Starting on August 15th, 2025, Shopify will no longer set the _shopify_country cookie on merchant storefronts or checkout. Developers looking to establish the customer's location can use the Customer Privacy API's getRegion method , which will be more reliable than the cookie now being removed.
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| Platform | Shopify |
|---|---|
| Effective date | 2025-08-15 (passed) |
| Precision | day |
| Published | 2025-06-16 |
| Categories | DeprecationBreaking / action requiredTracking & signal loss |
| Tags | Breaking API Change, Themes |
| Official source | Shopify developer changelog ↗ |
| Fetched | 2026-10-17T03:44:00+00:00 |
| First seen | 2026-10-17T01:05:46+00:00 |
| Status | Listed by the source |
| Stable ID | shopify-a60631b8eb · JSON |