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Recommended Settings for the 'Found by Google' Data Source

We recommend disabling the Found by Google data source in the Google Merchant Center Data Sources page.

Even though the page says Google found additional products on your online store and shows a button named Add all products found, this setting is not recommended.

Your feed service keeps your product listings up-to-date on a regular basis, using every possible product from your store. The feed filters out items that should not be listed, such as disabled products, hidden products, products with zero price, products with no images, etc. Therefore, enabling the 'Found by Google' setting will result in increased errors and warnings, which we see consistently when we optimize feeds.

How to Disable the 'Found by Google' Data Source

  • Go to Data sources - Merchant Center
  • Click the ⋮ three dots (vertical ellipsis) icon under the Actions column
  • Select Stop managing products
  • Click Confirm

For additional information, see our blog post, Automated Feed Website Crawl vs File Upload in Google Merchant Center.

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Google Shopping

Updated: July 13, 2026

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