---
title: customerActivate - Storefront API
description: Activates a customer.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: storefront
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/mutations/customerActivate
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/mutations/customerActivate.md
---

# customer​Activate

mutation

Requires `unauthenticated_write_customers` access scope.

Activates a customer.

## Arguments

* id

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

  required

  Specifies the customer to activate.

* input

  [Customer​Activate​Input!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/input-objects/CustomerActivateInput)

  required

  The fields used to activate a customer.

***

## Customer​Activate​Payload returns

* customer

  [Customer](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/Customer)

  The customer object.

* customer​Access​Token

  [Customer​Access​Token](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/CustomerAccessToken)

  A newly created customer access token object for the customer.

* customer​User​Errors

  [\[Customer​User​Error!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/CustomerUserError)

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

* user​Errors

  [\[User​Error!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/UserError)

  non-nullDeprecated

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

***

## Examples

* ### customerActivate reference

## Mutation Reference

```graphql
mutation customerActivate($id: ID!, $input: CustomerActivateInput!) {
  customerActivate(id: $id, input: $input) {
    customer {
      # Customer fields
    }
    customerAccessToken {
      # CustomerAccessToken fields
    }
    customerUserErrors {
      # CustomerUserError fields
    }
  }
}
```

## Input

```json
{
  "id": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
  "input": {
    "activationToken": "<your-activationToken>",
    "password": "<your-password>"
  }
}
```