---
title: tailSizeInBytes
framework: metal
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: metal/mtltexture/tailsizeinbytes
---

# tailSizeInBytes

The size of the sparse texture tail, in bytes.

## Declaration

```swift
var tailSizeInBytes: Int { get }
```

```swift
optional var tailSizeInBytes: Int { get }
```

## See Also

### Querying sparse properties

- [isSparse](metal/mtltexture/issparse.md)
- [firstMipmapInTail](metal/mtltexture/firstmipmapintail.md)