---
title: skipsSubdirectoryDescendants
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: foundation/filemanager/directoryenumerationoptions/skipssubdirectorydescendants
---

# skipsSubdirectoryDescendants

An option to perform a shallow enumeration that doesn’t descend into directories.

## Declaration

```swift
static var skipsSubdirectoryDescendants: FileManager.DirectoryEnumerationOptions { get }
```

## See Also

### Directory Enumeration Options

- [skipsPackageDescendants](foundation/filemanager/directoryenumerationoptions/skipspackagedescendants.md)
- [skipsHiddenFiles](foundation/filemanager/directoryenumerationoptions/skipshiddenfiles.md)