# New customer accounts name change — Shopify developer changelog
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## New customer accounts name change

Changes are coming to how we refer to customer accounts when extensions launch on Dec 11:

**New customer accounts** will become **customer accounts**

**Classic customer accounts** will become **legacy customer accounts**

This change will take place across all Shopify-owned surfaces, including the Shopify admin, help docs, and dev docs.

**Recommended action**

As part of this change, we recommend that you make the relevant updates to any references to new and classic customer accounts in your product and documentation. 

**There will be no breaking changes to APIs or your products as part of this update.**

This change reflects the fact that new customer accounts are the future and although we have not yet announced a timeline, classic customer accounts will eventually be retired.

*Published: December 11, 2024*
Tags: Shopify App Store, Update
Link: https://shopify.dev/changelog/new-customer-accounts-name-change

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