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Create, edit or delete a collection

Collections group related products into a browsable page — "New arrivals", "Aso ebi", "Detty December" — so shoppers find more of what they want and carts grow. Here's how to make one, change it, and remove it.

🖥 Web 📱 Mobile ▶ Video walkthrough

Collections are how you turn a flat product list into a storefront customers can actually browse. Group products by season, style or occasion — Aso ebi, New Arrivals, Detty December — and each collection becomes its own page and menu link, so shoppers discover more in one visit.

This guide covers the full lifecycle: creating a collection, editing it later, and deleting one you no longer need.

Manual vs automated

When you create a collection you choose how products join it:

  • Manual — you hand-pick products one by one. Best for a curated edit like a lookbook.
  • Automated — you set a condition (for example tag is summer) and any matching product joins automatically. Best for collections that should keep themselves up to date.

You can switch a collection between the two at any time from its edit page.

Deleting is safe

Deleting a collection only removes the grouping — the storefront page and its menu link. Every product in it stays in your catalogue and in any other collections it belongs to. Nothing is sold, hidden or lost.

Tip: Not ready to show a collection yet? Instead of deleting it, edit it and tick Draft (hide from storefront). It stays in your dashboard but never appears to buyers until you're ready.
A short walkthrough of this flow, recorded from Crate's live admin.
  1. 1
    Open Collections

    From your Crate dashboard, open Collections in the left sidebar. This is where every storefront grouping lives.

    Create, edit or delete a collection: step 1 (web)
    Web
    Create, edit or delete a collection: step 1 (mobile)
    Mobile
  2. 2
    Start a new collection

    Click New collection in the top-right corner.

    Create, edit or delete a collection: step 2 (web)
    Web
  3. 3
    Name the collection

    Give it a clear, shopper-facing name — for example New Arrivals. This becomes a menu link on your storefront automatically.

    Create, edit or delete a collection: step 3 (web)
    Web
    Create, edit or delete a collection: step 3 (mobile)
    Mobile
  4. 4
    Save the collection

    Click Save collection. Crate creates it and takes you to the collection page, where you add products.

    Create, edit or delete a collection: step 4 (web)
    Web
  5. 5
    Edit a collection

    Back on the Collections list, open a collection's actions menu (the ⋮ button) and choose Edit to change its name, description, type or storefront settings. Make your changes and save.

    Create, edit or delete a collection: step 5 (web)
    Web
  6. 6
    Delete a collection

    To remove a collection, open the same actions menu and choose Delete, then confirm. The collection is removed from your storefront — your products stay safely in your catalogue.

    Create, edit or delete a collection: step 6 (web)
    Web