---
title: segmentCreate - GraphQL Admin
description: Creates a segment.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/segmentcreate
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/segmentcreate.md
---

# segment​Create

mutation

Requires `write_customers` access scope. Also: The user must not have restricted access.

Creates a segment.

## Arguments

* name

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

  required

  The name of the segment to be created. Segment names must be unique.

* query

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

  required

  A precise definition of the segment. The definition is composed of a combination of conditions on facts about customers such as `email_subscription_status = 'SUBSCRIBED'` with [this syntax](https://shopify.dev/api/shopifyql/segment-query-language-reference).

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## Segment​Create​Payload returns

* segment

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

  The newly created segment.

* user​Errors

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

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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## Examples

* ### segmentCreate reference

## Mutation Reference

```graphql
mutation segmentCreate($name: String!, $query: String!) {
  segmentCreate(name: $name, query: $query) {
    segment {
      # Segment fields
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
```

## Input

```json
{
  "name": "<your-name>",
  "query": "<your-query>"
}
```

##### Variables

```
{
  "name": "<your-name>",
  "query": "<your-query>"
}
```