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How to revert unwanted software UI and design updates

Recent software updates are forcing unwanted design changes—like low-contrast gray color schemes, permanent sidebars, and intrusive AI features—with no native option to opt out or toggle them off. This lack of control causes eye strain, shrinks usable screen space, and disrupts everyday workflows.

What the numbers show

Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count

  • This comes up 100.3× more often in r/shopify than across the site as a whole.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Building custom browser extensions to override colors
  2. 2
    migrating to alternative platforms like Squarespace
  3. 3
    switching to external AI tools like Claude for assistance

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.

r/shopify5 people · September 2026

“Hey Shopify, no one wants to use your shit AI. Stop trying to force it by moving the stupid search bar to the bottom of every page.”source ↗

realdemosthenes · r/shopify · 20 upvotes

“I can't stand these unnecessary, ugly ass UI updates. Leave my shit alone”source ↗

watertowerfrenzy · r/shopify · 1 upvotes

“I’m sick and tired of these changes being made without an option to opt out. They have changed so much that we will be making the merge to Squarespace in January.”source ↗

metalratbaby · r/shopify · 1 upvotes

“I keep typing in the AI bar instead of the filter/search bar on the inventory pages. 🤦 So frustrating and annoying.”source ↗

junkdumper · r/shopify · 1 upvotes

“u/shopify I will not be using the fucking AI chatbot you try and make look cool by giving it a character. Fuck off and stop forcing it on us.”source ↗

Plastic_Stable8927 · r/shopify · 1 upvotes
r/hubspot1 person · September 2026

“I’ve been getting a little irritated lately with all the design changes that are actually making HubSpot feel worse.”source ↗

“The recent color change into the depressing gray/muted colors is somehow causing way more eye strain than usual, and now they’ve changed the sidebar navigation.”source ↗

“Now it’s a giant, permanent sidebar that I can’t even toggle in and it’s taking up several inches of my screen.”source ↗

“Any way to revert these changes?”source ↗

pigeon-queenn · r/hubspot · 3 upvotes

Where this came up

r/hubspotr/shopifyartificial intelligencecustomizationsoftware designsoftware updatesuser interface

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