> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.bigcommerce.com/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.bigcommerce.com/_mcp/server.

# Deprecations and Sunsets

This article provides a reference for deprecated APIs and exposes BigCommerce's plans to sunset specific API operations and properties. We recommend setting up a feed alert for our [Developer Release notes](/developer/changelog) to receive the most up-to-date information about API changes. For more information on how to set up a feed alert, see [Release notes](/developer/docs/overview/quick-start#release-notes).

## Deprecations

The following APIs, features, and tools are deprecated. We discourage using these listed items, as BigCommerce either no longer supports them or won't be providing additional support or new features. Instead, consider using the suggested replacements.

| Deprecated API or feature    | Replacement                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| :--------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `/v2/brands`                 | [Catalog V3 Brands](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/catalog/brands/get-brands)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `/v3/content/widgets/search` | [Widgets V3, Get all widgets](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/content/widgets/widget/get-widgets)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `/v2/categories`             | [Catalog V3 Catalog Trees - Categories](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/catalog/categories/get-categories)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `/v3/catalog/categories`     | [Catalog V3 Catalog Trees - Categories](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/catalog/categories/get-categories)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `/v2/customers`              | [Customers V3](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/management/customers/v3)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `/v3/hooks/events`           | [Get Events](/developer/docs/integrations/webhooks/event-reference#get-events)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `/v2/options`                | [Catalog V3 Product Modifiers](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/catalog/product-modifiers/get-product-modifiers), [Catalog V3 Product Variant Options](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/catalog/product-variant-options/get-product-variant-options). See the [Accessing product options](#accessing-product-options-with-V3) callout.                                                                                                                                 |
| `/v2/option_sets`            | [Catalog V3 Product Modifiers](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/catalog/product-modifiers/get-product-modifiers), [Catalog V3 Product Variant Options](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/catalog/product-variant-options/get-product-variant-options). The `option_sets` endpoint is intentionally not available in the V3 Catalog API. For more information, see [V2 vs V3 Catalog APIs](/developer/docs/admin/catalog-and-inventory/migrating-from-catalog-v2-to-v3). |
| `/v2/pages`                  | [Pages V3](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/content/pages)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `/v2/products `              | [Catalog V3 Products](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/catalog/products/get-products)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `/v2/redirects`              | [Redirects V3](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/management/redirects)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

> **Note**
>
> #### Accessing product options with V3
>
> In V3, `modifiers` attach directly to products and `options` attach to variants. Use `options` and `modifiers` together to access the contents of the former V2 `options` response.

### Product tools

We no longer support the following general product tools.

| Deprecated tool                                                                            | Support end date  |
| :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------- |
| [Google AMP](https://amp.dev/)                                                             | January 18th 2023 |
| [Google's Universal Analytics](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/11583528?hl=en) | July 1st 2023     |

### Stencil CLI

We no longer support the following Stencil CLI versions.

| Deprecated tool                    | Support end date |
| :--------------------------------- | :--------------- |
| Stencil CLI (versions 6 and older) | June 3rd 2024    |

## Sunsets

We have removed the following features, APIs, and endpoints.

| Sunset feature, endpoint, or API                                                                                                               | Replacement                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Legacy email templates                                                                                                                         | Handlebars email templates; [Overview](/developer/docs/admin/store-configuration/emails), [API reference](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/content/email-templates)                                              |
| `DELETE Collection` [Customers V2](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/management/customers/v3)                                                | [Customers V3 - Delete customers](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/management/customers/v3/delete-customers)                                                                                                     |
| `DELETE All Customer Groups` [Customers V2](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/management/customers/v2/customer-groups/delete-customer-group) | None                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `DELETE Collection` [Option Sets V2](/developer/docs/admin/catalog-and-inventory)                                                              | None; can still be deleted individually by ID.                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `DELETE Collection` [Products V2](/developer/docs/admin/catalog-and-inventory)                                                                 | [Products V3, Delete products](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/catalog/products/delete-products) or individually, [Products V2, Delete a product](/developer/docs/admin/catalog-and-inventory#delete-a-product) |

We have removed the following properties.

| API                                                                                 | Sunset property | Replacement property                                                               |
| :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Channels V3](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/management/channels/get-channels) | `is_enabled`    | `status`                                                                           |
| [Sites](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/management/sites)                       | `ssl_status`    | [Site Certificates](/developer/api-reference/rest/admin/management/sites) `status` |

## Related resources

* [Release Notes](/developer/changelog)
* [Migrating from Catalog V2 to V3 REST API](/developer/docs/admin/catalog-and-inventory/migrating-from-catalog-v2-to-v3)