---
title: parentDirectory
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/urlresourcevalues/parentdirectory
---

# parentDirectory

The resource’s parent directory, if any.

## Declaration

```swift
var parentDirectory: URL? { get }
```

## See Also

### Universal resource values

- [addedToDirectoryDate](foundation/urlresourcevalues/addedtodirectorydate.md)
- [allValues](foundation/urlresourcevalues/allvalues.md)
- [attributeModificationDate](foundation/urlresourcevalues/attributemodificationdate.md)
- [canonicalPath](foundation/urlresourcevalues/canonicalpath.md)
- [contentAccessDate](foundation/urlresourcevalues/contentaccessdate.md)
- [contentModificationDate](foundation/urlresourcevalues/contentmodificationdate.md)
- [creationDate](foundation/urlresourcevalues/creationdate.md)
- [customIcon](foundation/urlresourcevalues/customicon.md)
- [effectiveIcon](foundation/urlresourcevalues/effectiveicon.md)
- [generationIdentifier](foundation/urlresourcevalues/generationidentifier.md)
- [hasHiddenExtension](foundation/urlresourcevalues/hashiddenextension.md)
- [isAliasFile](foundation/urlresourcevalues/isaliasfile.md)
- [isExcludedFromBackup](foundation/urlresourcevalues/isexcludedfrombackup.md)
- [isHidden](foundation/urlresourcevalues/ishidden.md)
- [isPackage](foundation/urlresourcevalues/ispackage.md)