Change UINavigationBar back button title

Question

In my application I want to use 'Back' text as back button title for every viewcontroller. I have read so many posts on stackoverflow but got nothing.

I don't want to set leftbarbuttonitem.

Can anyone help me on this simple task.

Thanks,

You do realize that accepted answer has long ceased to work on modern ios? rjobidon's works — Anton Tropashko, Apr 15 '20 at 13:51

rustylepord · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-07T18:43:03.170

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Do this in the parent view controller not in the child

Swift

navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Back", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)

Objetive-C

self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Back" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:nil action:nil];

edited Mar 07 '18 at 18:43

answered Apr 17 '14 at 13:06

rustylepord

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Tested and worlds well iOS 9.3.2 – rustylepord Jun 03 '16 at 17:05
navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil) in Swift – Lucas Jan 10 '18 at 21:19
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nothing changes, I've tried `viewDidLoad` and `viewWillAppear` – user25 Mar 24 '19 at 12:55
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have to add code above in previous view controller. – andrew54068 Apr 19 '20 at 06:44

score 34 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 07 '15 at 11:20

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self.navigationController.navigationBar.topItem.title = @"";

edited Oct 07 '15 at 11:20

Kampai

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answered Oct 07 '15 at 11:00

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Awesome fix... Thanks – sheetal Feb 24 '16 at 19:49
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In my case `navigationController?.navigationBar.backItem?.title = ""` for back button – Mathias Claassen Apr 11 '16 at 17:51
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The problem with this approach would be , lets say you have a home view controller with the title "Home" , Then you navigate to the second view controller which has the title "Child" , when you apply this , it will change the back button title , however when you go back, it will change the home screen title back button title . ;) unless you don't set it explicitly again . – rustylepord Jun 03 '16 at 17:03
This is a much better solution – Sergiob Jan 30 '18 at 08:32
it changes tittle in the middle of bar not back button's title – user25 Mar 24 '19 at 12:56

score 16 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 05 '17 at 02:32

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If you are using storyboard you can select the navigation item in the parent view controller and set the button text you want in 'Back Button' field. Remember to set this in the parent view controller, not in the child that is pushed.

answered Nov 05 '17 at 02:32

P.L.

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Thank you so much! this is so helpful for me – Radames E. Hernandez Oct 26 '18 at 18:10

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 17 '14 at 13:01

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Try this hope it will be work

UIBarButtonItem *btn = 
        [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"New Title" 
                                         style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered 
                                        target:nil 
                                        action:nil];
[[self navigationItem] setBackBarButtonItem:btn];

answered Apr 17 '14 at 13:01

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add this line in view did load method from where you are switching next viewcontroller. like you are going to detailview controller(having back button) from master view controller then add it in masterview controller viewdidload method @SeemaSharma – Gajendra Rawat Apr 17 '14 at 13:10

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 28 '16 at 13:21

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I needed to use self.navigationController.navigationBar.backItem.title = @"";, the difference being that I'm using backItem instead of topItem.

answered Apr 28 '16 at 13:21

Brian

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It doesn't work. Where do you call it? I tried `viewDidLoad` and `viewWillAppear` but nothing happens when it calls `self.navigationController?.navigationBar.backItem?.title = "test"` – user25 Mar 24 '19 at 12:58

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 12 '18 at 02:56

Back Button With Back Arrow

Objective-C

self.navigationController.navigationBar.topItem.backBarButtonItem = 
[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Title" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target:nil action:nil];

Swift

self.navigationController?.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = 
UIBarButtonItem(title:"Title", style:.plain, target:nil, action:nil)

Normal Button Without Back Arrow

Objective-C

self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = 
[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Title" 
style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:nil action:nil];

Swift

self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title:"Title", 
style:.plain, target:nil, action:nil)

Bold Button Without Back Arrow

Objective-C

self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = 
[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Title" 
style:UIBarButtonItemStyleDone target:nil action:nil];

Swift

self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title:"Title", 
style:.done, target:nil, action:nil)

score 1 · Answer 7 · edited Jul 02 '18 at 15:54

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swift 2.0:

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    self.navigationController?.navigationBar.topItem?.title = ""
}

Note: It works only if storyboard have a chain of navigation stack.

Other options/changing title:

self.navigationController?.navigationBar.backItem?.title = ""
navigationItem.backBarButtonItem?.title = ""
navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem?.title = ""

Removing navigationItem:

navigationItem.setLeftBarButtonItem(nil, animated: true)

edited Jul 02 '18 at 15:54

shim

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answered Dec 29 '15 at 12:01

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While this code may answer the question, it is better to explain what it does and add some references to it. – Hamid Pourjam Dec 30 '15 at 08:49
it changes tittle in the middle of bar not back button's title – user25 Mar 24 '19 at 12:57

score 1 · Answer 8 · edited Apr 26 '17 at 13:40

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navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)

edited Apr 26 '17 at 13:40

Bobj-C

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 21 '18 at 15:16

Changes the currently visible Back Button

extension UIViewController {
func setCurrentBackButton(title: String) {
    guard let vcCount = self.navigationController?.viewControllers.count else {
        return
    }

    let priorVCPosition = vcCount - 2

    guard priorVCPosition >= 0 else {
        return
    }

    self.navigationController?.viewControllers[priorVCPosition].navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: title, style: .plain, target: self, action: nil)
}

Thank you this solved a long time issue. Only one that worked. — Gonçalo Gaspar, Sep 11 '20 at 12:22

Abedalkareem Omreyh · Answer 10 · 2019-09-23T10:28:23.307

To remove back button title for all view controller add new swift file and copy this extinction to it

    import UIKit

    extension UIViewController {
        static func swizzle(){


            let orginalSelector = #selector(viewDidLoad)
            let swizzledSelector = #selector(swizzledViewDidLoad)

            let orginalMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(UIViewController.self, orginalSelector)
            let swizzledMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(UIViewController.self, #selector(swizzledViewDidLoad))

            let didAddMethod = class_addMethod(UIViewController.self, orginalSelector, method_getImplementation(swizzledMethod!), method_getTypeEncoding(swizzledMethod!))

            if didAddMethod {
                class_replaceMethod(UIViewController.self, swizzledSelector, method_getImplementation(orginalMethod!), method_getTypeEncoding(orginalMethod!))
            }else{
                method_exchangeImplementations(orginalMethod!, swizzledMethod!)
            }

        }

        @objc func swizzledViewDidLoad(){
            navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
            swizzledViewDidLoad()
        }


    }

After that in AppDelegate inside didFinishLaunchingWithOptions, call the swizzle function.

UIViewController.swizzle()

This function is using the objective c runtime to exchange the viewDidLoad method with another one that removes the back button title and then inside it recall the original viewDidLoad.

score -3 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 11 '18 at 19:02

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in AppDelegate in the DidFinishLaunchingWithOptions add this code:

[[UIBarButtonItem appearance] 
setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment:UIOffsetMake(-1000.0, 0.0) 
forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

answered Jul 11 '18 at 19:02

Gaurav Malhotra

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Change UINavigationBar back button title

11 Answers11

Back Button With Back Arrow

Objective-C

Swift

Normal Button Without Back Arrow

Objective-C

Swift

Bold Button Without Back Arrow

Objective-C

Swift