---
title: parentItemIdentifier
framework: fileprovider
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: fileprovider/nsfileprovideritemprotocol/parentitemidentifier
---

# parentItemIdentifier

The persistent identifier of the item’s parent folder.

## Declaration

```swift
var parentItemIdentifier: NSFileProviderItemIdentifier { get }
```

## Mentioned in

Synchronizing the File Provider Extension

## See Also

### Specifying Content Location

- [isTrashed](fileprovider/nsfileprovideritemprotocol/istrashed.md)
- [symlinkTargetPath](fileprovider/nsfileprovideritemprotocol/symlinktargetpath.md)