---
title: storefrontCustomerAccessTokenCreate - Customer API
description: >-
  Exchanges the Customer Access Token, provided in the Authorization header,
  into a Storefront Customer Access Token.

  Renew this token each time you update the Customer Access Token found in the
  Authorization header.
api_version: 2026-01
api_name: customer
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/customer/latest/mutations/storefrontCustomerAccessTokenCreate
  md: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/customer/latest/mutations/storefrontCustomerAccessTokenCreate.md
---

# storefront​Customer​Access​Token​Create

mutation

Deprecated.

The `storefrontCustomerAccessTokenCreate` is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Please see [the changelog](https://shopify.dev/changelog/deprecation-of-storefrontcustomeraccesstokencreate-mutation) for more information.

Exchanges the Customer Access Token, provided in the Authorization header, into a Storefront Customer Access Token. Renew this token each time you update the Customer Access Token found in the Authorization header.

## Storefront​Customer​Access​Token​Create​Payload returns

* customer​Access​Token

  [String](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/customer/latest/scalars/String)

  The created access token.

* user​Errors

  [\[User​Errors​Storefront​Customer​Access​Token​Create​User​Errors!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/customer/latest/objects/UserErrorsStorefrontCustomerAccessTokenCreateUserErrors)

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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## Examples

* ### storefrontCustomerAccessTokenCreate reference