# EmptyCollection A collection whose element type is `Element` but that is always empty. ``` @frozen struct EmptyCollection ``` ## Relationships ### Conforms To [`Collection`](/documentation/Swift/Collection) [`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable) [`Copyable`](/documentation/Swift/Copyable) [`RandomAccessCollection`](/documentation/Swift/RandomAccessCollection) [`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype) [`MutableCollection`](/documentation/Swift/MutableCollection) [`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable) [`BidirectionalCollection`](/documentation/Swift/BidirectionalCollection) [`Sequence`](/documentation/Swift/Sequence) [`Escapable`](/documentation/Swift/Escapable) [`DataProtocol`](/documentation/Foundation/DataProtocol) [`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable) [`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable) [`ContiguousBytes`](/documentation/Foundation/ContiguousBytes) --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)