---
title: menus - GraphQL Admin
description: >-
  Retrieves navigation menus. Menus organize content into hierarchical

  navigation structures that merchants can display in the online store (for

  example, in headers, footers, and sidebars) and customer accounts.


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

  contains a handle for identification, a title for display, and a collection of
  [`MenuItem`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/MenuItem)

  objects that can be nested up to 3 levels deep. Default menus have protected

  handles that can't be modified.
api_version: 2026-10
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/menus'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/menus.md'
api_name: admin
api_type: graphql
type: query
---

# menus

query

Retrieves navigation menus. Menus organize content into hierarchical navigation structures that merchants can display in the online store (for example, in headers, footers, and sidebars) and customer accounts.

Each [`Menu`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Menu) contains a handle for identification, a title for display, and a collection of [`MenuItem`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/MenuItem) objects that can be nested up to 3 levels deep. Default menus have protected handles that can't be modified.

## MenuConnection arguments

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

* after

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

  The elements that come after the specified [cursor](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/pagination-graphql).

* before

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

  The elements that come before the specified [cursor](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/pagination-graphql).

* first

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

  The first `n` elements from the [paginated list](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/pagination-graphql).

* last

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

  The last `n` elements from the [paginated list](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/pagination-graphql).

* query

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

  A filter made up of terms, connectives, modifiers, and comparators. You can apply one or more filters to a query. Learn more about [Shopify API search syntax](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/search-syntax).

  * * default

      string

    * id

      id

    * title

      string

    - Filter by a case-insensitive search of multiple fields in a document.

    - Example:

      * `query=Bob Norman`
      * `query=title:green hoodie`

      Filter by `id` range.

    - Example:
      * `id:1234`
      * `id:>=1234`
      * `id:<=1234`

* reverse

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

  Default:false

  Reverse the order of the underlying list.

* sort​Key

  [Menu​Sort​Keys](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/enums/MenuSortKeys)

  Default:ID

  Sort the underlying list using a key. If your query is slow or returns an error, then [try specifying a sort key that matches the field used in the search](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/pagination-graphql#search-performance-considerations).

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## Possible returns

* edges

  [\[Menu​Edge!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/MenuEdge)

  non-null

  The connection between the node and its parent. Each edge contains a minimum of the edge's cursor and the node.

* nodes

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

  non-null

  A list of nodes that are contained in MenuEdge. You can fetch data about an individual node, or you can follow the edges to fetch data about a collection of related nodes. At each node, you specify the fields that you want to retrieve.

* page​Info

  [Page​Info!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/PageInfo)

  non-null

  An object that’s used to retrieve [cursor information](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/pagination-graphql) about the current page.

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## Examples

* ### menus reference