---
title: usingNewMetadataOnly
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: foundation/filemanager/itemreplacementoptions/usingnewmetadataonly
---

# usingNewMetadataOnly

Only metadata from the new item is used, and metadata from the original item isn’t preserved (default).

## Declaration

```swift
static var usingNewMetadataOnly: FileManager.ItemReplacementOptions { get }
```

## See Also

### Using File Replacement Options

- [init(rawValue:)](foundation/filemanager/itemreplacementoptions/init(rawvalue:).md)
- [withoutDeletingBackupItem](foundation/filemanager/itemreplacementoptions/withoutdeletingbackupitem.md)