---
title: SecItemAttr.negativeItemAttr
framework: security
role: symbol
role_heading: Case
path: security/secitemattr/negativeitemattr
---

# SecItemAttr.negativeItemAttr

Identifies the negative attribute.

## Declaration

```swift
case negativeItemAttr
```

## Discussion

Discussion You use this tag to set or get a value of type Boolean that indicates whether there is a valid password associated with this keychain item. This is useful if your application doesn’t want a password for some particular service to be stored in the keychain, but prefers that it always be entered by the user. The item, which is typically invisible and with zero-length data, acts as a placeholder.