Bulk Update Customers

Modify existing customer records in Stripe efficiently. Update contact information, addresses, metadata, and payment details across thousands of customers with validation and preview capabilities.

How it works

Update customers safely with validation and preview

1

Upload update CSV

Include customer IDs and the fields you want to update with new values.

2

Preview changes

See before/after comparisons and validate all updates before applying them.

3

Apply updates

Push changes to Stripe with automatic retries and detailed progress tracking.

Validation & Safety

Built-in checks to prevent data corruption

Customer existence check

Verify all customer IDs exist before making any changes.

Field validation

Validate emails, phone numbers, addresses, and custom metadata.

Change preview

See exactly what will change with before/after comparisons.

Rollback capability

Export original values for manual rollback if needed.

CSV Template

Download our sample CSV to see the expected format for updating existing customers with their customer IDs.

FAQ

Name, email, phone, address fields, shipping address, metadata, description, preferred locales, and tax exemption status.

You can update default payment methods and billing addresses. Adding new payment methods requires separate operations for security.

Non-existent customer IDs are flagged during validation. You can choose to skip them or create new customers with those IDs if they're valid.

Related Operations

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Import new customer records

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Update Metadata

Bulk update custom fields

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