My Section Disappeared After a Theme Update or Switch

Updated October 30, 2026

Updated or switched your theme and a section vanished? Nothing is lost. Here is what happened and how to get everything back in a few minutes.

Why it happens

Sections live inside a specific theme. A theme update installs a fresh copy of the theme, and switching themes moves you to a different one entirely. Your purchased sections are still yours, they are just not placed in the new theme yet.

Bring sections back

Open the Section Store app in your Shopify admin
Find your purchased section and add it to the new theme. Buying again is never needed
In the theme editor, place it where it was before

Bring conversion blocks back

If you use Section Store Plus, your saved conversion blocks are still in the app under the Conversion Blocks tab. Open it, choose your product template on the new theme and enable them again. Your setup is saved, so this takes a minute.

Settings worth rechecking

Text and images you typed into the old theme's copy of a section stay with that old theme. Keep the old theme in your library until the new one looks right, you can copy content across while both exist. Our copy sections guide below walks through it.

Anything not where you expect? Email [email protected] or [email protected] and we will restore it with you.

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