How to fix duplicate meta descriptions on Shopify after an app templated them

An app applied one templated meta description across many products, so dozens of pages now share identical text. Duplicate meta descriptions weaken relevance and can suppress your snippets in search.

If you didn't already have a backup, those old values are gone — Shopify keeps no history.

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Step by step

Turn off the app's templated-description rule so it stops re-applying the duplicate.
Restore your previous unique descriptions from a snapshot or CSV if you have them.
Where you can't recover originals, rewrite the highest-traffic pages first with unique, specific descriptions.
Snapshot descriptions daily so a templating run can be reverted in one click before it spreads.

Source: Shopify Community: duplicate meta tags threads

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