---
title: Import Product Categories
description: How to import product category assignments in Shopware 6 using categories_all_paths or categoryIds, and how to replace existing categories.
---

You can import product categories using one of the following fields:

- `categories_all_paths` — contains the full category path from the root category. If a category doesn't exist in your store, our app will create it automatically.
- `categoryIds` — category UUIDs separated by a pipe symbol `|`

Here's an example of your store's structure:

![](/images/Screenshot_2025-02-16_at_13.35.38.png)

To assign a product to the `Women` category, use either:

| productNumber | categories_all_paths |
| --- | --- |
| FBPRD001 | Home/Shoes/Women |

or

| productNumber | categoryIds |
| --- | --- |
| FBPRD001 | 01949d590ee775e09a05e27a30b18875 |

To assign a product to multiple categories, separate them with a pipe symbol `|`:

| productNumber | categories_all_paths |
| --- | --- |
| FBPRD001 | Home/Shoes/Women\|Home/Accessories |

## Replace Product Categories

By default, our app uses append behavior, meaning categories from the import file are merged with existing product categories.

To replace existing categories instead, enable the **Replace product categories** option in the import profile settings. This will first remove all current product-category associations before importing new categories.

![](/images/Screenshot_2025-02-16_at_13.41.06.png)

> ☝ **Tip:** You can remove all product categories by enabling **Replace product categories** and using an empty `categories_all_paths` value.