Uninstall previous versions of Shopify CLI

Shopify CLI can be removed from your system using the same package manager that you used to install it.

You can determine if you’re using a legacy version by running the following command. If you get a command not found error, then you’re using a legacy version.

To uninstall a legacy version of Shopify CLI, complete the following steps:

1. Delete the legacy CLI files.
2. Remove the legacy shopify command from your shell profile.
3. Reload your terminal.

By default, Shopify CLI was installed in your home directory. All the files are contained in a hidden directory called .shopify-app-cli. Run the following command to delete the directory:

During the install process, Shopify CLI added a line to your shell configuration. This line could be located in one of the following files in your home directory:

• ~/.bash_profile
• ~/.zshrc
• ~/.bash_login
• ~/.profile
• ~/.config/fish/config.fish

The line will look similar to one of the following examples. The exact syntax depends on your system. Deleting or commenting out the relevant line in your shell profile removes shopify as a command.

For the changes made to your shell profile to take effect, exit your terminal, and start a new one.

• If you try running shopify, then you should get a command not found error.
• If you have the shopify_api gem installed, then you might see the following response:

If so, then you also need to upgrade the shopify_api gem to v9.2.0 or higher to remove a deprecated shopify command that is contained in that gem.

If you also have the shopify_app gem (which depends on shopify_api gem), then you need to install or update shopify_api first, and then uninstall the older version.

To get a list of the versions of shopify_api currently installed, run the following command:

To install the latest version, run the following command:

To uninstall the older version, run the following command. Replace x.y.z with a version number listed from the gem list command. Repeat as needed.