---
title: pasteboardItems
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nspasteboard/pasteboarditems
---

# pasteboardItems

An array that contains all the items held by the pasteboard.

## Declaration

```swift
var pasteboardItems: [NSPasteboardItem]? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion If an error occurs when retrieving the pasteboard items, the value of this property is nil.

## See Also

### Reading data

- [readObjects(forClasses:options:)](appkit/nspasteboard/readobjects(forclasses:options:).md)
- [NSPasteboard.ReadingOptionKey](appkit/nspasteboard/readingoptionkey.md)
- [NSPasteboard.ReadingOptions](appkit/nspasteboard/readingoptions.md)
- [index(of:)](appkit/nspasteboard/index(of:).md)
- [data(forType:)](appkit/nspasteboard/data(fortype:).md)
- [propertyList(forType:)](appkit/nspasteboard/propertylist(fortype:).md)
- [string(forType:)](appkit/nspasteboard/string(fortype:).md)