How to hide unwanted AnyTrack tracking parameters on Shopify?

Once you add AnyTrack TAG on your website, it automatically starts tracking every product your clients add on checkout.

In order to track purchases, AnyTrack adds a hidden line property _atclid for each product with AnyTrack click id on its value. This property is hidden for your clients and only visible on the Shopify admin panel. AnyTrack uses this line property to attribute each of your cards and orders on your stores with your users and it’s required for the Shopify webhooks integration.

If you're still seeing the click ids on your store, we have a few options that may help you solve it and remove the tracking parameters.

Option 1: Fix your Shopify Theme

Following this Shopify guide will give you instruction how you should hide all hidden properties on your store. You will need to use this code on your cart-template.liquid or cart.liquid files to filer out any property that start with an underscore (_):

{% assign first_character_in_key = p.first | truncate: 1, '' %}
{% unless p.last == blank or first_character_in_key == '_' %}
  ...
{% endunless %}

The results should look similar to this:

{% assign property_size = item.properties | size %}
{% if property_size > 0 %}
  {% for p in item.properties %}
    {% assign first_character_in_key = p.first | truncate: 1, '' %}
    {% unless p.last == blank or first_character_in_key == '_' %}
      {{ p.first }}:
      {% if p.last contains '/uploads/' %}
        <a href="{{ p.last }}">{{ p.last | split: '/' | last }}</a>
      {% else %}
        {{ p.last }}
      {% endif %}
    {% endunless %}
  {% endfor %}
{% endif %}

Option 2: Switch to client-based tracking

For some stores, adding the hidden property can cause some problems so it’s possible to disable this behavior and switch to a client-based tracking. Switching to a client-based tracking is not recommended for most users as it less reliable and may not work on every Shopify theme.

In this mode you will not have support for all supported conversions such as InitiateCheckout or AddToCart and you will only receive Purchase events from your thank you page. Although this method is less recommended, you will still be able to receive all conversions on Facebook Conversion API and have the Advance Matching Parameters on your events.

Step 1: Turn OFF server-side integration

In order to disable to product line tracking, you need to update your tracking TAG settings for client-side tracking:

1. Navigate to Property Settings >> "Settings" Tab >> Client-Side Tracking
2. Open "Shopify" Settings
3. Turn off "Support server-side integration"
4. Make sure you enable "Add to Cart" and "Purchase" event mapping
5. Save your settings

Step 2: Add the Tracking Script on the store Thank You page

In order to collect purchase events from the client, you will need to add AnyTrack TAG on your store thank you page:

Note: You should complete those steps in addition to the global tag you already added on your store.