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locationDeactivate

mutation

Requires write_locations access scope.

Deactivates a location and moves inventory, pending orders, and moving transfers to a destination location.

Arguments

Anchor to destinationLocationIddestinationLocationId •ID: The ID of a destination location to which inventory, pending orders and moving transfers will be moved from the location to deactivate.
Anchor to locationIdlocationId •ID!required: The ID of a location to deactivate.

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Anchor to LocationDeactivatePayload returnsLocationDeactivatePayload returns

Anchor to locationlocation •Location: The location that was deactivated.
Anchor to locationDeactivateUserErrorslocationDeactivateUserErrors •[LocationDeactivateUserError!]!non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Deactivate a location with active inventory
Deactivate a location with pending orders
Deactivate an active location
locationDeactivate reference

Examples

Open in GraphiQL

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

mutation locationDeactivate {

locationDeactivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/922479430") {

location {

isActive

}

locationDeactivateUserErrors {

message

code

field

}

}`,

);

const data = await response.json();

mutation locationDeactivate {
  locationDeactivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/922479430") {
    location {
      id
      isActive
    }
    locationDeactivateUserErrors {
      message
      code
      field
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-04/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation locationDeactivate { locationDeactivate(locationId: \"gid://shopify/Location/922479430\") { location { id isActive } locationDeactivateUserErrors { message code field } } }"
}'

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(
  `#graphql
  mutation locationDeactivate {
    locationDeactivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/922479430") {
      location {
        id
        isActive
      }
      locationDeactivateUserErrors {
        message
        code
        field
      }
    }
  }`,
);

const data = await response.json();

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: `mutation locationDeactivate {
    locationDeactivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/922479430") {
      location {
        id
        isActive
      }
      locationDeactivateUserErrors {
        message
        code
        field
      }
    }
  }`,
});

session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(
  shop: "your-development-store.myshopify.com",
  access_token: access_token
)
client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Graphql::Admin.new(
  session: session
)

query = <<~QUERY
  mutation locationDeactivate {
    locationDeactivate(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/922479430") {
      location {
        id
        isActive
      }
      locationDeactivateUserErrors {
        message
        code
        field
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

response = client.query(query: query)

Response

JSON

{

"locationDeactivate": {

"location": {

"id": "gid://shopify/Location/922479430",

"isActive": true

"locationDeactivateUserErrors": [

{

"message": "Location could not be deactivated without specifying where to relocate inventory stocked at the location.",

"code": "HAS_ACTIVE_INVENTORY_ERROR",

"field": [

"locationId"

]

}

]

}