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WooCommerce: How To Easily Remove The Checkout Fields

By June 16, 2020March 26th, 2022Featured, Website

If you are using WooCommerce for digital products then you obviously do not need all of the checkout fields (billing details) that are on the checkout page by default.

Seeing as multiple people have contacted me to fix their websites after following various guides on “How to remove the WooCommerce checkout fields”, I have decided to write a post on how to safely but very easily do this.

The thing is, all of these guides advise you to directly modify your functions.php file which I am highly against.
If you are not familiar with coding and you cluelessly follow their instructions there is a high chance that you will break your website.
Don’t believe me? Take a look at the user comments from these guides, I guarantee that there is at least one person that is upset because their website broke.

Below I’m going to show you the safest and quickest way to remove the checkout fields from WooCommerce and if you do make a mistake you can very easily undo the changes, unlike if you were to modify functions.php directly.

WooCommerce: How To Safely Remove The Checkout Fields

WooCommerce – How To Remove The Billing Details

Simplify the WooCommerce checkout by removing billing fields

    1. 1. To remove the billing fields in the WooCommerce checkout page first install the plugin My Custom Functions.

This plugin allows you to easily and safely add functions, snippets or any custom code without directly editing your functions.php file.

The code entered in the plugin will run safely and will not generate any fatal errors, this means your website will not break if there is an error in your code.

Also, the custom code you add into the plugin will continue working, no matter how many times you update or switch your theme.

    1. 2. Once you have installed the plugin go to Appearances and then click on Custom Functions.

You will see a white text area where you can enter code.

How To Safely Remove Checkout Fields in WooCommerce

    1. 3. To remove all of the checkout fields from WooCommerce, copy and paste the below code into the Custom Functions plugin.
/* WooCommerce: The Code Below Removes Checkout Fields */
add_filter( 'woocommerce_checkout_fields' , 'custom_override_checkout_fields' );
function custom_override_checkout_fields( $fields ) {
unset($fields['billing']['billing_first_name']);
unset($fields['billing']['billing_last_name']);
unset($fields['billing']['billing_company']);
unset($fields['billing']['billing_address_1']);
unset($fields['billing']['billing_address_2']);
unset($fields['billing']['billing_city']);
unset($fields['billing']['billing_postcode']);
unset($fields['billing']['billing_country']);
unset($fields['billing']['billing_state']);
unset($fields['billing']['billing_phone']);
unset($fields['order']['order_comments']);
unset($fields['billing']['billing_email']);
unset($fields['account']['account_username']);
unset($fields['account']['account_password']);
unset($fields['account']['account_password-2']);
return $fields;
}
  1. 4. If you take a look at the code, you will notice that it is fairly easy to understand which checkout field each line represents

For example, the below code hides the fields:
– First Name
– Last Name
– Company

unset($fields['billing']['billing_first_name']);
unset($fields['billing']['billing_last_name']);
unset($fields['billing']['billing_company']);

If you would like to display any checkout fields that have been removed, you can simply delete the line of code that represents the specific field.

That’s all there is to it! Simple, Fast and Safe!
If you encounter any errors you can simply remove the code from the Custom Functions plugin and your site will go back to how it was.

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How To Remove The Additional Information Tab

You may be wondering how to remove the Additional Information tab on the single product page.
You can easily remove it by adding the below code into the Custom Functions plugin (underneath your existing code).

/* WooCommerce: The Code Below Removes The Additional Information Tab */
add_filter( 'woocommerce_product_tabs', 'woo_remove_product_tabs', 98 );
function woo_remove_product_tabs( $tabs ) {
unset( $tabs['additional_information'] );
return $tabs;
}

/* WooCommerce: The Code Below Removes The Additional Information Title Text */
add_filter('woocommerce_enable_order_notes_field', '__return_false');

How To Change Billing Details Text

If you want to change the “Billing details” text at the top of the checkout page you can use the below code which will change the text to “Shipping Details”.

/* WooCommerce: Change Billing details text to Shipping Details */
function wc_billing_field_strings( $translated_text, $text, $domain ) {
switch ( $translated_text ) {
case 'Billing details' :
$translated_text = __( 'Shipping Details', 'woocommerce' );
break;
}
return $translated_text;
}
add_filter( 'gettext', 'wc_billing_field_strings', 20, 3 );

To change the “Shipping Details” text to something else simply change the below line in the code.

