---
title: catalogContextUpdate - GraphQL Admin
description: Updates the context of a catalog.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/catalogcontextupdate
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/catalogcontextupdate.md
---

# catalog​Context​Update

mutation

Requires `write_products` access scope. Also: The user must have permission to create and edit catalogs.

Updates the context of a catalog.

## Arguments

* catalog​Id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/ID)

  required

  The ID of the catalog for which to update the context.

* contexts​To​Add

  [Catalog​Context​Input](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/CatalogContextInput)

  The contexts to add to the catalog.

* contexts​To​Remove

  [Catalog​Context​Input](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/CatalogContextInput)

  The contexts to remove from the catalog.

***

## Catalog​Context​Update​Payload returns

* catalog

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

  The updated catalog.

* user​Errors

  [\[Catalog​User​Error!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/CatalogUserError)

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

***

## Examples

* ### catalogContextUpdate reference

## Mutation Reference

```graphql
mutation catalogContextUpdate($catalogId: ID!, $contextsToAdd: CatalogContextInput, $contextsToRemove: CatalogContextInput) {
  catalogContextUpdate(catalogId: $catalogId, contextsToAdd: $contextsToAdd, contextsToRemove: $contextsToRemove) {
    catalog {
      # Catalog fields
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
```

## Input

```json
{
  "catalogId": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
  "contextsToAdd": {
    "marketIds": [
      "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100"
    ],
    "companyLocationIds": [
      "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100"
    ]
  },
  "contextsToRemove": {
    "marketIds": [
      "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100"
    ],
    "companyLocationIds": [
      "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100"
    ]
  }
}
```

##### Variables

```
{
  "catalogId": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
  "contextsToAdd": {
    "marketIds": [
      "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100"
    ],
    "companyLocationIds": [
      "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100"
    ]
  },
  "contextsToRemove": {
    "marketIds": [
      "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100"
    ],
    "companyLocationIds": [
      "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100"
    ]
  }
}
```

##### Schema

```
input CatalogContextInput {
  marketIds: [ID!]
  companyLocationIds: [ID!]
}
```