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# PHCollectionEditOperation

Values identifying possible actions that a collection can support, used by the [`canPerform(_:)`](/documentation/Photos/PHCollection/canPerform(_:)) method.

```
enum PHCollectionEditOperation
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`case deleteContent`](/documentation/Photos/PHCollectionEditOperation/deleteContent)

The collection supports deleting the items it contains.

[`case removeContent`](/documentation/Photos/PHCollectionEditOperation/removeContent)

The collection supports removing the items it contains.

[`case addContent`](/documentation/Photos/PHCollectionEditOperation/addContent)

The collection supports adding items that already exist elsewhere in the photo library.

[`case createContent`](/documentation/Photos/PHCollectionEditOperation/createContent)

The collection supports creating new items.

[`case rearrangeContent`](/documentation/Photos/PHCollectionEditOperation/rearrangeContent)

The collection supports reordering the arrangement of items it contains.

[`case delete`](/documentation/Photos/PHCollectionEditOperation/delete)

The collection itself can be deleted.

[`case rename`](/documentation/Photos/PHCollectionEditOperation/rename)

The collection itself can be renamed.

### Initializers

[`init?(rawValue: Int)`](/documentation/Photos/PHCollectionEditOperation/init(rawValue:))

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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