---
title: recentSearches
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nssearchfield/recentsearches
---

# recentSearches

The list of recent search strings for the control.

## Declaration

```swift
var recentSearches: [String] { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion An array of NSString objects, each of which contains a search string either displayed in the search menu or from a recent autosave archive. If there have been no recent searches and no prior searches saved under an autosave name, this array may be empty.

## See Also

### Managing Recent Searches

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