Limit Options on the Magento Countries Dropdown

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Issue
• Solution

Overview

This guide explains how to limit the countries displayed in the "Countries" dropdown in Magento 😊.

Issue

In the cart estimator, customers choose a country to view shipping rates. If your store ships only to the USA and Canada, you should limit the dropdown to these countries.

Solution

Magento offers built-in settings to restrict shipping countries.

• Navigate to System -> Configuration -> General -> "Countries Options"
• In the "Allow Countries" field, select only "United States" and "Canada". This action restricts the countries shown in all frontend dropdowns. 💡

  

Once you save the configuration, only the chosen countries appear in the dropdown:

This change will apply to:

• Customers' saved addresses
• Checkout process