Remove text from Back button keeping the icon

Question

I want to remove the text from the back button, but I want to keep the icon. I have tried

let backButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.Plain, target: navigationController, action: nil)
navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backButton

However, this removes completely the text and the icon.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/69375669/294884 – Fattie May 27 '22 at 12:31 — Fattie, May 27 '22 at 12:31

d9rad · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-27T00:36:56.040

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I know this already has an answer, but you can also do it in code (in case you're working with nibs)

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

Add the above in the first view controller.

Note that you need to do this for each view controller that is pushing. So if you have 3 view controllers, and you want to remove the back text from all of them, you'll have to add the line in view controller 1 and 2.

edited Jul 27 '18 at 00:36

answered Jan 21 '16 at 11:56

d9rad

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This is the best solution I have seen so far gives me no trouble – lostAtSeaJoshua Jun 21 '16 at 22:19
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`.Plain` was changed to `.plain`. No capital p. – Gal Jun 21 '17 at 11:12
Perfect..! Thats what I want. – Jay Patel Jun 23 '17 at 13:40
Best solution. Thanks. – Baran Dec 01 '17 at 14:12
Best Solution! Perfect! – Rupom May 29 '18 at 04:18
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@GastónAntonioMontes, it does work on iOS13, but it's a bit counter intuitive: the empty title backBarButtonItem should be declared on the _pushing_ view controller, not the _pushed_ one – Martin Dec 13 '19 at 11:50
Nice, for my case I only want to remove back text from the second view controller, so this solution allows me to selectively remove the back text :) thanks – Bruce Dec 17 '20 at 02:45

score 109 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 20 '18 at 17:36

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The method of @rmd2 is almost right, but instead you should select the navigation bar of the controller to which back button will point to and type " " in the Back Button field.

edited Mar 20 '18 at 17:36

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worst way, if the viewcontroller does not have the navigationbar I will have to add to remove the text – Daniel Beltrami Oct 02 '18 at 16:22

iOS Lifee · Answer 3 · 2022-05-14T11:18:22.677

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After Searching a lot I found best and simple solution, this will affect all the viewControllers written in Swift 4.2 and also working in Swift 5

extension UIViewController {
    open override func awakeFromNib() {
        navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
    }  
}

After iOS 14

extension UIViewController {
    open override func awakeAfter(using coder: NSCoder) -> Any? {
        navigationItem.backButtonDisplayMode = .minimal // This will help us to remove text
        return super.awakeAfter(using: coder)
    }
}

edited May 14 '22 at 11:18

answered Jan 11 '19 at 09:26

iOS Lifee

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Works like charm – Jerry Okafor Feb 19 '19 at 22:53
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Note that this will only work if your ViewController is contained in a Storyboard or Nib... – Nathaniel Mar 18 '19 at 14:24
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A genius solution! – Almudhafar Apr 24 '19 at 19:39
But make sure that the navigation controller's bar button item's tint color is not "clear". – Md Rais Jun 21 '19 at 12:14
I did @objc but it not work any solution for Objective C ? – Yogesh Patel Sep 27 '19 at 13:53
This does not work for me. Check the solution below by @stefan, that will work for sure. – laka Feb 24 '20 at 15:51
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This used to work for me, but no longer (it still works on iOS 12 simulators, just not the latest iOS 13)... – tanya Apr 17 '20 at 22:08

Muhammad Umair · Answer 4 · 2021-08-18T08:06:08.483

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If you wanted to remove the title of a back button from a pushed view controller...

let's say a class named SettingsVC is going to push SubSettingsVC then in the subSettingsVC back button will show a title <Settings so in order to remove the "settings" text from back button and make it something like <

you've to set backBarButtonItem title in SettingsVC's viewWillDisappear() method.

