---
title: MetafieldDefinitionDeleteUserError - GraphQL Admin
description: An error that occurs during the execution of `MetafieldDefinitionDelete`.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/metafielddefinitiondeleteusererror
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/metafielddefinitiondeleteusererror.md
---

# Metafield​Definition​Delete​User​Error

object

An error that occurs during the execution of `MetafieldDefinitionDelete`.

## Fields

* code

  [Metafield​Definition​Delete​User​Error​Code](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/enums/MetafieldDefinitionDeleteUserErrorCode)

  The error code.

* field

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

  The path to the input field that caused the error.

* message

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

  non-null

  The error message.

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## Map

No referencing types

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## Mutations

* [metafield​Definition​Delete](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/metafieldDefinitionDelete)

  mutation

  Delete a metafield definition. Optionally deletes all associated metafields asynchronously when specified.

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## <\~> MetafieldDefinitionDeleteUserError Mutations

### Mutated by

* <\~>[metafield​Definition​Delete](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/metafieldDefinitionDelete)

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## Interfaces

* [Displayable​Error](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/interfaces/DisplayableError)

  interface

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## ||-MetafieldDefinitionDeleteUserError Implements

### Implements

* ||-[Displayable​Error](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/interfaces/DisplayableError)