---
title: TaxonomyCategory - GraphQL Admin
description: The details of a specific product category within the [Shopify product taxonomy](https://shopify.github.io/product-taxonomy/releases/unstable/?categoryId=sg-4-17-2-17).
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/TaxonomyCategory
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/TaxonomyCategory.md
---

# Taxonomy​Category

object

The details of a specific product category within the [Shopify product taxonomy](https://shopify.github.io/product-taxonomy/releases/unstable/?categoryId=sg-4-17-2-17).

## Fields

* ancestor​Ids

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

  non-null

  The IDs of the category's ancestor categories.

* attributes

  [Taxonomy​Category​Attribute​Connection!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/TaxonomyCategoryAttributeConnection)

  non-null

  The attributes of the taxonomy category.

* children​Ids

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

  non-null

  The IDs of the category's child categories.

* full​Name

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

  non-null

  The full name of the taxonomy category. For example, Animals & Pet Supplies > Pet Supplies > Dog Supplies > Dog Beds.

* id

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

  non-null

  The globally-unique ID of the TaxonomyCategory.

* is​Archived

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

  non-null

  Whether the category is archived. The default value is `false`.

* is​Leaf

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

  non-null

  Whether the category is a leaf category. A leaf category doesn't have any subcategories beneath it. For example, in Animals & Pet Supplies > Pet Supplies > Dog Supplies > Dog Treadmills, Dog Treadmills is a leaf category. The value is `true` when there are no `childrenIds` specified.

* is​Root

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

  non-null

  Whether the category is a root category. A root category is at the top level of the category hierarchy and doesn't have a parent category. For example, Animals & Pet Supplies. The value is `true` when there's no `parentId` specified.

* level

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

  non-null

  The level of the category in the taxonomy tree. Levels indicate the depth of the category from the root. For example, in Animals & Pet Supplies > Pet Supplies > Dog Supplies, Animals & Pet Supplies is at level 1, Animals & Pet Supplies > Pet Supplies is at level 2, and Animals & Pet Supplies > Pet Supplies > Dog Supplies is at level 3.

* name

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

  non-null

  The name of the taxonomy category. For example, Dog Beds.

* parent​Id

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

  The ID of the category's parent category.

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## Map

### Fields and connections with this object

* {}[CollectionRuleCategoryCondition.value](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/CollectionRuleCategoryCondition#field-CollectionRuleCategoryCondition.fields.value)
* {}[Product.category](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Product#field-Product.fields.category)
* {}[Shop.allProductCategoriesList](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Shop#field-Shop.fields.allProductCategoriesList)
* {}[Taxonomy.categories](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Taxonomy#field-Taxonomy.fields.categories)
* <->[TaxonomyCategoryConnection.nodes](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/TaxonomyCategoryConnection#returns-nodes)
* {}[TaxonomyCategoryEdge.node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/TaxonomyCategoryEdge#field-TaxonomyCategoryEdge.fields.node)

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## Interfaces

* [Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/interfaces/Node)

  interface

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## ||-TaxonomyCategory Implements

### Implements

* ||-[Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/interfaces/Node)