- Short answer
- Yes — order confirmation is an editable notification template under Edit code, once your sender email is confirmed.
- Before body or subject edits
- Confirm your sender email address
- The Liquid rule
- Write {{ shipping_method.title }}, not {{ order.shipping_method.title }}
- Footer branding
- Switching off Powered by Shopify is early access, certain stores only; Plus stores have no Shopify branding there
- Locked parts
- No Shopify page we read on September 15, 2026 lists parts you can't change
What can you change without code, and what needs Edit code?
Logo and colors are set under Customize email template, for every email notification template at once. The body and subject are code, edited per template under Edit code — and you need to confirm your sender email address first. Which address that is has its own answer.
Removing the footer branding is in early access and available only for certain stores, and on the Shopify Plus plan there is no Shopify branding in those footers. Removing Powered by Shopify from your store and emails has its own answer.
How is Liquid different in the order confirmation email?
Shopify's variables reference uses this very email to set one naming rule.
The order object isn't referenced by name in email templates. For example, instead of using {{ order.shipping_method.title }} in your order confirmation email template, you should use {{ shipping_method.title }}.
The order object isn't referenced by name, so when you add an order field here, write it without order.. Order fields such as tax_price and order_status_url are listed in the notifications variables reference. Shopify's delivery-date pages say an edited order confirmation template can leave out estimated delivery dates; here is how to add them back.
Do you need a developer to edit the order confirmation email?
Not for logo or colors. For the body and subject, you need someone who edits Liquid. No Shopify page we read on September 15, 2026 — Customizing email notification templates, the notifications variables reference, Setting up customer notifications, and the Shopify Tax and Shop Campaigns order confirmation pages — lists parts of this template you can't change. The gift card email is different; see what you can't change in a gift card email.
A customized template can need a manual update: with Shopify Tax, you might need to update your Order confirmation notification manually.
If nobody on your team edits Liquid, look at hiring a Liquid developer.
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