$translated_text = __( 'Shipping Details', 'woocommerce' );

What did you think of this guide? Did you manage to safely remove the checkout fields from WooCommerce?

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173 Comments

  • Rusydi says:

    How to change name add to order?

  • Tom says:

    Good blog post. I definitely appreciate this website.
    Stick with it!

  • Cesar Hernandez says:

    It worked, it actually prevented the checkout fields from displaying, however when I place the order the system ask me to input a valid address which I can’t since the field is not there (which it is what I wanted but…). So it hides the fields but not really working to place the order.

    Any solutions?

    P.S. Code was placed as is.

  • kama says:

    thanks for this. everything works but when i try to check out, it says i should enter account password. Please help

  • anand says:

    i need registration for the first time and hide billing if same person login and purchase something
    how to set and hide billing details

  • Robert Phillips-Legge says:

    Works great on a Multi-site network I’m developing and will use it on a digital download site as well, Just wondered if it’s possible to remove the labels “Your order” and
    “Checkout for Shop – ……. “

  • SHAILENDRA RAJAVARAM says:

    Hi
    I could hide “Additional Information” but the ” Billing Details” is still coming up. How do I hide that ??

  • Mohammed says:

    Hello, First of all really thank you fir providing this plugin. I used this plugin to remove postal code / zip code in my website and it helped me with unset($fields[‘billing’][‘billing_postcode’]);
    but there is one more option of “Ship to a different address?” can you please tell me how to remove post code from here if my customer is willing to ship on different address but I don’t want my customer to enter post code in ship to different address as well. Thank You.

  • Rumesh says:

    Thanks a lot for the simple solution. This is the only one that actually worked! 😀

  • khalid says:

    Hi there,
    Firstly thanks for the plugin and explanation,
    I have issue with last version of wocomerce still geting this error: ” Please enter an address to continue. Invalid payment method. “

  • Cesar says:

    The site crashed and I get this message:

    Service Unavailable:
    The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. Additionally, a 503 Service Unavailable error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

    I followed the instructions like the video, I have removed the code, last installed plugins, everything that may cause conflict, and the entire site disappeared, I cannot fix it and I have lost the job. If you have any advice to correct please send, thank you very much.

  • Zeeshan Naqvi says:

    Great share thanks work for me.

  • Yann says:

    Thank you so much! Very clear and easy steps to follow!

  • Abdul says:

    Oh Great! Straight to the point. It worked fine. Thanks!

  • Jo M says:

    This worked perfectly. Thank you so much!

  • moataz gamil says:

    I have enabled first name last name adress and phone number fields when i submit it is showing me Please enter an address to continue.

  • Grant says:

    Copied the code exactly as you have it, and placed into the site.

    The site crashed and I get this message:
    The site is experiencing technical difficulties. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.

    No email sent, and cannot get back into the site at all. Usually I can access through an incognito window but still same error.

    How would I get back into the site and remove the code.

    Thanks

  • Paul says:

    Hi Peter
    crashed my site unfortunately ,
    got this error code – removed plugin and site came back up
    any ideas what caused this
    I use learndash 3.0
    Cheers

  • Peter Stavrou says:

    Double check the code that i shared in the post.
    It is different to what you have pasted, you missed a line.

  • Poli says:

    Hi Peter
    Great video 🙂
    I am having trouble getting rid of the state field in the customer address page. The state field does not show up in the checkout page, and i want that to be the same for the customer addresses page. Just to be clear, it is the state field when the customer goes to his account page -> addressses, and wants to add or change billing address and shipping address, I want the state field to go away.
    Thanks

  • reem says:

    Hello i would like to rename billing details to delivery details on checkout page how can i do that? also i would like to remove registration on woocommerce is there a code for that to add in the php inserter plugin

  • Patrick says:

    How do i remove the “Billing details” title?

  • John says:

    For some reason, this is not working for me. For one, I don’t get a “Customs Functions” menu item under the ‘Appearance’ link; the only way I was able to access the area to add code was by clicking ‘settings’ under the plugin. And then when I do add the code as instructed, nothing happens on my woocommerce checkout page. Any thoughts?

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      It is now called PHP Inserted under settings.
      Don’t forget to turn the plugin on, it’s off by default.

