---
title: navigationDelegate
framework: webkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: webkit/wkwebview/navigationdelegate
---

# navigationDelegate

The object you use to manage navigation behavior for the web view.

## Declaration

```swift
weak var navigationDelegate: (any WKNavigationDelegate)? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Provide a delegate object when you want to manage or restrict navigation in your web content, track the progress of navigation requests, and handle authentication challenges for any new content. The object you specify must conform to the WKNavigationDelegate protocol.

## See Also

### Managing navigation between webpages

- [WKNavigationDelegate](webkit/wknavigationdelegate.md)