---
title: categories
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uiusernotificationsettings/categories
---

# categories

The app’s registered groups of actions.

## Declaration

```swift
var categories: Set<UIUserNotificationCategory>? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property contains the UIUserNotificationCategory objects that you specified when creating the settings object. Each object corresponds to a group of actions that may be displayed in conjunction with a push notification. After registration, this property contains the set of actions you specified in your initial request.

## See Also

### Related Documentation

- [init(types:categories:)](uikit/uiusernotificationsettings/init(types:categories:).md)

### Getting the configured settings

- [types](uikit/uiusernotificationsettings/types.md)