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# UIBackgroundRefreshStatus

Constants that indicate whether background execution is enabled for the app.

```
enum UIBackgroundRefreshStatus
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`UIBackgroundRefreshStatusRestricted`](/documentation/UIKit/UIBackgroundRefreshStatus/restricted)

Background updates are unavailable and the user cannot enable them again.

[`UIBackgroundRefreshStatusDenied`](/documentation/UIKit/UIBackgroundRefreshStatus/denied)

The user explicitly disabled background behavior for this app or for the whole system.

[`UIBackgroundRefreshStatusAvailable`](/documentation/UIKit/UIBackgroundRefreshStatus/available)

Background updates are available for the app.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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