Hiding Products on your store front
There are a few ways to hide products on your web site/store.
From the Products Details:
Edit the Product you are looking to Hide. Look for the setting Product Active select the dropdown menu to change this to Product Hidden. Save your changes. The product will no longer show on your store front.
Using Manufacturer to hide products:
Active or Hidden : By default, Manufacturers are Active
Active setting will show the products that have this Manufacturer on your web site/store.
Hidden setting will hide all products with this Manufacturer on your web site/store so no customers will see products by this Manufacturer.
Using Classifications to hide products:
Active or Hidden : If you Hide a Classification any products with this Classification on your store/web site will be hidden from all customers.
Hiding Category:
Hiding a Category will NOT hide products under a given category, products are still searchable. Use one of the other methods to hide products.
Note: None of these setting will delete products just hide from the web site/store. You will see the products in your Admin.