# stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource() Revokes the access granted to the url by a prior successful call to the complementary start function. ``` func stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource() ``` ## Discussion When you no longer need access to a file or directory pointed to by a security-scoped URL, such as one returned by resolving a security-scoped bookmark, call this method on the URL to relinquish access. You can also use its Core Foundation equivalent, the function. You must balance each call to [`startAccessingSecurityScopedResource()`](/documentation/Foundation/URL/startAccessingSecurityScopedResource()) for a given security-scoped URL with a call to [`stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource()`](/documentation/Foundation/URL/stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource()). When you make the last balanced call to [`stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource()`](/documentation/Foundation/URL/stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource()), you immediately lose access to the resource in question. > Warning: > If you fail to relinquish your access to file-system resources when you no longer need them, your app leaks kernel resources. If sufficient kernel resources leak, your app loses its ability to add file-system locations to its sandbox, such as with Powerbox or security-scoped bookmarks, until relaunched. If you call this method on a URL whose referenced resource you don’t have access to, nothing happens. > Version note: > Security-scoped bookmarks aren’t available in versions of macOS prior to OS X 10.7.3. --- 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)