Assistance Needed for Accessing Shopify Navigation Menu

Topic summary

Main issue: A beginner Shopify app developer asks how to access a store’s navigation menu.

Options provided:

  • Manual: Use Shopify Admin > Online Store > Navigation to manage two built-in menus—Main Menu and Footer Menu. Both can be edited and customized for the storefront.
  • Programmatic: Use the Shopify Admin GraphQL API (menus query) to access menus via code (useful for app development or dynamic retrieval).

Notes:

  • No conflicting views; answers present complementary approaches (UI vs API).
  • No code or attachments are central.

Status: Practical solutions offered, but the original poster hasn’t confirmed resolution, so the thread appears open.

Summarized with AI on December 16. AI used: gpt-5.

Hello everyone, I’m quite new to Shopify application development and need some help. Is there a way to access the navigation menu in a Shopify store? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

@omtanmaya-666 if you just want to edit the menu manually, go to your Shopify admin panel: Online Store > Navigation. and you will see 2 menu options.
1- Main Menu
2- Footer Menu

you can edit and customize both of them to display on your storefront.

if it resolves your issue please mark it as a solution. Thank you

Hi @omtanmaya-666 , you can access them with GraphQL.