---
title: utf16ExternalPlainText
framework: uniformtypeidentifiers
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/utf16externalplaintext
---

# utf16ExternalPlainText

A type that represents plain text encoded as UTF-16 with an optional bill of materials.

## Declaration

```swift
static var utf16ExternalPlainText: UTType { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion If the bill of materials isn’t present, the encoding uses “external byte order (big-endian), The identifier for this type is public.utf16-external-plain-text. This type conforms to UTTypePlainText.

## See Also

### Text files

- [text](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/text.md)
- [plainText](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/plaintext.md)
- [utf8PlainText](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/utf8plaintext.md)
- [utf16PlainText](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/utf16plaintext.md)