How do I hide the status bar in a Swift iOS app?

Question

I'd like to remove the status bar at the top of the screen.

This does not work:

func application
(application: UIApplication,
didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: NSDictionary?)
-> Bool
{
        application.statusBarHidden = true
        return true
}

I've also tried:

func application
(application: UIApplication,
didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: NSDictionary?)
-> Bool
{
    self.window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds)

    var controller = UIViewController()
    application.statusBarHidden = true
    controller.setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()

    var view = UIView(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 568))
    view.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
    controller.view = view

    var label = UILabel(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 200, 21))
    label.center = CGPointMake(160, 284)
    label.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.Center
    label.text = "Hello World"
    controller.view.addSubview(label)

    self.window!.rootViewController = controller
    self.window!.makeKeyAndVisible()
    return true
}

Possible duplicate of [How to hide a status bar in iOS?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12661031/how-to-hide-a-status-bar-in-ios) — Jake Chasan, Jul 11 '19 at 15:14

score 475 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 11 '19 at 16:24

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You really should implement prefersStatusBarHidden on your view controller(s):

Swift 3 and later

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
    return true
}

edited Jul 11 '19 at 16:24

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I think Jay's intention is to hide the status bar for complete app. That's why he would have written hide functionality in application's didFinishLaunchingWithOptions. How to hide status bar for complete app? – Satyam Dec 13 '14 at 06:34
@Satyam has good point, it would be nice to remove this throughout the entire application. Is there an approach to implement this through inheritance? Or via protocol extension? – Dan Beaulieu Feb 13 '16 at 18:07
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@DanBeaulieu I think through inheritance would be a great solution. Create a UIViewController subclass where bar hidden is set to true and then make all your subclases inherit from that one. Another approach could be using [Swizzling](http://nshipster.com/swift-objc-runtime/) – crisisGriega Apr 21 '16 at 13:57
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Swift 3 code did not work, see: http://stackoverflow.com/a/38902285/129202 – Jonny Feb 22 '17 at 08:55
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In this method there is a fault: when you want to perform a segue, your parent view of current viewcontroller fall down about 20 px – iman kazemayni Nov 25 '18 at 13:20

score 103 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 19 '15 at 03:33

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Go to Info.plist file
Hover on one of those lines and a (+) and (-) button will show up.
Click the plus button to add new key Type in start with capital V and automatically the first choice will be View controller-based status bar appearance.
Add that as the KEY.
Set the VALUE to "NO"
Go to you AppDelegate.swift

Add the code, inside the method

func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject:AnyObject]?) -> Bool {
    application.statusBarHidden = true
    return true
}

DONE! Run your app and no more status bar!

edited Feb 19 '15 at 03:33

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answered Jan 28 '15 at 16:37

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At first I thought this solution worked fine, but then I noticed that it causes an error that I needed to debug with CG_CONTEXT_SHOW_BACKTRACE. Backtraced it to the adding of "View controller-based status bar appearance" – Sean Oct 20 '15 at 20:01
Worked fine for me in IOS 9 2.2 – uplearned.com Jul 03 '16 at 05:27
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Worked for iOS 10.1 simulator. Thanks, @nycdanie. – Jerome Jan 05 '17 at 08:31
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In addition to setting "View controller-based status bar appearance" to NO, also add "Status bar is initially hidden" set to "YES". Then you don't need to add code in the view controller and the status bar will be hidden in the entire application. Xcode 8.1, Swift 3.0.1, iOS 10 – tylerSF Jan 10 '17 at 04:47
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Use UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = true for swift 3 Xcode 8 – oOEric Aug 11 '17 at 03:09
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@tylerSF Works great! You should add this as an answer :) – Pétur Ingi Egilsson Feb 05 '18 at 11:27

score 77 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 12 '17 at 19:54

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Swift 3

In Info.plist set View controller-based status bar appearance to NO

And call UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = true

edited Jul 12 '17 at 19:54

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If it's set to yes, this is the only way that it'll work. – farzadshbfn Jun 25 '16 at 10:56
@farzadshbfn that's not right. As mentioned and tested by me it does works with boolean NO. – Codetard Jul 12 '17 at 10:35
This is deprecated since iOS 13 – Xys Feb 15 '22 at 10:36

Vincent Joy · Answer 4 · 2018-05-16T04:26:50.450

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If you want to hide and bring back the status bar on button tap, while at the time of presenting and dismissing slide-in menu, popups etc, then you can use this method:-

