PayPal is one of the most common ways to pay on Shopify, and by default it can appear as an accelerated checkout button on your cart and product pages. That is convenient, but not every store wants it there. Some merchants find the button pulls shoppers into PayPal before they see upsells or order bumps, clashes with a carefully branded checkout, or confuses customers who expect one clear path to pay. If that is you, these apps hide or reorder the PayPal button without touching theme code.

Why hide or reorder the PayPal button?

The PayPal button is a dynamic checkout button. Shopify shows it automatically when PayPal is one of your payment methods, and it sends a shopper straight into PayPal from the cart. There are a few reasons a store turns it off:

  • Protect your upsells. An accelerated button skips the cart and any post-cart offers, so hiding it keeps shoppers on your funnel.
  • Keep the brand consistent. A large PayPal button can dominate a cart built around your own look.
  • Reduce confusion. Two competing checkout paths can slow a shopper down; one clear button often converts better.
  • Control which markets see it. You may want PayPal live in some regions and hidden in others.

None of this means PayPal is a poor option. It is one of the most widely detected payment methods across Shopify stores, so most shoppers already know and trust it. The point is control, not removal.

The panel below shows how common PayPal actually is across live Shopify stores, which is why the button appears so often in the first place.

2.3%
Share of stores in our dataset
#33
Popularity rank
11.3
Avg apps on their stores

For the full picture of where PayPal sits, see our PayPal usage data.

Key Takeaways
1
The PayPal button is a dynamic checkout button Shopify shows automatically when PayPal is enabled.
2
Stores hide or reorder it to protect upsells, keep the checkout on-brand, and reduce confusion.
3
PayPal is one of the most common payment methods on Shopify, so the button appears on many stores.
4
These apps control the button without editing theme code; some do only that, others bundle it into a wider toolkit.

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