Flow Automation: Unpublishing Products from Storefront
Unpublishing products from your store will make them invisible to customers. You can automate this action using Flow Automation to streamline product lifecycle management.
| Note: This article focuses on using the Unpublish Product action, which applies only to existing products. You can also use Flow Automation to unpublish specific SKUs in batch or to unpublish products based on inventory or creation date. |
Field Description
Field |
Description |
| Publish Status | Choose whether to Publish or Unpublish a product. |
Supported Actions
You can use the following actions with this trigger. Click on each action name to view its setup details:
- [Product] Bulk Product Operation
- [Product] Successful Product Order
- [Product] Product Status Update
- [Product] Product Inventory Change
- [Product] Product Creation
- [Product] Product Update
Example Use Case
Here’s a real-world example of using the "Bulk Product Operation" trigger — When a merchant selects products in bulk that match specific SKUs, the system will automatically unpublish those products. This helps streamline product listing management and visibility (available in product templates):
- Trigger: Bulk Product Operation
- Condition: SKU matches specific values
- Action: Unpublish product
Available Templates
Here are ready-to-use templates that incorporate this trigger. Click a template to view or apply it:
- Automatically unpublishing low-inventory products: Triggered when inventory changes reduce a product’s stock below a defined threshold. The product is automatically unpublished and staff are notified via email.
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Scheduled bulk unpublishing for a product collection: Set conditions for the first trigger time and recurrence. Unpublish products created after a certain date within a specified category.
Note: Each batch supports up to 100 products. -
Bulk unpublishing products with specific SKUs: After selecting existing products in the admin panel, unpublish those with SKUs matching preset criteria. Merchants can edit the SKU conditions.
Note: Supports up to 20 products per batch. -
Bulk unpublishing products by creation date: After selecting products in bulk, unpublish those created on specified dates. Merchants can modify the date filters.
Note: Supports up to 20 products per batch.