      • John says:

        Thanks for replying Peter.
        Okay, I saw “PHP inserter” under settings as advised. And yes, that takes me to the same screen as accessing it through ‘settings’ under the plugin. But inserting the code (and making sure the plugin is turned on) still doesn’t work for me. ? I wonder if some other plugin is causing a conflict. ?

        • Peter Stavrou says:

          Not sure what’s wrong exactly…
          It has been working for everyone else so there must be something wrong on your end.

          • John says:

            I suspect so too. Ugh! Just my luck! ?

          • John says:

            FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT!!! ???

            So, I initially had to go into my plugin file to “STOP” the plugin because I was getting errors. However, although I fixed the errors part then and I had the “ON/OFF” buttons when I try to make changes, the plugin was still in “STOP” state in the backend. I renamed the file to “START” and bingo, everything works fine!

            Thanks so much for making this available and for your patience! ??

  • Derick says:

    Thank you!

  • Tracy says:

    Thank you so much, your video link on YouTube and this blog article are brilliant. Works like a charm and perfect instructions without garble

  • Robert says:

    Hi Peter
    Can you reorder the fields with this?
    Cheers
    Rob

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Hey Robert,
      This tutorial is only how to completely remove the checkout fields.
      You can try add the below code into the plugin I recommended in this turtle and see if it works (I haven’t tested it)

      add_filter("woocommerce_checkout_fields", "order_fields"); function order_fields($fields) { $order = array( "billing_first_name", "billing_last_name", "billing_company", "billing_address_1", "billing_address_2", "billing_postcode", "billing_country", "billing_email", "billing_phone" ); foreach($order as $field) { $ordered_fields[$field] = $fields["billing"][$field]; } $fields["billing"] = $ordered_fields; return $fields; }

  • Lauren says:

    Thank you so much Peter! You saved me $USD 50!

  • Patricio says:

    Just wanted to thank you for this, it’s awesome!

  • Jorge Santos says:

    Great article!

    But how can i achieve that:
    – hide/unset one checkout_field, when customer chose some gateway (in my case payPal pro).

    I try many tutorials , but any works!

    Thank you

  • Maria says:

    Great help!!!!Thanks a lot!
    Greetings from Thessaloniki!
    Maria

  • Jenn says:

    Hi there, this worked wonderfully, thanks so much! The only thing is the actual boxes titled “Billing Details” and “Ship to a Different Address?” are still displayed, though the address fields are now hidden. Any chance you know how to get those boxes to disappear, too? Thank you!

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Glad to see it worked for you Jenn.
      To remove Ship to a different address you can do within WooCommerce
      Woocommerce > Settings > Shipping – there’s a checkbox to force shipping to billing address only.

      With the billing details, I’m not sure at the top of my head, check the comments I think someone else may have asked the same question.

      • Jenn says:

        Sorry, I wasn’t clear in my reply – “Ship to a different address” has now been removed. What remains is the “Billing & Shipping” box and the “Additional Information” box – both empty. Do you know of any way to remove those? Thanks so much.

  • Sharon says:

    Hello Peter!

    This is (almost) exactly what I’ve been looking for!

    The only problem I’m having is if someone also adds a physical product to their cart, there are no fields to submit their order.

    I was hoping the fields would disappear only if it was a free/digital item.

    Is this possible?

    Thanks SO much!
    Sharon

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Hey Sharon,
      It is possible but unfortunately what you are looking for is a custom solution and outside the scope of this tutorial.
      If this is something you are willing to pay for please use this form and I will provide a quote.

      • Sharon says:

        That was lightning fast, Peter! Thank you!

        I just requested a quote and look forward to hearing from you.

        Thanks again!
        Sharon

  • Nadine says:

    Hello Peter,

    Thank you so much for this post. It worked like a charm.
    I do still have a field that I want to remove. Maybe its part of my theme but the field Suffix after nr* is not needed in my country.
    But I dont see that field in the piece of coding that you provide. I tried removing it by adding the code billing_suffix or shipping_suffix but that does not remove the field.
    Could you please help me? Thank you in advance

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      I’m glad it worked well for you Nadine 🙂
      What is NR exactly? is it street number?

