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# SecKeychainSettings

A structure that contains information about keychain settings.

```
struct SecKeychainSettings
```

## Overview

This structure contains information about a keychain’s settings such as locking on sleep and the lock time interval. Use the [`SecKeychainSetSettings(_:_:)`](/documentation/Security/SecKeychainSetSettings(_:_:)) and [`SecKeychainCopySettings(_:_:)`](/documentation/Security/SecKeychainCopySettings(_:_:)) functions to set and copy a keychain’s settings.

## Topics

### Initializers

[`init()`](/documentation/Security/SecKeychainSettings/init())

Initializes a keychain settings structure with default values.

[`init(version:lockOnSleep:useLockInterval:lockInterval:)`](/documentation/Security/SecKeychainSettings/init(version:lockOnSleep:useLockInterval:lockInterval:))

Initializes a keychain settings structures with the given values.

### Instance Properties

[`lockInterval`](/documentation/Security/SecKeychainSettings/lockInterval)

The number of seconds to wait before the keychain locks.

[`lockOnSleep`](/documentation/Security/SecKeychainSettings/lockOnSleep)

A Boolean value indicating whether the keychain locks when the system sleeps.

[`useLockInterval`](/documentation/Security/SecKeychainSettings/useLockInterval)

A Boolean value indicating whether the keychain automatically locks after a certain period of time.

[`version`](/documentation/Security/SecKeychainSettings/version)

The keychain version.


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