delete-the-oldest-x-products-from-a-specific-collection

Delete the oldest x products from a specific collection

Tags: Collections, Delete, Products

Either triggered manually, or configured to run daily, this task will look for the oldest products in the collection of your choice, and delete as many of them as you wish.

• View in the task library: tasks.mechanic.dev/delete-the-oldest-x-products-from-a-specific-collection
• Task JSON, for direct import: task.json
• Preview task code: script.liquid

Default options

{
  "collection_id__number_required": null,
  "number_of_products_to_delete_at_once__number_required": null,
  "test_mode__boolean": null,
  "run_daily__boolean": null
}

Learn about task options in Mechanic

Subscriptions

mechanic/user/trigger
{% if options.run_daily__boolean %}
  mechanic/scheduler/daily
{% endif %}

Learn about event subscriptions in Mechanic

Documentation

Either triggered manually, or configured to run daily, this task will look for the oldest products in the collection of your choice, and delete as many of them as you wish.

IMPORTANT: When first configuring this task, run it manually once in "Test mode" to see a list of which products it would delete. Once verfied, be sure to uncheck this option to have the task make the deletions going forward.

Notes:

• The products will be deleted asycnronously by Shopify, which means they may appear in the products list of admin for a bit after a task run.
• This task requires a collection ID - learn how to locate common resource IDs.

Installing this task

Find this task in the library at tasks.mechanic.dev, and use the "Try this task" button. Or, import this task's JSON export – see Importing and exporting tasks to learn how imports work.

Contributions

Found a bug? Got an improvement to add? Start here: ../../CONTRIBUTING.md.

Task requests

Submit your task requests for consideration by the Mechanic community, and they may be chosen for development and inclusion in the task library!