---
title: NSFileProviderError.Code.providerNotFound
framework: fileprovider
role: symbol
role_heading: Case
path: fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/providernotfound
---

# NSFileProviderError.Code.providerNotFound

An error indicating that the File Provider manager can’t find the specified provider.

## Declaration

```swift
case providerNotFound
```

## Discussion

Discussion If this error occurs during development, make sure the app includes a file provider extension. In a deployed app this error indicates that the system hasn’t registered the specified provider yet. Wait for a NSFileProviderDomainDidChange notification and try again.

## See Also

### Error codes

- [NSFileProviderError.Code.filenameCollision](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/filenamecollision.md)
- [NSFileProviderError.Code.insufficientQuota](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/insufficientquota.md)
- [NSFileProviderError.Code.noSuchItem](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/nosuchitem.md)
- [NSFileProviderError.Code.notAuthenticated](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/notauthenticated.md)
- [NSFileProviderError.Code.serverUnreachable](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/serverunreachable.md)
- [NSFileProviderError.Code.syncAnchorExpired](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/syncanchorexpired.md)
- [pageExpired](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/pageexpired.md)
- [NSFileProviderError.Code.directoryNotEmpty](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/directorynotempty.md)
- [NSFileProviderError.Code.providerTranslocated](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/providertranslocated.md)
- [NSFileProviderError.Code.olderExtensionVersionRunning](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/olderextensionversionrunning.md)
- [NSFileProviderError.Code.newerExtensionVersionFound](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/newerextensionversionfound.md)
- [NSFileProviderError.Code.nonEvictable](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/nonevictable.md)
- [NSFileProviderError.Code.nonEvictableChildren](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/nonevictablechildren.md)
- [NSFileProviderError.Code.unsyncedEdits](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/unsyncededits.md)
- [NSFileProviderError.Code.cannotSynchronize](fileprovider/nsfileprovidererror/code/cannotsynchronize.md)