---
title: returnClose - GraphQL Admin
description: |-
  Indicates a return is complete, either when a refund has been made and items restocked,
  or simply when it has been marked as returned in the system.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/returnClose
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/returnClose.md
---

# return​Close

mutation

Requires `write_returns` access scope or `write_marketplace_returns` access scope.

Indicates a return is complete, either when a refund has been made and items restocked, or simply when it has been marked as returned in the system.

## Arguments

* id

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

  required

  The ID of the return to close.

***

## Return​Close​Payload returns

* return

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

  The closed return.

* user​Errors

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

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

***

## Examples

* ### returnClose reference

## Mutation Reference

```graphql
mutation returnClose($id: ID!) {
  returnClose(id: $id) {
    return {
      # Return fields
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
```

## Input

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

##### Variables

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