---
title: Remove variants from locations with blank inventory cells
date: 2026-07-30
description: Importing a blank Inventory Available cell now unstocks the variant from that location, matching the Matrixify file format.
tags: ["Products","Imports"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-07-30-remove-shopify-variant-locations-blank-inventory-import/
---


You can now disconnect a product variant from a location the same way you would in Matrixify: import a file where the location's inventory column is present but the cell is blank.

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### What's New

- **Unstock by blank cell** - a blank `Inventory Available: [Location]` cell on an existing variant removes the variant from that location ([see field reference](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/11490229-product-fields#inventory-levels-inventory-available)).
- **Last-location protection** - Shopify requires every variant to be stocked somewhere, so a row that would remove all of a variant's locations is skipped with a clear error instead.

### Good to know

- Blank cells for locations a variant isn't stocked at are ignored, so re-importing exported files stays safe.
- To leave a location's inventory untouched, remove that column from your file instead of leaving cells blank.
- Shopify deactivates the location rather than deleting its inventory record, so the admin can still show the last on hand figure, and restocking the location restores the previous quantities.
- `Inventory Available Adjust: [Location]` columns are unchanged: blank cells there are still ignored.