---
title: withoutDeletingBackupItem
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: foundation/filemanager/itemreplacementoptions/withoutdeletingbackupitem
---

# withoutDeletingBackupItem

The backup item remains in place after a successful replacement.

## Declaration

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

## See Also

### Using File Replacement Options

- [init(rawValue:)](foundation/filemanager/itemreplacementoptions/init(rawvalue:).md)
- [usingNewMetadataOnly](foundation/filemanager/itemreplacementoptions/usingnewmetadataonly.md)