      • Nadine says:

        Hi Peter,

        This is my check out: https://allthatglitter.nl/checkout/
        It’s already translated to Dutch. The fields on the second row say [straat*] and then [Nr*] and the last one says [Suffix]
        I really want to remove the last one, the Suffix one. Do you maybe know the coding for that?

        • Peter Stavrou says:

          I’ve never seen that before… Try add the below to the code into the plugin.
          unset($fields['billing']['billing_house_number_suffix']);

          Otherwise you can add this to your CSS:
          #billing_house_number_suffix_field { display:none !important; }

          or

          .billing_house_number_suffix_field { display:none !important; }

  • amzad hosen says:

    I want to delete the company field from the different address. how can I do ?

    • Javier Labbe says:

      Amzad,

      Do you mean to ask, “remove the company field from the Ship to a different address section?”

      I think it’s:

      /* WooCommerce: The Code Below Removes Checkout Fields */
      add_filter( ‘woocommerce_checkout_fields’ , ‘custom_override_checkout_fields’ );

      function custom_override_checkout_fields( $fields ) {
      unset($fields[‘shipping’][‘shipping_company’]);
      return $fields;
      }

  • Lee says:

    Hi,

    Can you tell me how to remove or hide the billing address info from the Woocommerce completed order email?

    Thanks

  • Ann says:

    I want to remove inscription in cart “Availability: In Stock”
    I found in wp-content\themes\theme-name\woocommers\single-product\meta.php code which is responsible for the output of this inscription.
    How to disable this?

  • Javier Labbe says:

    Peter,

    Do you have any suggestions on how to pre-populate default information in the Billing Fields of the Check Out Page? I also included the code we used in the functions.php of our child theme, to remove specific fields (like first_name and last_name, etc.) from the billing section of the checkout page.

    /** * @snippet WooCommerce Set Defaults @ Checkout * @tested with WooCommerce 3.0 */ function test_set_checkout_field_input_value_default($fields) { $fields['billing']['billing_company']['default'] = 'ABC Companies'; $fields['billing']['billing_address_1']['default'] = '112 Minnehaha Ave'; $fields['billing']['billing_city']['default'] = 'Chicago'; $fields['billing']['billing_state']['default'] = 'IL'; $fields['billing']['billing_postcode']['default'] = '61223'; $fields['billing']['billing_phone']['default'] = '555-288-0782'; $fields['billing']['billing_email']['default'] = 'myemail.com'; return $fields; } add_filter( 'woocommerce_checkout_fields', 'test_set_checkout_field_input_value_default' ); /** * @snippet WooCommerce Remove Felds @ Checkout * @tested with WooCommerce 3.0 */ add_filter( 'woocommerce_checkout_fields' , 'custom_override_checkout_fields' ); function custom_override_checkout_fields( $fields ) { unset($fields['billing']['billing_first_name']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_last_name']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_address_2']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_country']); return $fields; }

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Heya Javier,
      Unfortunately what you want to do is a custom job and I would need to spend some time investigating into it. I can provide you a quote if you are interested (please email me)
      However, from the top of my head, you can try this:
      Hopefully it works for you…

      <?php add_filter( 'woocommerce_checkout_fields' , 'default_values_checkout_fields' ); function default_values_checkout_fields( $fields ) { // You can use this for postcode, address, company, first name, last name and such. $fields['billing']['billing_city']['default'] = 'SomeCity'; $fields['shipping']['shipping_city']['default'] = 'SomeCity'; return $fields; } ?>

  • Zahid says:

    I have enabled first name last name adress and phone number fields when i submit it is showing me Please enter address invalid payment error

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Hi Zahid,
      Do you have your payment gateway setup?

      If so, can you try copy the code exactly how I have it and then test to see if you still get that error?

      • Zahid says:

        No its just a cash on delivery

        • Peter Stavrou says:

          Sorry I am not quite sure how you have setup your WooCommerce.
          The code I provided works and proof of that can be seen in the comments section.

          I’m assuming it’s something to do with the way you setup payments, if you set only cash on delivery then why is there a payment error if no payment is required…

  • Cree says:

    This has removed the fields on the checkout page which is so great. However, when I try to check out it sill asks me to enter a valid address. Any ideas.
    Cree

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Hey Cree,

      Can you please try copy the code exactly how I’ve written it and do a test before you customise it how you want it?
      If it’s still causing an error then it may be something to do with your theme, you will need to search how to remove validation from checkout field.

