---
title: customerActivateByUrl - Storefront API
description: Activates a customer with the activation url received from `customerCreate`.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: storefront
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/mutations/customerActivateByUrl
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/mutations/customerActivateByUrl.md
---

# customer​Activate​By​Url

mutation

Requires `unauthenticated_write_customers` access scope.

Activates a customer with the activation url received from `customerCreate`.

## Arguments

* activation​Url

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

  required

  The customer activation URL.

* password

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

  required

  A new password set during activation.

***

## Customer​Activate​By​Url​Payload returns

* customer

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

  The customer that was activated.

* customer​Access​Token

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

  A new customer access token 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.

***

## Examples

* ### customerActivateByUrl reference

## Mutation Reference

```graphql
mutation customerActivateByUrl($activationUrl: URL!, $password: String!) {
  customerActivateByUrl(activationUrl: $activationUrl, password: $password) {
    customer {
      # Customer fields
    }
    customerAccessToken {
      # CustomerAccessToken fields
    }
    customerUserErrors {
      # CustomerUserError fields
    }
  }
}
```

## Input

```json
{
  "activationUrl": "https://example.myshopify.com",
  "password": "<your-password>"
}
```