---
title: recentsAutosaveName
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nssearchfield/recentsautosavename-swift.property
---

# recentsAutosaveName

The name under which the search field automatically archives the list of recent search strings.

## Declaration

```swift
var recentsAutosaveName: NSSearchField.RecentsAutosaveName? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Used as a key in the standard user defaults to save the recent searches. If you specify nil or an empty string for this property, no autosave name is set and searches aren’t autosaved.

## See Also

### Managing Recent Searches

- [recentSearches](appkit/nssearchfield/recentsearches.md)
- [maximumRecents](appkit/nssearchfield/maximumrecents.md)
- [NSSearchField.RecentsAutosaveName](appkit/nssearchfield/recentsautosavename-swift.typealias.md)