How do I reorder or rename payment methods at Shopify checkout?

Updated November 2, 2026 · SMART Preorder & Back in stock (E-TRADE PARTNER)

Create a payment customization and add Move payment method to the top, Move payment method to the bottom or Reorder a specific payment method; to change a label, add Rename payment method(s) with a New name. Save and click Activate. Shopify doesn't let any app rename or reorder wallets such as Shop Pay, Apple Pay and Google Pay.

Reorder a payment method

1. Open Payment customizations and click Create customization. Give it a Name.
2. Choose Always, or When conditions are met to reorder only for some checkouts, for example by Country.
3. Click Add action and pick one of the Arrange actions (table below).
4. Choose whose name is or whose name contains and type the method's name.
5. For Reorder a specific payment method, enter the Position.
6. Click Save, then Activate, and check the order in a fresh checkout.

• Each Arrange action moves one method: the first match. To move several, add one action per method.
• Moves can push each other around. Top and bottom are the most predictable; use exact positions only when you need them.
• There's no A to Z sort.
• A different order per country needs one customization per country group, each with the Country condition. See Payment rule recipes.

Rename a payment method

1. In a customization, click Add action and choose Rename payment method(s).
2. Choose whose name is or whose name contains and enter the current name. Every method that matches gets the new name.
3. Type the New name, up to 75 characters, for example "Bank transfer (we ship after payment)".
4. Click Save, then Activate.

• One name for every language. A rename shows the same text in all checkout languages. For translated names, make one customization per language with the Language condition and its own rename.
• Other actions use the original name. After renaming "Mollie - iDEAL" to "iDEAL", a move or hide still has to match "Mollie - iDEAL" (or contain "ideal").
• Only the name changes. The description, icon and logo under a method stay as the provider set them.

What Shopify doesn't allow

• Wallets and logos can't be renamed: Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay, any other wallet, and the gift card field (About functions in payments).
• Wallets can't be reordered. They can be hidden, which removes their express button too, but their position is Shopify's.
• Credit cards in the US and Canada can be renamed, moved or hidden only on Shopify Plus (Shopify Help Center).
• The Shop Pay flow ignores renames and moves; there Shopify applies payment customizations only to the gift card field.
• A manual method named like a wallet (for example one you created and called "Venmo") is plain text, so it can be renamed and moved like any other manual method.

To hide a method instead, see Hide payment methods.

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