with Shopify!!
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The bulk editor is permanently broken. If you want to fix it, pay and download a third-party application. Shopify – you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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Switching from Woocommerce to Shopify to find out that Bulk Editing really doesnt work in shopify. Damn. It’s slow. Can’t select more than 50 products at once. This tool is really broken
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I’m opening this thread back up, because it’s been months since the update, and it’s still as unusable as it’s ever been.
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Another way in which the bulk editor sucks:
- You can’t spot delete tags. If an item has 10 tags, each beginning with a different letter, you have to click the tags box and scroll down until you find the tag (which can be tedious if you have 50 or so tags beginning with the same letter). The “quicker” option is to type out the tag you’re looking for, and then deselect it.
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@Shopify_77 It’s been months and this is still a problem.
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I know it should be integrated in shopify but finally I opted for Hextom Bulk Product. In case you want a better solution than shopify bulk, you should invest 10$ by month with this plugin by hextom. It saves me a lot of time!!! I don’t think shopify will patch this issue any soon
I checked out huxtom - you can’t edit multiple fields for the same item - changing now, compare, and cost involves 3 different operations and you can’t see the other prices. also does not seem to be able track tags.
Over a year since I posted this, and @Shopify_77 has made it possible to adjust column width in the bulk editor. 
Can you
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Make it so I can delete tags from the cell without having to scroll through a list of all my tags and uncheck them?
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Allow me to choose what order I want columns to appear?
#ecommerce #ShopifyEXPERTISE #blessed 
