---
title: distinguishedKind
framework: ituneslibrary
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: ituneslibrary/itlibplaylist/distinguishedkind
---

# distinguishedKind

An indication of whether the playlist has a special distinction.

## Declaration

```swift
var distinguishedKind: ITLibDistinguishedPlaylistKind { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Distinguished playlists are special playlists that iTunes generates to organize media items inside the library. If the playlist isn’t a distinguished playlist, this property returns ITLibDistinguishedPlaylistKind.kindNone.

## See Also

### Getting Playlist Info

- [name](ituneslibrary/itlibplaylist/name.md)
- [items](ituneslibrary/itlibplaylist/items.md)
- [parentID](ituneslibrary/itlibplaylist/parentid.md)
- [isPrimary](ituneslibrary/itlibplaylist/isprimary.md)
- [isVisible](ituneslibrary/itlibplaylist/isvisible.md)
- [kind](ituneslibrary/itlibplaylist/kind.md)
- [ITLibPlaylistKind](ituneslibrary/itlibplaylistkind.md)
- [ITLibDistinguishedPlaylistKind](ituneslibrary/itlibdistinguishedplaylistkind.md)