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# title

The navigation item’s title that displays in the navigation bar.

```
var title: String? { get set }
```

## Discussion

The default value is `nil`.

When the navigation item is on the navigation item stack and is second from the top — in other words, its view controller manages the views that the user would navigate back to — the value in this property is used for the back button on the top-most navigation bar. If the value of this property is `nil`, the system uses the string “Back” as the text of the back button. In iOS 11 and later, the size and position of the title is determined by the [`prefersLargeTitles`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationBar/prefersLargeTitles) property of the navigation bar and the [`largeTitleDisplayMode`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationItem/largeTitleDisplayMode-swift.property) property of the navigation item.

## See Also

[`init(title:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationItem/init(title:))

Creates a navigation item with the specified title.

[`titleView`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationItem/titleView)

A custom view that displays in the center of the navigation bar when the receiver is the top item.

[`UINavigationItem`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationItem)

The items that a navigation bar displays when the associated view controller is visible.


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