---
title: menu - Storefront API
description: >-
  Retrieve a [navigation
  menu](https://help.shopify.com/manual/online-store/menus-and-links) by its
  handle.
api_version: unstable
api_name: storefront
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/unstable/queries/menu'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/unstable/queries/menu.md'
---

# menu

query

Retrieve a [navigation menu](https://help.shopify.com/manual/online-store/menus-and-links) by its handle.

## Arguments

* handle

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

  required

  The navigation menu's handle.

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## Possible returns

* Menu

  [Menu](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/unstable/objects/Menu)

  A [navigation menu](https://help.shopify.com/manual/online-store/menus-and-links) representing a hierarchy of hyperlinks (items).

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## Examples

* ### menu reference

## Query Reference

```graphql
{
  menu(handle) {
    # menu fields
  }
}
```