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Non-existent display
Control how option combinations that don't exist appear to customers. A non-existent option is a combination that was never created as a variant for that product/parent — it has no SKU, no price, and does not show up in the variant list at all. This setting is in Global settings and applies to every product.
This setting only affects option combinations that were never created. For variants that exist but currently have 0 available stock, see Out-of-stock display.
Out-of-stock vs. non-existent
Out-of-stock
Non-existent
Definition
The variant exists (has a SKU/price) but available quantity is 0
The option combination was deleted
Example (Screenshot below)
Green / M — listed among Blue's variants, Available: 0
Blue / S — Blue's variant list only has M and L, so S was deleted
Changes over time?
Yes — restocking flips it back to available
No — stays fixed until you add a new variant with that combination
Display styles
Choose one of four styles:
Style
What customers see
No change
The option looks the same as any selectable one
Strike-through
A diagonal line is drawn across the option
Gray out
The option is dimmed/desaturated so it looks muted
Hide
The option is removed from the swatches entirely (default)
Hide works well when you don't want shoppers to know a combination was never offered. Strike-through or Gray out keep the option visible so shoppers can see the full range of values (for example, every size) while understanding that this particular color simply doesn't come in that size.
