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# URLFileProtection

Protection-level values for a URL resource key.

```
struct URLFileProtection
```

## Overview

These are values for the [`URLResourceKey`](/documentation/Foundation/URLResourceKey) key [`fileProtectionKey`](/documentation/Foundation/URLResourceKey/fileProtectionKey).

## Topics

### Creating a URL File Protection Type

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/Foundation/URLFileProtection/init(rawValue:))

Creates a URL file protection type value.

### Protection levels

[`complete`](/documentation/Foundation/URLFileProtection/complete)

An option that instructs the system to store the file in an encrypted format on-disk that your app can’t access for reading or writing to while the device is locked or booting.

[`completeUnlessOpen`](/documentation/Foundation/URLFileProtection/completeUnlessOpen)

An option that instructs the system to store the file in an encrypted format on-disk after it closes.

[`completeUntilFirstUserAuthentication`](/documentation/Foundation/URLFileProtection/completeUntilFirstUserAuthentication)

An option that instructs the system to store the file in an encrypted format on-disk that your app can’t access until after the device boots.

[`completeWhenUserInactive`](/documentation/Foundation/URLFileProtection/completeWhenUserInactive)

An option that instructs the system to store the file in an encrypted format on-disk that your app can access only after device unlock and before expiration.

[`none`](/documentation/Foundation/URLFileProtection/none)

An option that indicates the file has no special protections associated with it.


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