Undo a bulk edit on Shopify

Shopify’s CSV route has no undo. Once the import is processed, the previous values exist only in the file you exported beforehand — assuming you exported one, and assuming you can work out which rows changed.

Every task in Bulk Product Edit by MITS records the previous value of every field it writes, which turns “undo” into a button rather than a restore project.

Three ways back

• Manual revert — open the finished task and revert it; the stored previous values are written back.
• Scheduled revert — set a revert time when you create the task, and it rolls back on its own.
• Selective correction — build a new task with a narrower filter to fix only the part that was wrong.
• Reverting is itself tracked, so the history shows both the change and the rollback.

What the log tells you

• Product and variant — exactly which items were touched.
• Property — which field changed.
• Old data and new data — the values before and after.
• Status — done, failed, skipped, reverted, revert failed.
• Service message — why an item was skipped, when it was.
• History is kept for 30 days on Basic, 45 on Standard and 90 on Plus; the Free plan keeps none.

A worked example: a discount that hit the wrong collection

1. Open the task in the task list and read the log — the product column shows what was actually matched.
2. Revert the task. Prices return to the values stored when it ran.
3. Fix the filter, preview the selection, and confirm the count matches your expectation this time.
4. Run the corrected task.

Why some items are skipped

If a product changed after the task ran — by another app, another task, or someone editing it by hand — a revert would overwrite the newer value. The app skips those items and lists them, rather than assuming its own snapshot is still authoritative.

That is a deliberate trade: a revert that is safe and reports what it did not touch is more useful than one that silently wins.

How to revert a bulk edit, step by step

1. Open Tasks. Every bulk edit you ran is listed with its date, filters and editors.
2. Open the task. The log shows each product or variant with the old and new value.
3. Click Revert. Confirm “Revert this task”. The task moves to In revert queue, then Reverted.
4. Check the result. If some items could not be restored, the status is “Not fully reverted” and the log names them.

What can be reverted

Revert later, automatically

For promotions, set the revert time when you create the task. The app restores the old values at that moment, which is how a weekend sale ends on Monday at 00:00 without anyone logging in.

How long history is kept

Task history is kept for 30 days on Basic, 45 on Standard and 90 on Plus; the free plan has no task history. A task can be reverted while it is in history.

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