To hide the status bar:-

UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.windowLevel = UIWindowLevelStatusBar

To bring back the status bar:-

UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.windowLevel = UIWindowLevelNormal

edited May 16 '18 at 04:26

answered May 19 '17 at 09:28

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This is more of a hack. I wouldn't want to meddle with the window like this... especially if a solution already exists. I would encourage developers to override the `prefersStatusBarHidden` property like what has already been mentioned. – Stephen Paul Jun 16 '17 at 21:58
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this can be used if we want to hide and bring back the status bar momentarily.. in my app, when the slider menu comes from the left side, i've to hide the status bar. and when the menu disappears, we have to bring back status bar, like in gmail's iOS app.. so in those kind of scenarios, we can use this. – Vincent Joy Jun 17 '17 at 07:10
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It IS a hack, and I wouldn't meddle with it, but it _does_ work for the moment. Kind of like you all say. The problem with `prefersStatusBarHidden` is that views tied to the status bar using constraints, and also navigation bars, will move around in a bad fashion if you toggle status bar on/off using `prefersStatusBarHidden `. For the moment only this answer seems to work around that. – Jonny Apr 19 '18 at 06:12
Totally agree with @Jonny, I dont like this solution either but like he said, overriding `prefersStatusBarHidden` will mess your constraint. So far this does the work. However I am using a small wrapper to avoid using singletons, you can find it [here](https://gist.github.com/rgkobashi/298a6016662c64a07a12f78a5b6e73ea) – rgkobashi Sep 30 '18 at 07:56

MiladiuM · Answer 5 · 2016-10-16T14:00:16.170

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if you prefer a visual approach rather than coding it use this method: in your info.plist

simply add View controller-based status bar appearance to NO

and Status bar is initially hidden as YES

edited Oct 16 '16 at 14:00

answered Jul 26 '16 at 15:21

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This is the canonical answer in 2018 – ChrisH Aug 23 '18 at 18:30
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Best Answer! Cheers Mate! – Pressing_Keys_24_7 Aug 26 '20 at 19:10

score 28 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 11 '14 at 07:14

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 override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(true);
    navigationController?.navigationBar.hidden = true // for navigation bar hide
    UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarHidden=true; // for status bar hide
}

answered Nov 11 '14 at 07:14

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score 28 · Answer 7 · edited Oct 26 '17 at 07:36

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Update for iOS 10 / Swift 3.0

No longer a function, now a property...

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
    return true
}

edited Oct 26 '17 at 07:36

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Do you know how to set this throughout the whole app, I currently have to enter this into each viewController – William T. Aug 20 '16 at 05:18
Try the Find Menu, then Find and Replace in Project? Perhaps? But that darn extra brace with the nested get... hmmm.... dunno. good question! – atlwx Aug 25 '16 at 21:39
prefersStatusBarHidden is never been called – Bagusflyer Oct 26 '16 at 08:35
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You don't need the `get { }`if you don't have a `set`, just write `return true` – Daniel Jan 02 '17 at 15:32

score 19 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 25 '17 at 11:52

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Go to your Info.plist and add two Keys:

answered Jun 25 '17 at 11:52

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score 16 · Answer 9 · edited Jan 09 '17 at 07:20

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in Swift 3.x:

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = true
}

edited Jan 09 '17 at 07:20

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This is deprecated in iOS 9.0 – Georgios Jul 31 '19 at 15:24

nahung89 · Answer 10 · 2020-03-13T03:42:05.347

Swift 5+

In my case, I need to update the status bar hidden based on some conditions.

Because of this, I create a base controlller BaseViewController which contains new property hideStatusBar.

Other view controllers are sub-class of this base controller. Finally when I want to update the status bar behavior, I only need to change this hideStatusBar value.

class BaseViewController: UIViewController {

    var hideStatusBar: Bool = false {
        didSet {
            setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
        }
    }

    override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
           return hideStatusBar
    }
}

How to use

final class ViewController: BaseViewController, UIScrollViewDelegate {
    let scrollView = UIScrollView()

    ...

    func scrollViewDidScroll(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
        UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3) {
            if scrollView.contentOffset.y > 100 {
                self.hideStatusBar = true
            } else {
                self.hideStatusBar = false
            }
        }
    }
}

Demo

Here is a demo, I'm using UIView.animate(...) to make the transition smoother.

score 12 · Answer 11 · edited Oct 09 '14 at 01:23

So the issue here actually has nothing to do with Swift but just how status bar appearance is handled as of iOS 7.

