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# allowsMultipleSelectionDuringEditing

A Boolean value that controls whether users can select more than one cell simultaneously in editing mode.

```
var allowsMultipleSelectionDuringEditing: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

The default value of this property is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>. If you set it to <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>, check marks appear next to selected rows in editing mode. In addition, [`UITableView`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableView) doesn’t query for editing styles when it goes into editing mode. If you access [`indexPathsForSelectedRows`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableView/indexPathsForSelectedRows), you can get the index paths that identify the selected rows.

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