Google Pay and Apple Pay showing up on zero balance owed carts

[themindfactory]

When a user checkouts and the total is ZERO... (free) the Google Pay and Apple Pay still shows up and this is confusing people...

Just add a zero valued item to the cart and checkout on a cellphone.

I have searched high and low for solution but none, I have tried mamy attempts at various methods in PHP and Javascript/CSS to no avail, using the display:none trick on all HTML and CSS involved with the button yields nothing,

Found this but when used on a hook the hooks the beginning of the checkout forms creation just causes errors:

function remove_stripe_payment() {
    remove_action( 'woocommerce_proceed_to_checkout', array( WC_Stripe_Payment_Request::instance(), 'display_payment_request_button_html' ), 1 );
    remove_action( 'woocommerce_proceed_to_checkout', array( WC_Stripe_Payment_Request::instance(), 'display_payment_request_button_separator_html' ), 2 );
}

add_action( 'woocommerce_before_checkout_form', 'remove_stripe');
function remove_stripe() {
if(WC()->cart->total === 0) {
    remove_stripe_payment();
}
}

I have found ways of turning off the feature completely in code (PHP) but not for carts == 0.00

Thoughts?

[themindfactory]

also tried

add_filter('woocommerce_available_payment_gateways', 'conditional_payment_gateways', 10, 1);
function conditional_payment_gateways( $available_gateways ) {
unset($available_gateways['woocommerce_payments']); 
    return $available_gateways;
}

still shows

[csmcneill]

I suggested creating an issue for this after some discussion here.

As I noted here, this isn't just confined to WCPay—it also affects Stripe and Square.

[zmaglica]

Hi @anu-rock. Is this issue something that team Fusion is planning to work on? The reason why I am asking is that I have to prioritize and I am not sure if you are going to handle it.

[anu-rock]

Thanks for the ping, @zmaglica. We haven't yet planned to pick it up as the team is busy with other work. What priority do you have in mind for this issue?

[anu-rock]

I've added it to our team backlog for now. But we may not be able to visit this until a few weeks later.

[pierorocca]

When a user checkouts and the total is ZERO... (free) the Google Pay and Apple Pay still shows up and this is confusing people...

Could you elaborate on the context and use case? Shipping free samples would be a case where my info contained in Google Pay would be preferable to filling out the checkout form.

[csmcneill]

Could you elaborate on the context and use case?

As @themindfactory noted, there is a confusion element associated with allowing an EPM to be used for a 0.00 cart or product.

When paying via Google Pay or Apple Pay, the card information is still included in the modal, even though that card is not being charged. This could confuse customers, as they would not be prompted to provide their card information if they were going through the normal checkout flow.