How to Install and Setup CookieYes in the Shopify Store?

CookieYes offers a straightforward cookie consent solution that lets you display a cookie banner or pop-up asking users to accept or decline cookies.

To set up a cookie banner on your Shopify store, follow these steps:

Start by installing the CookieYes App from the Shopify Store directly. Refer to our guide for detailed instructions.

After installation, the CookieYes app opens automatically and takes you through a three-step onboarding setup.

On the Regions screen, select the regions your store serves. CookieYes uses this to show each visitor the correct consent banner.
Check the map on the right. Selected regions are highlighted.CookieYes applies a consent model based on your selection:
- Worldwide: Geo-targeting adapts the banner to each visitor's location. Visitors in Europe and the rest of the world see the GDPR opt-in consent banner, and visitors in the US states see the US opt-out consent banner.
- United States only: US opt-out consent.
- Europe or any other non-US region: GDPR opt-in consent.
To change the consent model, go to the Regions tab on the Cookie Banner page after setup.
Click Customise your banner to move to step 2 of the setup.

Under Customise, select a banner to configure. CookieYes lists the banners that apply to your store based on the regions you selected.
Note: This step appears only when both GDPR and US state laws apply to your selected regions. If only one law applies, CookieYes shows a single banner. If more than one banner is listed, repeat steps 2 to 4 for each of them.
Under Cookie banner, select the banner type: Banner, Box or Popup. Set its position on your website.
Under Preference centre, choose how the second layer of the banner appears.
Push down is available only for the Banner type. It adds the Categories on first layer checkbox, which lets visitors choose categories without opening the preference centre.
Select a theme for the banner: Light, Dark or Custom. If you select Custom, CookieYes matches the banner to your store theme. To change the result, set the background colour, text colour, banner colour and button colours.
Preview the banner to see how it will appear on your website.
Click Activate banner to move to step 3.

Your banner does not appear on your storefront until you turn on the CookieYes app embed in your Shopify theme.

Click Open editor. The Shopify theme editor opens in a new tab.
In the App embeds panel, turn on the CookieYes toggle, then click Save.
Tip: If Save is greyed out, your banner is already active.
Return to the CookieYes setup screen. CookieYes checks the embed automatically.
Click Finish setup to complete onboarding.

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If CookieYes does not verify the app embed, Finish setup stays greyed out and the screen reports that Banner activation pending.

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To finish onboarding without enabling the app embed, click Skip and finish setup.

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If you clicked Skip and finish setup in step 3, the summary screen confirms your setup is ready and prompts you to activate the banner from Home.

In your Shopify admin, go to Settings.
In the left sidebar, click Customer privacy, then click Cookie banner.
Under Installed privacy apps, confirm that CookieYes GDPR Cookie Banner is listed.
On the Cookie banner page, click More actions, then select Remove cookie banner. In the confirmation window, click Remove.
This removes the default Shopify banner so only the CookieYes banner appears.
Under Cookie banner settings, click Edit next to Regions.
In the Edit regions window, select the countries and regions you want to cover, then click Done.
Click Save in the top-right corner.