# Edit several stores at once

Bulk actions change all the stores you select at once: set a new region as active, close your whole network on a public holiday, add a service to all your shops.

## Choose an action

1. In **Stores**, select the stores to edit. See [Select stores](/docs/merchants/stores/#select-stores).
2. In the selection bar, choose **Set as active** or **Set as draft**, or open **More actions** ("…") for the other actions.
3. Fill in the window that opens, then confirm.

| Action | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Set as active** | Publishes the stores on your online store. |
| **Set as draft** | Removes them from your online store. |
| **Change type** | Gives them the same type. |
| **Edit publication** | Adds them to a channel or removes them from it. |
| **Edit services**, **Edit tags** | Adds and removes services or tags. |
| **Edit hours** | Changes their usual hours, adds or removes exceptional hours. |
| **Delete stores** | Deletes them for good. |

Your online store updates in a few seconds, or a few minutes for hundreds of stores. Only the stores that change are updated.

## Set as active or as draft

A window tells how many stores change. Confirm with **Set as active** or **Set as draft**: the list reloads with the new statuses.

## Change the type

In **Change the type of N stores**, choose an existing type or add one, then click **Save**.

The stores keep their publishing channels. The type they leave stays in your list of types, even with no store: to rename, merge or delete it, go to the [Settings](/docs/merchants/settings/).

## Edit publication

The **Edit the publication of N stores** window has one box per channel, **Store page** and **Store locator**. It shows where the selected stores already are:

| Box | What it means |
| --- | --- |
| Ticked | Every selected store is on this channel. |
| Dash | Only some are; the detail tells how many, for example "7 of 12". |
| Empty | None is. |

1. Click a channel to tick it (every store will be on it) or untick it (none will). Click again to go back to the dash: nothing changes for this channel.
2. Read the banner: how many pages go online, or how many will be removed.
3. Click **Save**.

A draft store is published nowhere: its page goes online when it becomes active.

:::caution
A removed page stops working: its address returns an error. The **Save** button turns red to remind you.
:::

## Edit services or tags

A single window adds and removes at the same time.

1. In **To add**, tick values among those your store already uses (**Frequently used**), or search for one. For a new value, type it and choose **Add "…"**.
2. In **To remove**, tick the values to take off. The list shows those of at least one of the selected stores.
3. Click **Save**.

An added service or tag goes after the ones each store already has.

## Edit hours

The **Edit the hours of N stores** window offers three choices.

### Usual hours

Each day of the week is set to **Unchanged**.

1. For a day to change, choose **Closed**, or **Open** with one or two slots.
2. Leave the other days on **Unchanged**: each store keeps its own hours on those days.
3. Click **Save**.

The days you change replace that day's hours for each selected store.

### Add exceptional hours

To close your whole network on December 25, for example:

1. Choose **Add exceptional hours**.
2. Choose the day, or the period with an end date.
3. Add a label if you like ("Christmas"), then tick closed or enter the hours.
4. If some stores already have exceptional hours on these dates, choose to keep them (the default) or replace them.
5. Click **Add**.

The dates follow each store's time zone.

### Remove exceptional hours

1. Choose **Remove exceptional hours**.
2. Choose the dates.
3. Click **Remove**.

The exceptional days and periods that fall entirely within these dates are removed from the selected stores. Other dates are left as they are.

## Delete stores

1. Open **More actions**, then **Delete stores**.
2. If some have a page online, leave **Redirect the live pages to the nearest store that is not deleted** turned on: their visitors land on a nearby store instead of an error.
3. Click **Delete**.

Deleting can't be undone. The list updates by itself, then a message confirms **Stores deleted**.

:::note[Good to know]
- For exceptional hours, the window adds or removes one day or one period at a time.
- A date already past in a store's time zone isn't added to it.
:::