Remove customer metafield
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The Remove customer metafield action removes metafields from the customer that triggers the workflow.
Fields
The Remove customer metafield action contains the following fields.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Metafield namespace | Required. A metafield namespace is a container for a group of metafields. Grouping metafields within a namespace prevents your metafields from conflicting with other metafields. |
| Key | Required. A key is an identifier for the metafield value. |
Triggers
The Remove customer metafield action has a hidden field added to it by the trigger. This field, Customer ID, identifies the collection to have a metafield removed. The customer ID is set by default and can't be changed.
The Remove customer metafield action can be used in workflows that start with the following triggers:
- Customer account disabled
- Customer account enabled
- Customer created
- Order cancelled
- Order created
- Order fulfilled
- Order paid
- Order risk analyzed
- Order transaction created
- Refund created
- Subscription contract created
Example
In this example workflow, a customer metafield is removed from a customer when their account is disabled.
API details
To learn more, review the MetafieldInput input object.