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title: customerEmailMarketingConsentUpdate - GraphQL Admin
description: Updates a [`Customer`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Customer)'s email marketing consent information. The customer must have an email address to update their consent. Records the [marketing state](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/CustomerEmailAddress#field-marketingState) (such as subscribed, pending, unsubscribed), [opt-in level](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/CustomerEmailAddress#field-marketingOptInLevel), and when and where the customer gave or withdrew consent.
api_version: 2025-07
api_name: admin
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-07/mutations/customeremailmarketingconsentupdate
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-07/mutations/customeremailmarketingconsentupdate.md
---

# customer​Email​Marketing​Consent​Update

mutation

Requires `write_customers` access scope.

Updates a [`Customer`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Customer)'s email marketing consent information. The customer must have an email address to update their consent. Records the [marketing state](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/CustomerEmailAddress#field-marketingState) (such as subscribed, pending, unsubscribed), [opt-in level](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/CustomerEmailAddress#field-marketingOptInLevel), and when and where the customer gave or withdrew consent.

## Arguments

* input

  [Customer​Email​Marketing​Consent​Update​Input!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-07/input-objects/CustomerEmailMarketingConsentUpdateInput)

  required

  Specifies the input fields to update a customer's email marketing consent information.

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## Customer​Email​Marketing​Consent​Update​Payload returns

* customer

  [Customer](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-07/objects/Customer)

  The updated customer.

* user​Errors

  [\[Customer​Email​Marketing​Consent​Update​User​Error!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-07/objects/CustomerEmailMarketingConsentUpdateUserError)

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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## Examples

* ### customerEmailMarketingConsentUpdate reference