Custom App Admin Scopes and Webhooks

Technical Q&A
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Hello Shopify team,
I had a query regarding updating custom app token scopes and webhooks.

Do I need to regenerate the access token if I update the following in the custom app section?

  1. The Scopes
  2. Just the webhook version
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If you’re using an offline access token, it won’t change unless you manually regenerate it. Modifying the webhook version and scope only requires redeploying the app, and this operation will not affect the validity of the token.

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Hello @Eric-HAN ,
Thank you for the response. It’s not an offline token—I’m referring to the Admin API access token of a legacy custom app. I didn’t fully understand what you meant by redeploying the app. There is an option to uninstall and reinstall the app, but doing that generates a new token. I only need to update the webhook version to 2025-10. Do I need to regenerate the token, or will the existing token automatically work with the new version after editing the version to the latest one?

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If this is the approach you need, no need to worry about it—just go with the generated one, it’ll work fine.

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