← Problems

Shopify apps trap merchants with no exit or uninstall path

Shopify merchants cannot exit or uninstall loyalty and review apps, because setup screens lack a close option and removal is blocked until reinstall

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 4 July 2019 · last reported 9 March 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

See a sample idea report

What's going wrong

Merchants installing Shopify loyalty and review apps report that they cannot leave the product.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.