Swift - How to hide back button in navigation item?

Question

Right now I have two view controllers. My problem is I don't know how to hide the back button after transitioning to the second view controller. Most references that I found are in Objective-C. How do I code it in Swift?

Hide back button code in Objective-C

[self.navigationItem setHidesBackButton:YES animated:YES];

score 463 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 25 '20 at 10:23

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According to the documentation for UINavigationItem :

self.navigationItem.setHidesBackButton(true, animated: true)

edited Aug 25 '20 at 10:23

Sourabh Sharma

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answered Dec 09 '14 at 08:00

Paulw11

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the snarkiness is for free. – Greg Sep 29 '15 at 00:23
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It might frighten you @Paulw11, but the plain fact is typing "Swift hide back button" into Google and coming here - like I just did - is *tons* quicker than ploughing through the reams of text in the official documentation. – Joseph Beuys' Mum Dec 21 '15 at 07:29
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Whereas the name of the back button is defined in the first view controller, it may be interesting to notice that the code to hide it must be implemented in the second view controller (the one showing the button). – XLE_22 Sep 15 '17 at 21:31

score 53 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 13 '20 at 14:38

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In case you're using a UITabBarController:

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    self.tabBarController?.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true
}

edited Aug 13 '20 at 14:38

shim

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answered Nov 30 '15 at 15:41

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Same for me, however I would like to understand why. Does anyone knows what is the difference between the accepted answer and this approach? The only thing I can think of is the inheritance model vs a static version of the navigation bar. – Helmut Granda Mar 03 '16 at 05:47
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@HelmutGranda If you notice that Bruno is using a Tab Bar Controller, that is the difference. In the accepted answers' case, the VC is likely embedded in a navigation controller. – cloudcal Dec 12 '16 at 08:19
@cloudcal I'm not using a tabBar, yet both answers worked. Both of them hid the back button. I thought they'd behave different if the viewController was *on the screen* and then I wanted to hide the back button. Yet again they both acted the same. I wasn't able find any difference between them. I'm saying Bruno's answer is incorrect. Rather for pure navigationController it doesn't make a difference. I haven't tried tabBarController – mfaani Jan 07 '20 at 20:56
```override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) { super.viewWillAppear(animated) self.tabBarController?.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true }``` – tae ha Nov 26 '22 at 02:28

score 26 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 30 '18 at 10:00

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Swift

// remove left buttons (in case you added some)
 self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItems = []
// hide the default back buttons
 self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true

answered Mar 30 '18 at 10:00

Marwen Doukh

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It's clear that navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true is the right answer. If there are left buttons, which can be the case, then this is most definitely the right answer, and should be considered the more complete answer. – truedat101 Aug 14 '18 at 06:40
`self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true` Its working as expected. – Shahabuddin Vansiwala Jul 18 '19 at 09:01
In my case with several navigationControllers only this helped: **self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItems = []** – J A S K I E R Oct 18 '20 at 09:36

score 10 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 15 '17 at 04:17

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This is also found in the UINavigationController class documentation:

navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true

answered Aug 15 '17 at 04:17

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score 9 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 04 '20 at 11:59

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Put it in the viewDidLoad method

navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true

edited Jun 04 '20 at 11:59

Rikh

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answered Jul 23 '19 at 10:19

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score 5 · Answer 6 · edited May 27 '22 at 06:37

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In SwiftUI

.navigationBarBackButtonHidden(true)

edited May 27 '22 at 06:37

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answered Mar 03 '22 at 15:59

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score 4 · Answer 7 · edited May 27 '22 at 06:37

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self.navigationItem.setHidesBackButton(true, animated: false)

edited May 27 '22 at 06:37

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answered Feb 11 '21 at 04:02

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score 4 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 29 '22 at 12:35

Try with below code in viewWillAppear method.

self.navigationItem.setHidesBackButton(true, animated: true)

Read below link for more support. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uinavigationcontroller/customizing_your_app_s_navigation_bar

score 3 · Answer 9 · answered May 25 '20 at 06:47

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That worked for me in Swift 5 like a charm, just add it to your viewDidLoad()

self.navigationItem.setHidesBackButton(true, animated: true)

answered May 25 '20 at 06:47

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score 2 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 04 '20 at 19:43

Here is a version of the answer in

Swift 5

that you can use it from the storyboard:

// MARK: - Hiding Back Button

extension UINavigationItem {

    /// A Boolean value that determines whether the back button is hidden.
    ///
    /// When set to `true`, the back button is hidden when this navigation item
    /// is the top item. This is true regardless of the value in the
    /// `leftItemsSupplementBackButton` property. When set to `false`, the back button
    /// is shown if it is still present. (It can be replaced by values in either
    /// the `leftBarButtonItem` or `leftBarButtonItems` properties.) The default value is `false`.
    @IBInspectable var hideBackButton: Bool {
        get { hidesBackButton }
        set { hidesBackButton = newValue }
    }
}

Every navigation item of a view controller will have this new property in the top section of attributes inspector

It is wired, can not use self.navigationItem.setHidesBackButton(true, animated: true) or self.navigationItem.hideBackButton = true, only if implement the extension. — knight2016, Jan 21 '21 at 06:36

score 2 · Answer 11 · edited Jun 15 '22 at 09:49

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put the below code in viewWillAppear method.

navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true

edited Jun 15 '22 at 09:49

Suraj Rao

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answered Jun 15 '22 at 09:44

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score -6 · Answer 12 · answered May 24 '17 at 06:49

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You may try with the below code

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = true
}

answered May 24 '17 at 06:49

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This is not an answer to this question. – Boris Nikolic Aug 19 '20 at 15:24
his question is how to hide it not how to check if hidden – Hamad Fuad Jun 29 '22 at 12:42
He asked about hiding the back button, not the navigation bar. he even showed the objective-C code that he was trying to mimic in Swift. – David Rector Apr 14 '23 at 00:16

score -6 · Answer 13 · edited Nov 23 '18 at 11:32

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Go to attributes inspector and uncheck show Navigation Bar to hide back button.

edited Nov 23 '18 at 11:32

kit

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answered Oct 11 '18 at 07:38

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