---
title: delegateAccessTokenCreate - GraphQL Admin
description: |-
  Creates a delegate access token.

  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: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/delegateAccessTokenCreate
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/delegateAccessTokenCreate.md
---

# delegate​Access​Token​Create

mutation

Creates a delegate access token.

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).

## Arguments

* input

  [Delegate​Access​Token​Input!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/DelegateAccessTokenInput)

  required

  The input fields for creating a delegate access token.

***

## Delegate​Access​Token​Create​Payload returns

* delegate​Access​Token

  [Delegate​Access​Token](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/DelegateAccessToken)

  The delegate access token.

* shop

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

  non-null

  The user's shop.

* user​Errors

  [\[Delegate​Access​Token​Create​User​Error!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/DelegateAccessTokenCreateUserError)

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

***

## Examples

* ### delegateAccessTokenCreate reference

## Mutation Reference

```graphql
mutation delegateAccessTokenCreate($input: DelegateAccessTokenInput!) {
  delegateAccessTokenCreate(input: $input) {
    delegateAccessToken {
      # DelegateAccessToken fields
    }
    shop {
      # Shop fields
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
```

## Input

```json
{
  "input": {
    "delegateAccessScope": [
      "<your-delegateAccessScope>"
    ],
    "expiresIn": 1
  }
}
```

##### Variables

```
{
  "input": {
    "delegateAccessScope": [
      "<your-delegateAccessScope>"
    ],
    "expiresIn": 1
  }
}
```

##### Schema

```
input DelegateAccessTokenInput {
  delegateAccessScope: [String!]!
  expiresIn: Int
}
```