By Default, view controllers individually control the appearance of the status bar when they are on the screen. If you want to use this method of controlling the status bar, you can override the following methods for whatever view controllers you'd like to modify the appearance for:

prefersStatusBarHidden, preferredStatusBarStyle, preferredStatusBarAnimation,

In your case, you would just implement prefersStatusBarHidden and return true.

The other way would be to control the status bar appearance at the application level. This seems to be what you're actually trying to do (by setting application.statusBarHidden).

In order to make this work, you need to open up your app's Info.plist file and add the key UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance, and give it a value of NO.

I think you mean **return true** for prefersStatusBarHidden. **NO** belongs to ObjC and is the wrong bool value anyway. — HenryRootTwo, Jul 22 '14 at 07:33
@HenryRootTwo not in .plist files. There we still use YES/NO — Alex Salom, Jul 25 '16 at 09:03

score 8 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 16 '14 at 05:25

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I actually figured this out myself. I'll add my solution as another option.

extension UIViewController {
    func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool {
        return true
    }
}

answered Jun 16 '14 at 05:25

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Nice approach to keep things clean and modular – Roger Fernandez Guri Sep 01 '14 at 15:49
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I can't implement this. Maybe it's because now I use Swift 1.2. I'm getting the error: "Method 'prefersStatusBarHidden()' with Objective-C selector 'prefersStatusBarHidden' conflicts with previous declaration with the same Objective-C selector". I've also added the override keyword at beginning, but still get the same error. – Andrej Aug 25 '15 at 17:57
Do you need to add this to every view? – Sean Oct 20 '15 at 20:03
Doesn't work in Swift 2, shows error as explained by @Andrej above. – Nagendra Rao Jan 29 '16 at 18:09

score 5 · Answer 13 · answered Jun 05 '20 at 00:07

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Updated for iOS 13 and Swift 5

If none of the above answers work for you. Check your plist to see if you have this:

"View controller-based status bar appearance"

If so, be sure to set it to YES!!!!!

Then the following code will work.

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
    return true
}

answered Jun 05 '20 at 00:07

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Totally right. Other answers work with "NO" only because the yalso set the "start hidden" value to YES I guess. But we really do want to say that the status bar appearance IS controller-based, NOT system based. This way, the controller can specify prefersStatusBarHidden()... – Benjamin Piette Jan 26 '21 at 02:49

CodeOverRide · Answer 14 · 2016-02-25T00:43:18.000

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Okay, so this become a problem for me since iOS 9 doesn't support any above the method people have mentioned here such as UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarHidden = true or

UIApplication.sharedApplication().setStatusBarHidden(true, withAnimation: UIStatusBarAnimation.None)

and

override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool {
     return true
}

works but does not provide programable solution where I can change on a condition. (statusBarHidden = true and statusBarHidden = false as we have done before).

Solution to this madness:

By adding to prefersStatusBarHidden() like below you can programmatically control the hide and show of status bar without adding UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance setting to your info.plist:

var showStatusBar = true

override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool {
     if showStatusBar {
         return false
     }
     return true
}

private func showStatusBar(enabled: Bool) {
    showStatusBar = enabled
    prefersStatusBarHidden()
}

then use it like this throughout your code:

//Hide Status Bar
showStatusBar(false)

OR

//Show Status Bar
showStatusBar(true)

edited Feb 25 '16 at 00:43

answered Feb 25 '16 at 00:27

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Does `prefersStatusBarHidden` calling make any sense? I guess you mean `self.setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()` after `showStatusBar` assign – Leo Apr 09 '16 at 11:44
It really is madness, isn't it? What a pitiful API this is, and has been for so long. This kind of thing make iOS development incredibly frustrating at times. – Womble Sep 13 '16 at 01:23
@Womble, yes and it can get pretty complicated as well. Hopefully Swift 3.0 has a better library and supports as by first look of it, it's going to change whole lot from swift 2.3...breaking stuff. – CodeOverRide Sep 19 '16 at 23:16
Instead of calling prefersStatusBarHidden from your method, you could call setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate – Oscar Oct 19 '16 at 08:38

score 4 · Answer 15 · answered Jan 17 '17 at 19:08

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Just to add, when overriding prefersStatusBarHidden method or variable, the View controller-based status bar appearance in Info.plist must be YES, otherwise the override will have no effect

answered Jan 17 '17 at 19:08

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score 4 · Answer 16 · answered Dec 31 '18 at 08:07

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in Swift 4.2 it is a property now.

