---
title: inventoryShipmentDelete - GraphQL Admin
description: Deletes an inventory shipment. Only draft shipments can be deleted.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/inventoryshipmentdelete
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/inventoryshipmentdelete.md
---

# inventory​Shipment​Delete

mutation

Requires `write_inventory_shipments` access scope. Also: The user must have permission to manage inventory.

Deletes an inventory shipment. Only draft shipments can be deleted.

## Arguments

* id

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

  required

  The ID of the inventory shipment to be deleted.

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## Inventory​Shipment​Delete​Payload returns

* id

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

  The ID of the inventory shipment that was deleted.

* user​Errors

  [\[Inventory​Shipment​Delete​User​Error!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/InventoryShipmentDeleteUserError)

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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## Examples

* ### inventoryShipmentDelete reference

## Mutation Reference

```graphql
mutation inventoryShipmentDelete($id: ID!) {
  inventoryShipmentDelete(id: $id) {
    id
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
```

## Input

```json
{
  "id": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100"
}
```

##### Variables

```
{
  "id": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100"
}
```