How to remove countries from Magento 2 drop down list?

Question

Basically I would like to show selected countries in the shipping and billing forms. Is there a correct way to achieve this?

I intend to use following JS:

jQuery('select[name=country_id]')
    .find('option')
    .remove()
    .end()
    .append('<option value=""> </option><option data-title="United Kingdom" value="GB">United Kingdom</option>');

It works fine, but I'm curious is there any other correct method available to do this?

Answer 1

You can achieve this from admin panel. There is no need of writing any code.

Go to Admin Panel :

Stores->Configuration->Sales->tax->Default Tax Destination Calculation.

There you can select whatever countries or state you want to be showed.

Answer 2

I solved it at checkout using a plugin and modifying the country list in $jsLayout. In my case I only use US and Canada, so:

=> In Vendor/Module/etc/di.xml you add the next

 <type name="Magento\Checkout\Block\Checkout\LayoutProcessor">
            <plugin name="afterProcess" type="Vendor\Module\Block\LayoutProcessor"/>
        </type>

=> And in Vendor/Module/Block/LayoutProcessor.php:

     public function afterProcess(
            \Magento\Checkout\Block\Checkout\LayoutProcessor $subject,
            array $jsLayout
        )
        {
    $jsLayout['components']['checkout']['children']['steps']['children']['shipping-step']['children']
            ['shippingAddress']['children']['shipping-address-fieldset']['children']['country_id']['options'] =
                array(
                    array(
                        'value' => '',
                        'label' => ' ',
                    ),
                    array (
                        'value' => 'CA',
                        'label' => 'Canada',
                        'is_region_required' => true,
                    ),
                    array(
                        'value' => 'US',
                        'label' => 'United States',
                        'is_region_required' => true,
                    )
                );
        return $jsLayout;
    }

Answer 3

The best method to limit the country options in Billing & Shipping is through the store configuration.

Store>Configuration>General>Country Options

Set the "Allowed Countries" to your desired options.

A full set of instructions can be found at http://www.ecommercegorilla.com/setting-billing-shipping-countries-in-magento/