How to hide 'Back' button on navigation bar on iPhone?

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I added a navigation control to switch between views in my app. But some of the views shouldn't have 'Back' (the previous title) button. Any ideas about how to hide the back button?

score 834 · Accepted Answer · edited May 08 '17 at 14:29

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Objective-C:
self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;

Swift:
navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true

edited May 08 '17 at 14:29

Carmen

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answered Apr 27 '09 at 00:56

user8170

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@user8170 how to hide the left barbuttonitem on navigation bar..? – rockey Nov 11 '10 at 21:46
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you cant hide backbutton by `self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = nil;`. If you have set leftbarbuttonitem explicitely you can use `self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = nil;`. `self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;` will hide Back button Item – rakeshNS Aug 09 '12 at 11:28
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In iOS 7, self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = nil; does not affect the back button when issued from the viewDidLoad, viewWillAppear, or viewDidAppear. This line of code does work within the viewdidLoad: self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES; – Alex Zavatone Jan 14 '14 at 16:05
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not sure if this helps but 'self' is always a view controller which is being presented on the top of stack of navigation controller. – Kunal Balani Jan 17 '14 at 17:01
self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES; works for me in viewDidLoad, ios 7 – leukosaima Jun 05 '14 at 20:48
self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = yes; make issue when I use swipe gesture.which shows the backButton – Bill Xie Mar 23 '17 at 09:23
this is not working for me. I used this code self.navigationItem.setHidesBackButton(true, animated: true) – James Chan Oct 14 '21 at 19:01

score 41 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 14 '12 at 07:45

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The best way is to combine these, so it will hide the back button even if you set it up manually :

self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem=nil;
self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton=YES;

answered Aug 14 '12 at 07:45

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To answer user716216, he explained it in his one sentence explanation. The second line of code is what works for the default case. The first line of code works if you have created and added the button yourself. – Alex Zavatone Jan 14 '14 at 16:13

score 21 · Answer 3 · answered May 01 '13 at 04:54

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hide back button with bellow code...

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

or

[self.navigationItem setHidesBackButton:YES];

Also if you have custom UINavigationBar then try bellow code

self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = nil;

answered May 01 '13 at 04:54

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in any class when you used that code then on that class's navigationbar back button will hide ... – Paras Joshi Jan 29 '14 at 12:47

score 6 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 12 '15 at 12:04

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In Swift:

Add this to the controller

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.navigationItem.setHidesBackButton(true, animated: false)
}

edited Mar 12 '15 at 12:04

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answered Dec 02 '14 at 19:58

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score 4 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 16 '12 at 17:20

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Use the code:

 self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem=nil;

edited Jun 16 '12 at 17:20

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answered Jun 16 '12 at 11:02

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That will show default back bar button item of navigation item. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uinavigationitem/1624958-backbarbuttonitem?language=objc – Ivan Tkachenko Nov 05 '19 at 12:39

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 11 '14 at 22:15

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In the function viewDidLoad of the UIViewController use the code:

self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;

answered Apr 11 '14 at 22:15

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 11 '16 at 16:22

Don't forget that you need to call it on the object that has the nav controller. For instance, if you have nav controller pushing on a tab bar controller with a RootViewController, calling self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES on the RootViewController will do nothing. You would actually have to call self.tabBarController.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 09 '16 at 12:46

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Add this code in your view controller

UIView *myView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 300, 30)];
UIBarButtonItem *btnL = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithCustomView:myView];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = btnL;

answered Apr 09 '16 at 12:46

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 30 '16 at 16:04

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Don't forget that we have the slide to back gesture now. You probably want to remove this as well. Don't forget to enable it back again if necessary.

if ([self.navigationItem respondsToSelector:@selector(hidesBackButton)]) {
    self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;
}

if ([self.navigationController respondsToSelector:@selector(interactivePopGestureRecognizer)]) {
    self.navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = NO;
}

answered Sep 30 '16 at 16:04

Bruno Delgado

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Without this a lot of controllers without `"back button"` will be swipe-to-back enabled :) Also please note, you will need to enable back the `interactivePopGestureRezognizer` once the user leave the current scene. – dvp.petrov Jan 22 '21 at 14:24

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 22 '17 at 11:39

For me none of the above seemed to work, It had no visual effect. I am using storyboards with a view that is "embedded" in a navigation controller.

I then at code level add my menuItems and for some reason the "backButton" is visible when visually debugging the view hierarchy, and my menuItem Icon is displayed beneath the invisible "back button".

I tried the settings, as suggested at the various hook methods and that had no effect. Then I tried a more brutal approach and iterate over the subview which also had no effect.

I inspected my icon sizes and appeared to be ok. After referring to he apple Human Interface Guideline I confirmed my Icons are correct. (1 pixel smaller in my case 24px 48px 72px).

The strangest part then is the actual fix...

When adding the BarButton Item give it a title with at least one character, In my case a space character.

Hopes this helps someone.

//left menu - the title must have a space
UIBarButtonItem *leftButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@" " <--THE FIX 
                                                                    style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
                                                                  target:self
                                                                  action:@selector(showMenu)];
leftButtonItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"ic_menu"];

[self.navigationItem setLeftBarButtonItem:leftButtonItem];

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 19 '18 at 03:39

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It wasn't working for me in all cases when I set

self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;

in viewWillAppear or ViewDidLoad, but worked perfectly when I set it in init of the viewController.

answered Feb 19 '18 at 03:39

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jan 22 '19 at 21:41

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try this one - self.navigationController?.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true

answered Jan 22 '19 at 21:41

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered May 31 '19 at 10:11

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In c# or Xamarin.ios, this.NavigationItem.HidesBackButton = true;

answered May 31 '19 at 10:11

Anisetti Nagendra

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered May 17 '20 at 12:14

navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = nil
navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true

if you use this code block inside didLoad or loadView worked but not worked perfectly.İf you look carefully you can see back button is hiding when your view load.Look's weird.

What is the perfect solution?

Add BarButtonItem component from componentView (Command + Shift + L) to your target viewControllers navigation bar.

Select BarButtonItem set Title = " " from right panel

score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Oct 14 '21 at 19:00

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

answered Oct 14 '21 at 19:00

James Chan

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