Import and export settings

Back up your store-wide settings, or copy them to another store.

The Settings page can export your store-wide settings to a file and import them back. This is separate from importing and exporting option sets.

Where it is

Use the Export settings and Import settings actions on the Settings page.

What is included

Included	Not included
Everything in General — placement, alignment, tooltips, page switches, cart settings	Your option sets. Export those separately
Everything in Design — colors, borders, typography, custom CSS, match theme style	Your templates
Everything in Add-on price	Your automations
	Uploaded custom fonts and images — those are files in your store
	The app embed, which lives with your theme

When to use it

Situation	Why it helps
Before a big styling change	A free undo. Export first, and you can put everything back
Setting up a second store	Copy the whole look and behavior in one step instead of forty
Moving from a development store to live	The settings you tuned come with you
Handing the store to somebody else	A record of how it was configured

Steps

Export

1

Open Settings

2

Select Export settings

A file is downloaded to your computer.

3

Store the file somewhere you can find it

Name it with the store and the date, for example store-settings-2026-08.json rather than download.json.

Import

1

Select Import settings

2

Choose your file

3

Confirm

Importing replaces your current store-wide settings rather than merging them. Export your existing settings first if you may want them back.

4

Check the result on a real product page

Check the widget placement in particular, because a selector that worked on one store's theme may not match on another.

Copying a whole setup to another store

Settings are one of several things to move. Do them in this order:

1

Import the settings

This gives the new store the same appearance and behavior.

2

Import the option sets

Import them separately, from the Option Sets page. See Import and export.

3

Reconnect the add-ons

Add-on products are per store, so options that linked to a product on the old store have nothing to link to on the new one. Reconfigure each one. See Add-on pricing.

4

Re-upload fonts and images

Custom fonts and swatch images are files, and files are not included in either export.

5

Enable the app embed on the new store's theme

See Enable the app embed.

6

Rebuild the automations

Workflows are configured per store. See Automations.

Notes

• Importing replaces your settings rather than merging them.

• A custom Widget placement selector refers to a theme's markup, so it may need to be changed on a different store.

• Custom CSS is included, but it refers to your theme's classes, so check it on the new store.

• Importing and exporting settings may not be available on all plans. See Compare plans.