---
title: accountDescription
framework: accounts
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: accounts/acaccount/accountdescription
---

# accountDescription

A human-readable description of the account.

## Declaration

```swift
var accountDescription: String! { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property is available if the user grants the application access to this account; otherwise it’s nil.

## See Also

### Accessing Properties

- [accountType](accounts/acaccount/accounttype.md)
- [credential](accounts/acaccount/credential.md)
- [identifier](accounts/acaccount/identifier.md)
- [username](accounts/acaccount/username.md)
- [userFullName](accounts/acaccount/userfullname.md)