---
title: DelegateAccessToken - GraphQL Admin
description: |-
  A token that delegates a set of scopes from the original permission.

  To learn more about creating delegate access tokens, refer to
  [Delegate OAuth access tokens to subsystems](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/authentication-authorization/access-tokens/use-delegate-tokens).
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/delegateaccesstoken
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/delegateaccesstoken.md
---

# Delegate​Access​Token

object

A token that delegates a set of scopes from the original permission.

To learn more about creating delegate access tokens, refer to [Delegate OAuth access tokens to subsystems](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/authentication-authorization/access-tokens/use-delegate-tokens).

## Fields

* access​Scopes

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

  non-null

  The list of permissions associated with the token.

* access​Token

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

  non-null

  The issued delegate access token.

* created​At

  [Date​Time!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/DateTime)

  non-null

  The date and time when the delegate access token was created.

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## Map

No referencing types

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## Mutations

* [delegate​Access​Token​Create](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/delegateAccessTokenCreate)

  mutation

  Creates a delegate access token.

  To learn more about creating delegate access tokens, refer to [Delegate OAuth access tokens to subsystems](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/authentication-authorization/access-tokens/use-delegate-tokens).

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## <\~> DelegateAccessToken Mutations

### Mutated by

* <\~>[delegate​Access​Token​Create](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/delegateAccessTokenCreate)