  • Is there a way to make it so woocomerce only asks for billing details for certain payment methods?
    Customers don’t like submitting billing details, that’s why paypal is so popular.
    I deal digital goods, and want to turn it off for g2apay

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      You can remove billing details completely and only allow PayPal?
      With a PayPal Premier or Business account you can accept credit card payments.

      I haven’t look into your problem in detail but surely there is a way… You can also try the plugin Easy Digital Downloads which may do what you need it to do.

      • Chaython R Meredith says:

        Sorry I thought I was replying to something else. sorry
        I already have all my products made in woocomerce, so switching would put me back months
        I can’t use paypal
        I use g2apay which has all customer data on their side, so i have no need to caputre it

        • Peter Stavrou says:

          I am not familiar with g2apay but you may want to contact their support team or search Google for an “Express Checkout” plugin that works with g2apay so that users do not need to input their customer details.

  • Ben says:

    Hi,
    No matter what method or plug in I use, the field “City” comes back!!!

    Ben.

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Heya Ben,
      Can you please confirm that the “billing” details come back when you follow the above steps?
      Does it get removed at all when you copy and paste the entire code in the plugin I provided?

  • ron says:

    Hello Peter,

    I didint work for me. I need you help. I just want to see the following on my checkout page

    Account URL
    First Name
    Last Name
    Email
    Phone Number

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Hey Ron,
      Can you try copy the entire code into the plugin I provided above.
      Please copy and paste it from top to bottom.

  • MESHAL says:

    hi
    thanks for you for this awesome plugin and the great video
    i want to ask you
    – how i change fields from the require to not require
    – how i change fields name

    thank you!

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      No problem!

      To make the fields not required use the below code and just edit it.
      //make billing fields not required in checkout add_filter( 'woocommerce_billing_fields', 'wc_npr_filter_phone', 10, 1 ); function wc_npr_filter_phone( $address_fields ) { $address_fields['billing_phone']['required'] = false; return $address_fields; }

      Changing field name…. that’s a little more technical… You can get a plugin to do that or use this guide:

  • Danny says:

    Hey Peter,
    If you send to another adress what will be the code to get rid of some of the fields ?
    Thank you !

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Hey Danny,
      Sorry I’m not sure what field you are talking about exactly?
      Did you try the code I have provided to see if it removes it by any chance?

      • Danny says:

        Hey Peter yes i try and it works in the billing detailsabove, only when i choose send to another adress ik will be standard so i can’t remove company ect
        further very nice work !

  • Imam says:

    Hello sir,
    I am new in wordpress. I am building a eCommerce WordPress site. My question is How can i turn on required field on for phone fields?
    Thanks,

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Hello Imam,

      I believe the phone field is required by default so you don’t need to do anything.
      Please test it and let me know if I’m incorrect.

  • Andrew says:

    You’re awesome man. Thanks. A simple and effective tutorial that worked 🙂

  • Jakob says:

    Hey this did not work for me, I’ve tried many different plugins and now im left with 3 fields of country and unable to remove fields.
    I’m using Kallyas theme.

  • vaughn says:

    Great Tutorial

    But i see there is no function for suburbs.
    I need to get rid of this field.

    Please can you assist

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Thanks Vaughn!

      Try include the below for suburb
      $fields[‘billing’][‘billing_city’][‘placeholder’] = ‘Suburb’; $fields[‘billing’][‘billing_city’][‘label’] = ‘Suburb’;

  • Brain says:

    Please how do i make the state textbox give a pull down so i can choose out of the list, because mine is not giving me a pull down.

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Your theme to to blame, but you can switch off those ‘chosen’ select boxes in woocommerce settings (to make them plain select boxes).

  • Jules Nituma says:

    how can I change the textbox field to combobox?

  • Kate says:

    Hi,

    Thanks so much for the article, and for introducing me to the My Custom Functions plugin. It’s brilliant. I spent ages hunting for a way to remove the company name from the checkout before finding your youtube video.

    One additional thing I haven’t managed, though. How to stop the “Please select your State” from auto-populating in the address info… So if customers don’t provide a county when they create an address, it defaults to show “Please select your State” instead of “Select your county”, or being blank.

