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Google Clarifies: Don't Uninstall and Reinstall Your Shopify App During Merchant API Migration

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Google explicitly warns Shopify merchants not to uninstall and reinstall the Google & YouTube app, as the Content API to Merchant API migration will happen automatically by August 18.

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SERoundtable reports that Google has clarified confusion around its upcoming Merchant API migration for Shopify users. Contrary to earlier rumors, merchants do not need to uninstall and reinstall the app; Google will handle the transition automatically. Ginny Marvin, Google Ads Liaison, confirmed that reinstalling the app currently triggers product ID formatting changes that can cause loss of historical performance data, a separate bug Google is fixing in the coming weeks.

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