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# ACAccountType

An object that encapsulates information about all accounts of a particular type.

```
class ACAccountType
```

## Overview

You don’t create account type objects directly. To obtain an account type object, use the [`accountType(withAccountTypeIdentifier:)`](/documentation/Accounts/ACAccountStore/accountType(withAccountTypeIdentifier:)) method or the [`accountType`](/documentation/Accounts/ACAccount/accountType) property of an account object. Use the [`accounts(with:)`](/documentation/Accounts/ACAccountStore/accounts(with:)) method to obtain all accounts of a particular type.

## Topics

### Accessing Properties

[`accessGranted`](/documentation/Accounts/ACAccountType/accessGranted)

A Boolean value indicating whether the user granted the application access to accounts of this type.

[`accountTypeDescription`](/documentation/Accounts/ACAccountType/accountTypeDescription)

A human-readable description of the account type.

[`identifier`](/documentation/Accounts/ACAccountType/identifier)

The unique identifier for the account type.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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