---
title: GiftCard - GraphQL Admin
description: >-
  A gift card that customers use as a payment method. Stores the initial value,
  current balance, and expiration date.


  You can issue gift cards to a specific
  [`Customer`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Customer)
  or send them to a
  [`GiftCardRecipient`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/GiftCardRecipient)
  with a personalized message. The card tracks its transaction history through
  [`GiftCardCreditTransaction`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/GiftCardCreditTransaction)
  and
  [`GiftCardDebitTransaction`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/GiftCardDebitTransaction)
  records. You can create and deactivate gift cards using the
  [`GiftCardCreate`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/giftCardCreate)
  and
  [`GiftCardDeactivate`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/giftCardDeactivate)
  mutations, respectively.


  > Note: After a gift card is deactivated, it can't be used for further
  purchases or re-enabled.
api_version: 2026-01
api_name: admin
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/GiftCard'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/GiftCard.md'
---

# Gift​Card

object

Requires `read_gift_cards` access scope.

A gift card that customers use as a payment method. Stores the initial value, current balance, and expiration date.

You can issue gift cards to a specific [`Customer`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Customer) or send them to a [`GiftCardRecipient`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/GiftCardRecipient) with a personalized message. The card tracks its transaction history through [`GiftCardCreditTransaction`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/GiftCardCreditTransaction) and [`GiftCardDebitTransaction`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/GiftCardDebitTransaction) records. You can create and deactivate gift cards using the [`GiftCardCreate`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/giftCardCreate) and [`GiftCardDeactivate`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/giftCardDeactivate) mutations, respectively.

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Note

After a gift card is deactivated, it can't be used for further purchases or re-enabled.

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## Fields

* balance
* createdAt
* customer
* deactivatedAt
* enabled
* expiresOn
* id
* initialValue
* lastCharacters
* maskedCode
* note
* order
* recipientAttributes
* templateSuffix
* transactions
* updatedAt

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## Map

### Fields and connections with this object

* [CustomerMergePreviewDefaultFields.giftCards](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/CustomerMergePreviewDefaultFields#field-CustomerMergePreviewDefaultFields.fields.giftCards)
* [GiftCardConnection.nodes](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/GiftCardConnection#returns-nodes)
* [GiftCardCreditTransaction.giftCard](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/GiftCardCreditTransaction#field-GiftCardCreditTransaction.fields.giftCard)
* [GiftCardDebitTransaction.giftCard](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/GiftCardDebitTransaction#field-GiftCardDebitTransaction.fields.giftCard)
* [GiftCardEdge.node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/GiftCardEdge#field-GiftCardEdge.fields.node)
* [GiftCardTransaction.giftCard](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/interfaces/GiftCardTransaction#fields-giftCard)

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## Queries

* giftCard
* giftCards

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## GiftCard Queries

### Queried by

* [gift​Card](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/giftCard)
* [gift​Cards](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/giftCards)

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## Mutations

* giftCardCreate
* giftCardDeactivate
* giftCardSendNotificationToCustomer
* giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient
* giftCardUpdate

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## GiftCard Mutations

### Mutated by

* [gift​Card​Create](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/giftCardCreate)
* [gift​Card​Deactivate](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/giftCardDeactivate)
* [gift​Card​Send​Notification​To​Customer](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/giftCardSendNotificationToCustomer)
* [gift​Card​Send​Notification​To​Recipient](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient)
* [gift​Card​Update](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/giftCardUpdate)

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## Interfaces

* Node

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## GiftCard Implements

### Implements

* [Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/interfaces/Node)