Status

Set products to Active, Draft or Archived in bulk.

The Status field switches products between Shopify’s three product statuses. There is no edit method; pick the new status.

Field to edit card for Status with Active, Draft and Archived radio buttons

Status

Status	Meaning in Shopify
Active	Available on your sales channels.
Draft	Hidden from all channels; still editable in the admin.
Archived	Hidden and marked as no longer sold.

Common uses

Hide a seasonal collection. Select Collections, pick the collection, choose Draft, and schedule the revert for the day the season starts. The products become Active again automatically.
Publish new products at a set time. Use Match conditions with Status is Draft and Created at is after a date, choose Active and Schedule the edit.
Archive discontinued items. Use Match conditions with Product tag equals discontinued and choose Archived.

Reverting the task restores the previous status of each product.

Was this helpful?