---
title: MetafieldDefinitionConnection - GraphQL Admin
description: An auto-generated type for paginating through multiple MetafieldDefinitions.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: connection
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/MetafieldDefinitionConnection
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/MetafieldDefinitionConnection.md
---

# Metafield​Definition​Connection

connection

An auto-generated type for paginating through multiple MetafieldDefinitions.

## Fields with this connection

### Deprecated fields with this connection

* [Article.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Article#field-Article.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Blog.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Blog#field-Blog.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Collection.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Collection#field-Collection.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Company.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Company#field-Company.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Company​Location.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/CompanyLocation#field-CompanyLocation.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Customer.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Customer#field-Customer.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Delivery​Customization.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/DeliveryCustomization#field-DeliveryCustomization.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Discount​Automatic​Node.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/DiscountAutomaticNode#field-DiscountAutomaticNode.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Discount​Code​Node.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/DiscountCodeNode#field-DiscountCodeNode.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Discount​Node.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/DiscountNode#field-DiscountNode.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Has​Metafield​Definitions.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/interfaces/HasMetafieldDefinitions#fields-metafieldDefinitions)

  INTERFACE

  Deprecated

* [Inventory​Transfer.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/InventoryTransfer#field-InventoryTransfer.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Location.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Location#field-Location.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Market.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Market#field-Market.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Order.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Order#field-Order.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Page.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Page#field-Page.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Payment​Customization.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/PaymentCustomization#field-PaymentCustomization.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Product.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Product#field-Product.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Product​Variant.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/ProductVariant#field-ProductVariant.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Selling​Plan.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/SellingPlan#field-SellingPlan.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Shop.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Shop#field-Shop.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

* [Validation.metafieldDefinitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Validation#field-Validation.fields.metafieldDefinitions)

  OBJECT

  Deprecated

***

## Queries with this connection

* [metafield​Definitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/metafieldDefinitions)

  query

  Returns a list of metafield definitions.

***

## Possible returns

* edges

  [\[Metafield​Definition​Edge!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/MetafieldDefinitionEdge)

  non-null

  The connection between the node and its parent. Each edge contains a minimum of the edge's cursor and the node.

* nodes

  [\[Metafield​Definition!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/MetafieldDefinition)

  non-null

  A list of nodes that are contained in MetafieldDefinitionEdge. You can fetch data about an individual node, or you can follow the edges to fetch data about a collection of related nodes. At each node, you specify the fields that you want to retrieve.

* page​Info

  [Page​Info!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/PageInfo)

  non-null

  An object that’s used to retrieve [cursor information](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/pagination-graphql) about the current page.

***

## Map

### Queries with this connection

* \<?>[metafield​Definitions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/metafieldDefinitions)

### Possible returns

* <->[Metafield​Definition​Connection.edges](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/MetafieldDefinitionConnection#returns-edges)
* <->[Metafield​Definition​Connection.nodes](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/MetafieldDefinitionConnection#returns-nodes)
* <->[Metafield​Definition​Connection.pageInfo](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/MetafieldDefinitionConnection#returns-pageInfo)