Update Combine
How to update Combine to the latest version from the Shopify Theme Store without losing your theme settings and content.
Applies to: Combine 4.2.0 and later. Added in: Combine 1.0.0. Last checked: 2026-10-13 against Combine 4.2.0.
Update Combine from your theme library to get the newest version. Your theme settings, sections and content carry over to the new version.
Where to find it: Shopify admin → Online Store → Themes.
Theme updates are controlled by Shopify, not by Combine. Shopify decides how an update is offered and what is carried over. See Updating themes in the Shopify Help Center.
How do I find out which version my store uses?
- Your theme library in Shopify admin → Online Store → Themes shows the version number on each Combine theme.
- When a newer version exists, Shopify shows an update notification instead.
- The newest version is Combine 4.2.0, released 2026-09-22. See What's new in Combine.
Before you start
- Combine installed from the Shopify Theme Store. Shopify offers updates only for themes installed from the Theme Store, not for uploaded theme files.
- A list of any code edits you or a developer made to the theme files.
- Some time to review the new version before you publish it.
Update from the theme library
Open the update notification
Open Shopify admin → Online Store → Themes. On your Combine theme, select the update notification. Select View release notes to see what changed, or read What's new in Combine.
Add the new version as a draft
Select Add to draft themes. Shopify adds an updated copy of your theme. Your live store does not change yet.
Review the updated copy
Open the updated copy in the theme editor and check your main pages: home page, a product page, a collection page, the cart, and pages with bundles or sets. Check any pages that use other templates, such as the kit builder.
Publish the updated copy
When the copy looks right, select Publish on it in Shopify admin → Online Store → Themes. Your store now runs the new Combine version.
What an update keeps and what it does not
Shopify carries these over to the updated copy:
- Theme settings, including colors, fonts and the product card settings.
- Sections and blocks you added, removed, reordered or hid, with their settings, images, videos and text.
- Templates you created, for example extra product or page templates.
- App embeds and app blocks.
- Texts you changed in Edit default theme content.
Settings that a new Combine version renames or removes do not come back under the old name. Check What's new in Combine for renamed and removed settings.
Are my code edits kept when I update Combine?
Only when Shopify can merge them into the new version. Keep a copy of every code change before you update, and add it again if the updated copy does not have it. Krown support does not move custom code between versions. See Custom work and code changes.
Keep custom code in Theme settings → Custom CSS, a section's Custom CSS field or a Custom HTML / Liquid section where possible: these are kept in every update. See Custom CSS and code.
Related pages
- What's new in Combine: what changed in each Combine release.
- Update your Shopify theme: the general Krown article for all themes.
- Update your theme with Theme Updater Plus: an app that updates themes.
- Custom work and code changes: options when a change needs code.
How Combine is built
How Combine is built: template sections, the Header and Footer groups, the always-on popups, flex sections with theme blocks, and section blocks.
Combine video guides
Combine video guides: the setting-up walkthrough on YouTube, with a summary of what each part covers and links to the matching pages.