---
title: preferred
framework: authenticationservices
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: authenticationservices/asauthorizationpublickeycredentialresidentkeypreference/preferred
---

# preferred

The preference for the device to store the resident key.

## Declaration

```swift
static let preferred: ASAuthorizationPublicKeyCredentialResidentKeyPreference
```

## See Also

### Getting preferences

- [discouraged](authenticationservices/asauthorizationpublickeycredentialresidentkeypreference/discouraged.md)
- [required](authenticationservices/asauthorizationpublickeycredentialresidentkeypreference/required.md)