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
    return true
}

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score 3 · Answer 17 · answered Apr 10 '17 at 23:54

In my case, I was looking for the status bar to hide/show on demand; instead of just when the view loads or disappears.

swift 3.x

//show status bar initially
var showStatusBar = true

//set the parameters
override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {

    if showStatusBar == true {

        //does not prefer status bar hidden
        print("does not prefer status bar hidden")
        return false

    } else {

        //does prefer status bar hidden
        print("does prefer status bar hidden")
    return true

    }
}

//ex: hide status bar and call parameter function again whenever you want
        showStatusBar = false
        setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()

score 3 · Answer 18 · answered Feb 07 '19 at 11:23

For Swift 4+ try the following code (tested on Swift 4.0, 4.1 - IOS 10, 11) :

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool { return true }

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)
    // call this func to force preferredStatusBarStyle to be read again.
    setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
}

score 3 · Answer 19 · answered Jul 11 '19 at 15:32

Swift 5: In the main view controller, or main navigation controller if you have,

    override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
        return .lightContent
    }

    override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
        return false
    }

And "View controller-based status bar appearance" in plist must be YES, otherwise the above code will not be called.

If you want to hide status bar when launching app, "Status bar is initially hidden" in plist must be YES. This can prevent launch image from being distorted when extra blue bar showing on screen top.

score 2 · Answer 20 · answered Feb 21 '18 at 14:23

A solution that works for me; if you want to hide the status bar on a specific view controller while loading:

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

private var hideStatusBar: Bool = false

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
    return hideStatusBar
}

override var preferredStatusBarUpdateAnimation: UIStatusBarAnimation {
    return UIStatusBarAnimation.slide
}

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    view.backgroundcolor = .white
    hideStatusBar = true

    UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3) {
        self.setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
    }
}

Attention: if you set the key "View controller-based status bar appearance" to "NO" in your info.plist the code above doesn't work. You should set the key to "YES" or remove it from info.plist

You cannot override the hideStatusBar property since it's a stored property ! you can however just choose another name and your animation will work. — XcodeNOOB, Jul 29 '18 at 12:14

score 2 · Answer 21 · answered May 16 '18 at 05:56

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In your project General->Deployment Info->Status bar style select check mark of Hide status bar Note:- it hides status bar throughout application

answered May 16 '18 at 05:56

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This works for me (ios 12), where plist answers do not. – trey-jones Mar 03 '19 at 02:27

score 2 · Answer 22 · answered Apr 10 '19 at 13:16

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If you are presenting the view controller modally, try

viewController.hidesBottomBarWhenPushed = true
viewController.modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance = true

answered Apr 10 '19 at 13:16

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score 1 · Answer 23 · answered Nov 17 '16 at 21:24

I'm using Xcode 8.1 (8B62) with a deployment target set to 10.1 and I haven't had much luck with the override options mentioned above. However checking the "Hide status bar" option in Deployment Info did the trick for me.

Project > General

I hope this helps.

score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Aug 10 '17 at 09:30

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func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
        application.isStatusBarHidden = true
        return true
    }

answered Aug 10 '17 at 09:30

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When answering a question, please explain your answer, the code snippet is not a proper answer. – LazerBanana Aug 10 '17 at 09:56

Sajjad · Answer 25 · 2017-08-30T06:17:28.630

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You can use this code in your ViewController Class scope

open override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool { return true }

edited Aug 30 '17 at 06:17

answered Aug 30 '17 at 05:11

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Thank You for the answer, do you care to elaborate a bit more. Where exactly he must add the line of code and why this would work? See the [How do I write a good answer](https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-answer) section. – Roan Aug 30 '17 at 05:19

score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Dec 07 '17 at 07:12

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In your Project->General->Deployment info

Statusbar Style:--

just marked Hide status Bar(iOS 10)

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Shakeel Ahmed · Answer 27 · 2019-02-07T07:18:57.463

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Swift 4

//MARK:- Show Status Bar
UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = false

//MARK:- Hide Status Bar
UIApplication.shared.isStatusBarHidden = true

edited Feb 07 '19 at 07:18

answered Apr 24 '18 at 09:48

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ok for now i donot have any ios 12 i have 11.4 when its update i will fix it as well, also if you have teamviewer i will come and fix it on your system – Shakeel Ahmed Jun 21 '18 at 12:03
it is deprecated – Vyachaslav Gerchicov Aug 13 '19 at 14:19

How do I hide the status bar in a Swift iOS app?

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Swift 5+

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