    Any advice on this?!

    Thanks,

    K

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      I’m glad my blog post was helpful to you Kate 🙂

      I can’t quite understand your second issue, can you please post a link to your website so I can take a quick look?

  • shell says:

    Hey! This plugin completely destroyed my woocommerce shop.There’s nothing I can do. I can’t even access my plugins area anymore.I am getting an error message:Fatal error. Can you please advise how to get my website back.I have made a terrible mistake by getting this plugin in the frst place.

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Hey Shell,
      This is a very common issue with WordPress and it usually occurs when WordPress is not using it’s full memory.
      Here is how to increase the memory and everything should work after that.
      https://youtu.be/CB0BfoDyVN4

      If this does not work you can simply go into the WordPress folder and remove the plugin via FTP or File Manager.
      If you need more help please feel free to email me.

      • shell says:

        Hi Peter.Thank you for a very fast reply. Unfortunately that did not work and caused a syntax error and I could not sign in to my dashboard. I have now deleted the plugin through FTP. Thanks for the advice. Shame it didn’t work on my site, thanks for all the help.

        • Peter Stavrou says:

          No problem!
          That is very strange, this is the first time I’ve heard of the plugin doing that, maybe it’s not compatible with your Theme or something…

          If you still need to remove the checkout fields please be careful not to add code directly into your functions.php file like other websites advise.
          At least use a child theme or try another functions plugins.

          There is a possibility that it could break your website and then it will be difficult for you to fix.
          Or at least take a backup of your site before doing it.

  • Stephanie says:

    Hi

    Current under order notes – there is some helpful text ‘ Notes about your order, e.g. special notes for delivery.

    I would like to update this meta note to ‘Notes about your order, e.g. Name to be printed on duty manager slide’

    What is the code I use?

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Hey Steph 🙂

      Try this:
      add_filter( 'woocommerce_checkout_fields', 'webendev_woocommerce_checkout_fields' ); function webendev_woocommerce_checkout_fields( $fields ) { $fields['order']['order_comments']['placeholder'] = 'Your custom text here'; return $fields; }

  • Jack says:

    Hello There,

    I really liked the post, especially the video which was very helpful. However i was unable to remove “Billing Details” and “Additional Information” text on the checkout page. I even tried the second code for removing the “Additional Information”, but it didn’t help. Any ideas how to delete this text?

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Hey Jack,

      Can you please try install the Custom Functions plugin and copying and paste the whole code I provided to see if it removes anything?
      Please remember to hard-refresh your browser by pressing CTRL+R at the same time.

      • Jack says:

        I have installed the plugin and successfully removed the fields, however at the top of the page “Billing Details” and “Additional Information” those two texts still appear. So i thought you might help me to remove it as well.

        • Peter Stavrou says:

          Unfortunately that is not part of this tutorial and will require additional work.
          For the “additional information” text you can try add this code in the Custom Functions plugin.
          add_filter('woocommerce_enable_order_notes_field', '__return_false');

          If you like, you can hire me to remove both for you.

  • Tanveer says:

    Hi,

    I tried this code, but it did not work for me. its strange? I’m wondering why it didn’t work?

    Please suggest something so I can edit.

    Thanks.

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Can you please try copying and pasting the whole code to see if it removes anything?
      It has worked for everyone so it should work for you too.

  • sadar says:

    hi
    how can i validate first name and last name in checkout fields in woocommerce that only takes alphabetic letters…
    like (A-Z).

  • sudin says:

    Hi ,

    is there a way to put further condition on this
    like i want to show only first name last name email and phone no fields of billing details when only local pick up option is selected. Can you help me with the code editing i did this which din’t work out for me. Please help.

    add_filter( 'woocommerce_checkout_fields' , 'woo_remove_billing_checkout_fields' ); function woo_remove_billing_checkout_fields( $fields ) { if( isset(local_pickup == true ) { unset($fields['billing']['billing_company']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_address_1']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_address_2']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_city']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_postcode']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_country']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_state']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_phone']); unset($fields['order']['order_comments']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_address_2']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_postcode']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_company']); unset($fields['billing']['billing_city']); } return $fields; }

  • Patricia says:

    Thank you so much for this tutorial. I was freaking out when other articles were talking geek-speak about going into the functions.php file etc. Your solution was absolutely wonderful and so much easier for a person with no coding background. The only thing I need to do now is remove the ‘Additional Information’ heading from the check-out page. Can you help me on that issue?

