---
title: UTTypeSymbolicLink
framework: uniformtypeidentifiers
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: uniformtypeidentifiers/uttypesymboliclink
---

# UTTypeSymbolicLink

A type that represents a symbolic link.

## Declaration

```occ
extern UTType * const UTTypeSymbolicLink;
```

## Discussion

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

## See Also

### Apple file system objects

- [UTTypeDirectory](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttypedirectory.md)
- [UTTypeMountPoint](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttypemountpoint.md)
- [UTTypeAliasFile](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttypealiasfile.md)
- [UTTypeFolder](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttypefolder.md)
- [UTTypeVolume](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttypevolume.md)
- [UTTypeDiskImage](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttypediskimage.md)