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# SecCredentialType

The credential type to be returned by [`SecKeyGetCredentials`](/documentation/Security/SecKeyGetCredentials).

```
enum SecCredentialType
```

## Overview

See the section “Servers and the Keychain” in the [macOS Keychain Services Tasks](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Security/Conceptual/keychainServConcepts/03tasks/tasks.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000897-CH205) chapter of [Keychain Services Programming Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Security/Conceptual/keychainServConcepts/01introduction/introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000897) for information on the use of UI with keychain tasks.

## Topics

### Constants

[`SecCredentialType.default`](/documentation/Security/SecCredentialType/default)

The default setting for determining whether to present UI is used.

[`SecCredentialType.withUI`](/documentation/Security/SecCredentialType/withUI)

Keychain operations on keys that have this credential are allowed to present UI if required.

[`SecCredentialType.noUI`](/documentation/Security/SecCredentialType/noUI)

Keychain operations on keys that have this credential are not allowed to present UI, and will fail if UI is required.


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