---
title: symbolicLink
framework: uniformtypeidentifiers
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/symboliclink
---

# symbolicLink

A type that represents a symbolic link.

## Declaration

```swift
static var symbolicLink: UTType { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The identifier for this type is public.symlink. This type conforms to UTTypeItem and UTTypeResolvable.

## See Also

### Apple file system objects

- [directory](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/directory.md)
- [mountPoint](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/mountpoint.md)
- [aliasFile](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/aliasfile.md)
- [folder](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/folder.md)
- [volume](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/volume.md)
- [diskImage](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/diskimage.md)