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Thanks for the great feedback Patricia.

      Please try add this code below your existing code in the Custom Functions plugin.

      add_filter( 'woocommerce_product_tabs', 'woo_remove_product_tabs', 98 ); function woo_remove_product_tabs( $tabs ) { unset( $tabs['additional_information'] ); return $tabs; }

      • Winston says:

        Thank you for this very clear tutorial for us non-geeks.

        But clarify how to remove the pesky “Additional Information” header.

        Even after putting up this code, it simply refuses to go (see https://www.alignacademy.com/checkout/)

        Where exactly do we put the code? Just under the last closing bracket in the existing code in the Custom Functions tab?

        Thank you for your help

        • Peter Stavrou says:

          Many thanks Winston!
          There are two ways you can remove it.

          1. By using CSS – You can add this to your style.css file or to your Custom CSS section of your theme:
          li.additional_information_tab { display: none !important; }

          2. By adding the below code below/above the code you added in the Custom Functions to remove the other fields.
          add_filter( 'woocommerce_product_tabs', 'woo_remove_product_tabs', 98 ); function woo_remove_product_tabs( $tabs ) { unset( $tabs['additional_information'] ); return $tabs; }

          • Winston says:

            Thanks, but it’s giving a “Fatal Error” message

            Please show a screenshot of how all the codes will look when added together

            Thank you

          • Peter Stavrou says:

            Please try the CSS method.

            You can go to Appearance, Editor and then make sure style.css is selected.
            Just scroll to the bottom of the page and enter the code I provided below then press save.

          • Winston says:

            Thanks Peter.

            It still insists on not going away

            Here is a screenshot of the code I inserted http://prnt.sc/d3g1sz

            Please what am I missing?

          • Peter Stavrou says:

            Hmm strange… How about if you disable shipping?
            http://prntscr.com/d3m6pt

            Otherwise try add the below CSS? This should work for your site.
            .woocommerce .col2-set .col-2, .woocommerce-page .col2-set .col-2 { display: none !important; }

          • Winston says:

            Thank you Peter.

            Free at last!

            The last code you posted did the trick:

            .woocommerce .col2-set .col-2, .woocommerce-page .col2-set .col-2 {
            display: none !important;
            }

            You’re a great guy.

            Thank you

          • Peter Stavrou says:

            Awesome!
            Thanks a lot for the compliment Winston 🙂

  • chinu says:

    Can you explain me in detail. After removing the phone field, I see an error ” This field may not be blank.”

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Can you please advise what field you removed and what field you are getting the error message ”This field may not be blank.”?
      It might be different fields?

      • chinu` says:

        Sorry for the late reply. I removed the phone field by:
        unset($fields[‘billing’][‘billing_phone’]);

        The phone field got removed from the checkout page, but after clicking submit there is an error message ” This field may not be blank.” I can not proceed further for checkout

        • Peter Stavrou says:

          Did you add the below?

          add_filter( 'woocommerce_checkout_fields' , 'custom_override_checkout_fields' ); function custom_override_checkout_fields( $fields ) { unset($fields['billing']['billing_phone']); return $fields; }

          If that didn’t work then you can add the below to make the phone field not compulsory:

          add_filter( 'woocommerce_billing_fields', 'wc_npr_filter_phone', 10, 1 ); function wc_npr_filter_phone( $address_fields ) { $address_fields['billing_phone']['required'] = false; return $address_fields; }

          • chinu says:

            I added :
            add_filter( ‘woocommerce_billing_fields’, ‘wc_npr_filter_phone’, 10, 1 );
            function wc_npr_filter_phone( $address_fields ) {
            $address_fields[‘billing_phone’][‘required’] = false;
            return $address_fields;
            }

            Now the the star for compulsory field for is gone from the phone field. But on clicking sign up now , it gives following error:
            This field may not be blank.

          • Peter Stavrou says:

            It seems that your WooCommerce installation may be different as it works flawlessly for everyone else.
            Also you mentioned that the error occurs when “clicking sign up now” button? However, WooCommerce does not have a sign up now button, it has a Buy Now button so I’m not really sure how you have setup WooCommerce and if you are even using it.

