---
title: DelegateAccessToken - GraphQL Admin
description: |-
  A token that delegates a set of scopes from the original permission.

  To learn more about creating delegate access tokens, refer to
  [Delegate OAuth access tokens to subsystems](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/authentication-authorization/access-tokens/use-delegate-tokens).
api_version: 2025-01
api_name: admin
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/objects/delegateaccesstoken
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/objects/delegateaccesstoken.md
---

# Delegate​Access​Token

object

A token that delegates a set of scopes from the original permission.

To learn more about creating delegate access tokens, refer to [Delegate OAuth access tokens to subsystems](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/authentication-authorization/access-tokens/use-delegate-tokens).

## Fields

* access​Scopes

  [\[String!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The list of permissions associated with the token.

* access​Token

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The issued delegate access token.

* created​At

  [Date​Time!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/scalars/DateTime)

  non-null

  The date and time when the delegate access token was created.

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## Map

No referencing types

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## Mutations

* [delegate​Access​Token​Create](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/mutations/delegateAccessTokenCreate)

  mutation

  Creates a [`DelegateAccessToken`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/DelegateAccessToken) with a subset of the parent token's permissions.

  Delegate access tokens enable secure permission delegation to subsystems or services that need limited access to shop resources. Each token inherits only the scopes you specify, ensuring subsystems operate with minimal required permissions rather than full app access.

  Learn more about [delegating access tokens to subsystems](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/authentication-authorization/access-tokens/use-delegate-tokens).

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## <\~> DelegateAccessToken Mutations

### Mutated by

* <\~>[delegate​Access​Token​Create](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/mutations/delegateAccessTokenCreate)