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productVariantsBulkDelete

mutation

Requires write_products access scope. Also: The user must have a permission to delete product variants.

Deletes multiple variants in a single product. This mutation can be called directly or via the bulkOperation.

Arguments

Anchor to productIdproductId • ID!required: The ID of the product with the variants to update.
Anchor to variantsIdsvariantsIds • [ID!]!required: An array of product variants IDs to delete.

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Anchor to ProductVariantsBulkDeletePayload returnsProductVariantsBulkDeletePayload returns

Anchor to productproduct • Product: The updated product object.
Anchor to userErrorsuserErrors • [ProductVariantsBulkDeleteUserError!]!non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Bulk delete multiple product variants.
Remove an existing Product Variant
Returns an error if any of the product variants does not belong to the product.
productVariantsBulkDelete reference

Examples

Open in GraphiQL

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

mutation bulkDeleteProductVariants($productId: ID!, $variantsIds: [ID!]!) {

productVariantsBulkDelete(productId: $productId, variantsIds: $variantsIds) {

product {

title

}

userErrors {

field

message

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"productId": "gid://shopify/Product/20995642",

"variantsIds": [

"gid://shopify/ProductVariant/30322695",

"gid://shopify/ProductVariant/113711323"

]

);

const data = await response.json();

mutation bulkDeleteProductVariants($productId: ID!, $variantsIds: [ID!]!) {
  productVariantsBulkDelete(productId: $productId, variantsIds: $variantsIds) {
    product {
      id
      title
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-01/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation bulkDeleteProductVariants($productId: ID!, $variantsIds: [ID!]!) { productVariantsBulkDelete(productId: $productId, variantsIds: $variantsIds) { product { id title } userErrors { field message } } }",
 "variables": {
    "productId": "gid://shopify/Product/20995642",
    "variantsIds": [
      "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/30322695",
      "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/113711323"
    ]
  }
}'

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(
  `#graphql
  mutation bulkDeleteProductVariants($productId: ID!, $variantsIds: [ID!]!) {
    productVariantsBulkDelete(productId: $productId, variantsIds: $variantsIds) {
      product {
        id
        title
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
      "productId": "gid://shopify/Product/20995642",
      "variantsIds": [
        "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/30322695",
        "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/113711323"
      ]
    },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation bulkDeleteProductVariants($productId: ID!, $variantsIds: [ID!]!) {
      productVariantsBulkDelete(productId: $productId, variantsIds: $variantsIds) {
        product {
          id
          title
        }
        userErrors {
          field
          message
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
      "productId": "gid://shopify/Product/20995642",
      "variantsIds": [
        "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/30322695",
        "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/113711323"
      ]
    },
  },
});

session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(
  shop: "your-development-store.myshopify.com",
  access_token: access_token
)
client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Graphql::Admin.new(
  session: session
)

query = <<~QUERY
  mutation bulkDeleteProductVariants($productId: ID!, $variantsIds: [ID!]!) {
    productVariantsBulkDelete(productId: $productId, variantsIds: $variantsIds) {
      product {
        id
        title
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "productId": "gid://shopify/Product/20995642",
  "variantsIds": ["gid://shopify/ProductVariant/30322695", "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/113711323"]
}

response = client.query(query: query, variables: variables)

Input variables

JSON

{

"productId": "gid://shopify/Product/20995642",

"variantsIds": [

"gid://shopify/ProductVariant/30322695",

"gid://shopify/ProductVariant/113711323"

]

}

Response

JSON

{

"productVariantsBulkDelete": {

"product": {

"id": "gid://shopify/Product/20995642",

"title": "Element"

"userErrors": []

}