            I could look into the issue and give your website a custom solution but it’s not something I can do for free.
            If it’s something you would like though please visit the below link:
            https://www.peterstavrou.com/product/wordpress-modifications

  • Zayn says:

    Great plugin Peter. I am glad that I found your site. Thanks very much

    Zayn

  • Felix says:

    Hi,

    I exactly did it the way you describet it. But know the only thing what I’m getting is a white page…Can you help me resetting it?

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Hey Felix,
      There must be an error in the code somewhere.
      Please try copy and paste it again.

      If you can’t access your website because of white screen, use FTP or your cPanel and go to the plugins folder:
      wp-content/plugins/my-custom-functions

      The open the file my-custom-functions.php and search for:
      MCFunctions_exec();

      Simply replace that with //MCFunctions_exec();

      Then you should be able to access your website and remove the code you added and try again if you like.
      Once the code has been modified go into the file my-custom-functions.php and then remove // which you added.

      If you need help please email me and I will be more than happy to help you out.

  • Admin says:

    Absolute legend! We only sell stock video footage (digital downloads) so of course most of the fields are totally pointless for our websites’ needs (like shipping address etc). This fix worked perfectly. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this information.

  • Tony says:

    When I try to add it in to custom functions it says
    “Sorry, but your code causes a “Fatal error”, so it is not applied!
    Please, check the code and try again.”

    Do you think this is coming from a conflict with another plugin?

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Hey Tony,
      Sorry that was my mistake, I did some updates to my website last night and it seems that I forgot re-activate my code plugin…
      Can you please try copy and paste the code from the page now and advise if you are still having any issues?

  • Tom La says:

    NIce Post ! Solved my problem without spending a dime !

  • Astifa says:

    Hi
    Great Job. Thank you.
    how to remove on same page
    Create an account?
    Ship to a different address?

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Thanks Astifa,

      You can remove both of those items within the WooCommerce options:

      To remove Create an account:
      Woocommerce > Settings > Accounts – uncheck Enable registration on the “Checkout” page

      To Ship to a different address go to:
      Woocommerce > Settings > Shipping – there’s a checkbox to force shipping to billing address only.

  • jal says:

    thanks peter, helps me a lot

  • Rodrigo says:

    Great tutorial for newbies like me, many thanks!

  • Max says:

    Thank you so effin much!!!

  • Musa says:

    Peter great article, you wont believe how much I have been cracking my head trying to get this done and
    with your article I got it right the first time. Thank you again for sharing, most people would charge a lot
    of money for such information.

  • This was great!

    I was just about to spend $49 but felt it was a waste of money. I tried using similar code directly in my functions.php child theme but it crash my site 3 times in a row. This was extremely easy follow and it worked on the first try. Site up and running with this method! 🙂

    Will definitely visit this site more often.

    Best Regards

    Sven

  • moshe says:

    thank you sir!

  • Scott Bohler says:

    Very helpful. You rock. Thank you.

  • Andy says:

    Hi Peter,

    This works great for the checkout, but what if you want to remove fields from the my-account > edit address section? Any idea how to get remove these fields? Here is an attempt to remove the last name in that area:

    // Hook in
    add_filter( ‘woocommerce_default_address_fields’ , ‘custom_override_default_address_fields’ );

    // Our hooked in function – $address_fields is passed via the filter!
    function custom_override_default_address_fields( $address_fields ) {
    unset($address_fields[‘last_name’]);

    return $address_fields;
    }

    • Peter Stavrou says:

      Unfortunately I don’t use that page so I’m unable to check but give this a try:

      add_filter( 'woocommerce_save_account_details_required_fields', 'wc_remove_required_last_name' ); function wc_remove_required_last_name( $fields ) { unset( $fields['account_last_name'] ); return $fields; }

      *fingers crossed* 🙂

  • Kirsty says:

    Thank you!
    I used to have address, phone etc missed out, but somehow they got put in again. I was worried that I would be putting customers off.
    I tried to change it, but I broke my site.
    However, your bit of code has solved my problem.

  • Rob says:

    Nice article, I like this hack but, what if you want different options for different products? Also what if you want to include some fields but not make them a required entry – so optional. I don’t understand why this flexibility is not built in to WooCommerce.

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