---
title: backButtonAppearance
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uinavigationbarappearance/backbuttonappearance
---

# backButtonAppearance

The appearance attributes for the back button.

## Declaration

```swift
@NSCopying var backButtonAppearance: UIBarButtonItemAppearance { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion If you don’t change the value of this property, the navigation bar applies the attributes from the buttonAppearance property.

## See Also

### Configuring the Back button

- [backIndicatorImage](uikit/uinavigationbarappearance/backindicatorimage.md)
- [backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage](uikit/uinavigationbarappearance/backindicatortransitionmaskimage.md)
- [setBackIndicatorImage(_:transitionMaskImage:)](uikit/uinavigationbarappearance/setbackindicatorimage(_:transitionmaskimage:).md)