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Disconnecting stops a section’s schedules and deletes its block in Block Hero. The section stays in your theme, and nothing goes blank: it keeps showing the values you choose.
Its schedules stop and upcoming ones won’t run. The block and its schedules are deleted once it’s disconnected.

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Start the disconnect

1

Click Delete block

Open the section’s page from Blocks and click Delete block at the bottom. You can also click Delete block on the block page in the Scheduler, which takes you to the same place.
2

Choose what the section keeps showing

In the Disconnect window, under What should the section keep showing?, pick one:
theme section page > Disconnect modal: both choice lists with What's showing now and Unlink in the theme editor selected, the list of what happens, and the...
3

Choose how to finish

Under How do you want to finish?, pick one:
  • Unlink in the theme editor (recommended): you remove the links in the theme editor with a checklist. Block Hero shows the value for each setting and deletes its content once nothing links to it.
  • Leave the links: nothing to do now. The block is deleted straight away and the section keeps showing these values from Block Hero’s content.
4

Click Disconnect

Click Disconnect. Scheduling stops.
If you chose Unlink in the theme editor, the section’s page shows Disconnecting and a checklist called Unlink in the theme editor, with a count of the cards unlinked so far. The section keeps showing the values you chose until you unlink it.
1

Open a card on the checklist

Click a card on the checklist to see its settings. Each setting shows the action to take in the theme editor and the value to use, which is what the section shows now:
2

Make the changes in the theme editor

Click Open theme editor. Open each card in the section and make the changes on the checklist. Then click Save in the theme editor.If the checklist has a Switched off row, delete the source from those settings too, then set them by hand.
3

Check

Back in Block Hero, click Check. Cards that are done get a tick. When nothing in your live theme links to Block Hero any more, Block Hero deletes its content and the block, and you’ll see that the section is disconnected.
Changed your mind about unlinking? Click Leave the links for now on the Disconnecting banner. The block is deleted and the links stay in your theme.
The block is deleted straight away. The section keeps showing the values you chose, from Block Hero’s content, and the links stay in your theme. If the block couldn’t be deleted, the section’s page shows Scheduling has stopped. Delete the block to finish disconnecting. Click Delete block to finish.

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If something goes wrong

Pick What’s showing now (recommended) or Your fallback instead.
The checklist couldn’t be built. Click Try again.
Wait a moment, then click Check again.