[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Removing Countries and States ## - **[brooksie](/forum/user/3261-brooksie "View brooksie's Profile")** - [![brooksie's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/3261-brooksie "View brooksie's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/3261-brooksie) Less More - Posts: 18 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 11 months ago [\#30281](#30281) by [brooksie](/forum/user/3261-brooksie "View brooksie's Profile") *[Removing Countries and States](/forum/4-how-to/30281-removing-countries-and-states#30281 "Hi I've searched the forum but can't see the solution. Once again, maybe the wrong search words. The shipping area is quite overwhelming with thousands of countries and states. If I was to delete all the countries in the database would that wreck the cart? My intention would be to populate the data with only the countries and zones that we wish to ship to. Tell me this is an option, please!! Thanks Brooksie")* was created by *[brooksie](/forum/user/3261-brooksie "View brooksie's Profile")* Hi I've searched the forum but can't see the solution. Once again, maybe the wrong search words. The shipping area is quite overwhelming with thousands of countries and states. If I was to delete all the countries in the database would that wreck the cart? My intention would be to populate the data with only the countries and zones that we wish to ship to. Tell me this is an option, please!! Thanks Brooksie Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzMwMjgxLXJlbW92aW5nLWNvdW50cmllcy1hbmQtc3RhdGVzP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86322 - Thank you received: 14281 - - 14 years 11 months ago [\#30333](#30333) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Removing Countries and States](/forum/4-how-to/30281-removing-countries-and-states#30333 "Hi I've searched the forum but can't see the solution. Once again, maybe the wrong search words. The shipping area is quite overwhelming with thousands of countries and states. If I was to delete all the countries in the database would that wreck the cart? My intention would be to populate the data with only the countries and zones that we wish to ship to. Tell me this is an option, please!! Thanks Brooksie")* Hi, In the menu System->Zones, you can unpublish the countries/states you don't need (if a country is unpublished all its states will be too). You should not delete them as they will be added back automatically during the update. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzMwMjgxLXJlbW92aW5nLWNvdW50cmllcy1hbmQtc3RhdGVzP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[brooksie](/forum/user/3261-brooksie "View brooksie's Profile")** - [![brooksie's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/3261-brooksie "View brooksie's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/3261-brooksie) Less More - Posts: 18 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 11 months ago [\#30340](#30340) by [brooksie](/forum/user/3261-brooksie "View brooksie's Profile") Replied by *[brooksie](/forum/user/3261-brooksie "View brooksie's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Removing Countries and States](/forum/4-how-to/30281-removing-countries-and-states#30340 "Hi I've searched the forum but can't see the solution. Once again, maybe the wrong search words. The shipping area is quite overwhelming with thousands of countries and states. If I was to delete all the countries in the database would that wreck the cart? My intention would be to populate the data with only the countries and zones that we wish to ship to. Tell me this is an option, please!! Thanks Brooksie")* Ok, got it. Thanks Nicolas. As ever, very prompt!! Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzMwMjgxLXJlbW92aW5nLWNvdW50cmllcy1hbmQtc3RhdGVzP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. 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