Import/Export Menu

Back up a menu to a JSON file or copy it to another store.

Export saves a whole menu to a .json file on your computer. Import turns such a file back into a menu. Use it to:

• keep a backup before big changes;

• copy a menu to another store (for example from a staging store to your live store);

• start from a Shopify navigation menu saved as JSON.

Import & Export is available on the Pro Navigation plan. On Basic Navigation and Growth Navigation, Export is greyed out with a note linking to the Pro Navigation plan on the Pricing page, and Import is disabled. See Plans and Billing.

📤 Export (Back Up) a Menu

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Open the menu actions

In Menu manager, click ⋯ (Menu actions) on the menu's row.

Menu actions

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Click Export

Click Export. A file named globo_mega_menu_<your-store>.json is downloaded. It contains the whole menu: name, type, items, blocks, settings and position, plus the links to the images used in the menu.

Tip: rename the file after downloading (for example main-menu-2026-09.json) — every export from the same store gets the same file name.

📥 Import (Restore or Copy) a Menu

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Click Import

In Menu manager, click Import at the top of the page. You can also click Import menu on Home.

Import button in Menu manager

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Add the file

In the Import menu dialog, drop the .json file onto the upload area or click Add file to choose it. To pick a different file, click Replace file.

The Import button only becomes active when the file is valid JSON.

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Click Import

Click Import. When you see Menu imported, the new menu is in Menu manager as a Draft.

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Check and publish

Open the new menu with Customize, review it, then publish it. Imported menus are never published automatically.

🔄 What Gets Created

File you import	Result
A file exported from Globo Mega Menu (this store or another store)	A new menu named Copy of + the original name, with the same items, blocks, settings and position. Images from the file are copied to your store.
A Shopify navigation menu in JSON format	A new mega menu named after the Shopify menu, with its items (up to 7 levels deep) and the app's default styling and Automatically replace position.

⚠️ Important Notes

• Import always creates a new menu — it never overwrites an existing one. To restore a backup, import it and then disable or delete the old menu.

• Files from other menu apps are not supported. You'll see Import menu failed.

• The position is copied as-is. If you copy a menu to a store with a different theme, check Settings > Position before publishing.

• Links in the menu point to the same URLs as in the original store. After copying to another store, make sure those products, collections and pages exist there.

• Import is blocked when your store already has 10 menus. You'll see Menu limit reached — Your store has a maximum of 10 menus. Remove unused menus to add more.

Menu limit reached

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