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locationDelete

mutation

Requires write_locations access scope.

Deletes a location.

Arguments

Anchor to locationIdlocationId •ID!required: The ID of a location to delete.

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Anchor to LocationDeletePayload returnsLocationDeletePayload returns

Anchor to deletedLocationIddeletedLocationId •ID: The ID of the location that was deleted.
Anchor to locationDeleteUserErrorslocationDeleteUserErrors •[LocationDeleteUserError!]!non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Delete a location and return the location ID
Delete an active location
locationDelete reference

Examples

Open in GraphiQL

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

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

mutation {

locationDelete(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {

deletedLocationId

}

}`,

);

const data = await response.json();

mutation {
  locationDelete(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
    deletedLocationId
  }
}

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 { locationDelete(locationId: \"gid://shopify/Location/658095763\") { deletedLocationId } }"
}'

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

const response = await admin.graphql(
  `#graphql
  mutation {
    locationDelete(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
      deletedLocationId
    }
  }`,
);

const data = await response.json();

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: `mutation {
    locationDelete(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
      deletedLocationId
    }
  }`,
});

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 {
    locationDelete(locationId: "gid://shopify/Location/658095763") {
      deletedLocationId
    }
  }
QUERY

response = client.query(query: query)

Response

JSON

{

"locationDelete": {

"deletedLocationId": "gid://shopify/Location/658095763"

}