Why they need their own rule
Accelerated checkout · separate surface
Payment method list
- Credit card
- PayPal
- Klarna
- Cash on Delivery (COD)
A rule aimed at the blue list never reaches the red row. PayPal appears in both — which is why hiding it once is rarely enough.
Checkout has two separate places a payment option can appear:
| Surface | What lives there |
|---|---|
| Accelerated row, above the “or” divider | Apple Pay, Google Pay, Shop Pay, PayPal Express |
| Payment method list, below it | Credit cards, COD, Klarna, gateways, PayPal |
A rule aimed at the list never reaches the accelerated row. So a wallet can legitimately be hidden and visible at once — gone from the list, still a button above it.
Before you start
- Which buttons you want gone, named exactly as your checkout labels them.
- A device where the wallet actually appears, for testing. Apple Pay only renders on Apple devices in Safari.
Steps
1. Create a Hide rule on Payment Method.
2. Add the button by name, exactly as your checkout labels it — Apple Pay, Google Pay, Shop Pay.
3. To remove PayPal completely, hide both the PayPal method and the PayPal Express button.
4. Add conditions to scope it, then Activate.
Think hard before hiding these store-wide
Express buttons convert well precisely because they skip the form. Removing them everywhere has a real cost. The good reasons are narrow — a product type or destination the wallet cannot handle — and in that case use conditions rather than a blanket rule.
Verify it worked
Test on a device where the wallet actually appears. Apple Pay only renders on Apple devices in Safari, so checking from Windows shows it missing whether your rule works or not — a false pass, and the button comes back for exactly the customers you built the rule for.
Then confirm the accelerated row no longer shows it, and the list below is as you expect.