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# Age verification popup

Ask visitors to confirm their age before they can browse your store. Useful for stores selling alcohol, tobacco, vaping or other age-restricted products.

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**Pro feature.** This section requires a Pro or Max License key. Without one, it's hidden on your live store and shows a 🔒 Pro notice in the theme editor. [Learn about plans and License keys](/articles/general-information/license-key-and-plans.md)
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The **Age verification popup** covers your store with a question, such as "Are you 18 years old or older?", and two buttons. Visitors must confirm their age before they can browse. It lives in the **Overlay** group, so it appears on every page.

* **Approve:** The popup closes. It won't appear again on that browser for 30 days.
* **Decline:** The popup shows your declined message. The store stays covered, and a return button lets the visitor go back to the question.

Visitors can't close the popup by clicking outside it or pressing Esc.

### 1. Our guide to set up an Age verification popup section:

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**Steps:**

* In the theme editor, click **Add section** in the **Overlay** group at the bottom of the sidebar.
* Locate **Age verification popup.**
* Turn on **Enable test mode** while you edit, so the popup shows on every refresh of the preview, even after you click the approve button.
* Turn off **Enable test mode** before your store goes live, then click **Save.**
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### 2. Section settings

* **General**
  * **Enable test mode:** Shows the popup on every page load, and approving doesn't save. Use it only while editing.
  * **Background image:** An optional image that fills the screen behind the popup.
  * **Blur background image:** Blurs the background image so the popup stands out.
* **Age verification question**
  * **Heading:** The popup's title, such as "Confirm your age".
  * **Text:** The question, such as "Are you 18 years old or older?".
  * **Decline button label:** The "no" button. Leave it blank to hide it.
  * **Approve button label:** The "yes" button.
* **Declined message**
  * **Heading** and **Text:** The message shown after a visitor clicks the decline button.
  * **Return button label:** A button that takes the visitor back to the question. Leave it blank to hide it.
* **Colors**
  * **Color scheme:** The popup's colors: Accent 1 / Accent 2 / Accent 3 / Background 1 / Background 2 / Background 3 / Inverse.

### 3. Tips

* Always fill in **Approve button label**. Without it, visitors have no way into your store.
* Set the age in **Text** to match the legal age for your products and the countries you sell to.
* This popup asks visitors to confirm their age; it doesn't check ID. Check the rules that apply to your products.
* If you clicked the approve button in the editor preview and the popup no longer appears, turn on **Enable test mode**.