---
title: DispatchQueue.AutoreleaseFrequency
framework: dispatch
role: symbol
role_heading: Enumeration
path: dispatch/dispatchqueue/autoreleasefrequency
---

# DispatchQueue.AutoreleaseFrequency

Constants indicating the frequency with which a dispatch queue autoreleases objects.

## Declaration

```swift
enum AutoreleaseFrequency
```

## Topics

### Autorelease Frequencies

- [DispatchQueue.AutoreleaseFrequency.inherit](dispatch/dispatchqueue/autoreleasefrequency/inherit.md)
- [DispatchQueue.AutoreleaseFrequency.workItem](dispatch/dispatchqueue/autoreleasefrequency/workitem.md)
- [DispatchQueue.AutoreleaseFrequency.never](dispatch/dispatchqueue/autoreleasefrequency/never.md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Escapable](swift/escapable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Creating a Dispatch Queue

- [main](dispatch/dispatchqueue/main.md)
- [global(qos:)](dispatch/dispatchqueue/global(qos:).md)
- [init(label:qos:attributes:autoreleaseFrequency:target:)](dispatch/dispatchqueue/init(label:qos:attributes:autoreleasefrequency:target:).md)
- [DispatchQoS.QoSClass](dispatch/dispatchqos/qosclass-swift.enum.md)
- [DispatchQueue.Attributes](dispatch/dispatchqueue/attributes.md)
- [OS_dispatch_queue_main](dispatch/os_dispatch_queue_main-swift.class.md)
- [OS_dispatch_queue_global](dispatch/os_dispatch_queue_global-swift.class.md)
- [DispatchSerialQueue](dispatch/dispatchserialqueue.md)
- [DispatchConcurrentQueue](dispatch/dispatchconcurrentqueue.md)
- [dispatch_queue_main_t](dispatch/dispatch_queue_main_t.md)
- [dispatch_queue_global_t](dispatch/dispatch_queue_global_t.md)
- [dispatch_queue_serial_t](dispatch/dispatch_queue_serial_t.md)
- [dispatch_queue_concurrent_t](dispatch/dispatch_queue_concurrent_t.md)