Objective-C:

- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];
    self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"" style:self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem.style target:nil action:nil];
}

Swift:

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
}

edited Aug 18 '21 at 08:06

answered Sep 25 '16 at 07:47

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`.Plain` was changed to `.plain`. No capital p. – Gal Jun 21 '17 at 11:12
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The answer needs to be updated for searchController behavior. For instance, if you use a separate resultsVC and tap on an item that pushes another VC, the viewWillDisappear method from the initial searchController is not called, hence the title is still there – H4Hugo Apr 10 '18 at 08:20
This is not a good approach if you are looking for a solution for screens in the entire app. - If you add this code to some "Base View Controller", viewWillDisappear of first view controller will be called after viewDidAppear of second view controller (where you usually set title)... this will mess up the titles. Best way is to overwrite back button – Mithra Singam Jul 15 '18 at 18:09
Perfect Solution Thanks – SURESH SANKE Dec 28 '18 at 06:19

score 38 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 13 '20 at 15:26

The text of the back button depends on the title of the master view.

The trick is to clear the title if the master view disappears and set it again if it is shown again:

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

    // needed to clear the text in the back navigation:
    self.navigationItem.title = " "
}

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
   
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    self.navigationItem.title = "My Title"
}

score 31 · Answer 6 · edited Oct 17 '18 at 09:29

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If you want back arrow so following code put into AppDelegate file into didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method.

For Swift

let BarButtonItemAppearance = UIBarButtonItem.appearance()
BarButtonItemAppearance.setTitleTextAttributes([.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear], for: .normal)

edited Oct 17 '18 at 09:29

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i like this one because you can standardize the style of your app in a single file and call it once from the app delegate – aaronium112 May 30 '18 at 18:16
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It's really nice and fast solution, But... it's could be tricky if you've other bar button items except the back one : ) – vhristoskov Nov 22 '18 at 13:31
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One observation, if you only implement the ".normal" attribute, you will see the text on click. Add the same line for ".selected", ".highlighted", and ".disabled." to ensure you don't see the flicker text. – Nick N Dec 29 '18 at 06:54
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I think this will have a side effect, other bar buttons aside from back buttons will also be affected and will have a clear text color :( – dhin Jun 17 '19 at 06:59

score 27 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 28 '18 at 09:29

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In my case, for custom icon and title this did the trick (Swift 4)

    let imgBack = UIImage(named: "ic_back")

    navigationController?.navigationBar.backIndicatorImage = imgBack
    navigationController?.navigationBar.backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage = imgBack

    navigationItem.leftItemsSupplementBackButton = true
    navigationController?.navigationBar.topItem?.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: self, action: nil)

answered Mar 28 '18 at 09:29

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the last line in that code worked flawlessly for me. All the other suggestions did not work, probably because my view controllers are all controlled by a nav controller. In which case, the navigationController? is really required. – Salx Nov 13 '18 at 19:19
You will need top four line if you want to add a custom back button. Otherwise last line will did the trick. – Rafiqul Hasan Nov 14 '18 at 06:02

score 24 · Answer 8 · edited Jul 09 '19 at 09:27

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This is working for me

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    navigationController?.navigationBar.topItem?.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
}

edited Jul 09 '19 at 09:27

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Correct one. In ios 13, navigationItem.backBarButtonItem not works. It saved my hours of efforts. Thanks – Manish Jul 02 '20 at 09:51
this is the only one works with a searchViewController situation – Ernie Sender Nov 18 '21 at 01:39

score 14 · Answer 9 · answered Oct 08 '15 at 20:25

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I solved this problem by adding a " " on the StoryBoard Title of the previous ViewController. Just a space, not empty ;D

answered Oct 08 '15 at 20:25

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I need the previous screen to have a title, so I guess that is not going to work for me. – lmiguelvargasf Oct 08 '15 at 20:28
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I have blanked that title but still title is coming in back button title – Himali Shah May 29 '18 at 09:58
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don't blank the Title, field, put " " (space) in Back Button field – timbre timbre Dec 04 '18 at 15:26

score 14 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 15 '18 at 07:05

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Finally found perfect solution.

Just add one transparent Image and add following code in your AppDelegate.

UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setBackButtonBackgroundImage(#imageLiteral(resourceName: "transparent"), for: .normal, barMetrics: .default)

answered Feb 15 '18 at 07:05

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This is definitely the best answer. I was previously using the `UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment` hack most other answers recommend, but it was broken on iPhone X for view controllers with long titles. This solution works flawlessly. – Ned May 29 '18 at 21:50
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Best answer. Worked better than transparent text color. – William T. May 31 '18 at 06:52
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Best solution what I used in last 4 years! You do it once, in one place and for all viewcontrollers!!! – korgx9 Aug 30 '18 at 05:56
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When I tried this with iOS 12, the text still appeared next to the image. :( – Sean McMains Nov 02 '18 at 14:53

score 12 · Answer 11 · answered Nov 28 '18 at 06:33

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in swift 4

self.navigationController?.navigationBar.topItem?.title = ""

answered Nov 28 '18 at 06:33

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Thanks, it helped me out, (Swift 4.0, Xcode 10.1, iOS 12.1.1), thanks – infinity_coding7 Dec 28 '18 at 18:53
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BUT, you will lost your title in parent vc – Wei Lu Apr 26 '19 at 09:36
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If large title is present then topItem is largeTitle. Doesn't works – Saranjith Apr 21 '20 at 03:29

score 11 · Answer 12 · edited Jul 25 '18 at 07:50

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For Swift 4+ put these lines into AppDelegate at didFinishLaunchingWithOptions

let BarButtonItemAppearance = UIBarButtonItem.appearance()

BarButtonItemAppearance.setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear], for: .normal)      
BarButtonItemAppearance.setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment(UIOffsetMake(-200, 0), for:UIBarMetrics.default)

edited Jul 25 '18 at 07:50

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When you set the appearance in the app delegate the clear foreground color is for every UIBarButtonItem, isn't it? So if I add an UIBarButtonItem with a text, do I have to change the foregroundcolor for this button manually? – kuzdu May 09 '18 at 07:12
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This is good but when you press the back button it still shows the text – William T. May 31 '18 at 06:47
It work but make other bar button disappear in iOS 11. The answer from Rafiqul Hasan above can fix the problem – huynguyen Aug 20 '18 at 04:21

score 7 · Answer 13 · answered Jun 28 '20 at 11:48

You can remove text from back button using a delegate method of UINavigationController.

class CustomNavigationController: UINavigationController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        self.delegate = self
    }

}

extension CustomNavigationController: UINavigationControllerDelegate {
    
    func navigationController(_ navigationController: UINavigationController, willShow viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
        viewController.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: String(), style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
    }
    
}

Bradley · Answer 14 · 2018-04-17T15:23:09.203

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If you have a ViewControllerA and you want to navigate to the ViewControllerB, in the ViewControllerA, you should set the current navigationItem with a new UIBarButtonItem and the title to a string with blank space before push to another view controller:

Set the title to a string with a blank space, you can't set nil or "" (empty string) because the default value is nil

let backItem = UIBarButtonItem()
backItem.title = " "
navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backItem
let controllerB = ViewControllerB()
navigationController?.pushViewController(controllerB, animated: true)

edited Apr 17 '18 at 15:23

answered Apr 12 '18 at 18:26

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I was getting some very funny behaviour with the "Back" text reappearing even when the title was set to " " (and inspected as such) in `ViewControllerB` (even though that had always worked up until now, with my particular edge case), this was the only solution that worked for me – 10623169 Sep 23 '20 at 09:03

Polina Hill · Answer 15 · 2018-11-06T12:20:51.283

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Put this code in each VC which pushes another one

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

edited Nov 06 '18 at 12:20

answered Nov 06 '18 at 11:49

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score 4 · Answer 16 · answered Nov 22 '22 at 14:18

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To hide the back button text globally (iOS 14+):

extension UINavigationController {
  open override func viewWillLayoutSubviews() {
    super.viewWillLayoutSubviews()
    navigationBar.topItem?.backButtonDisplayMode = .minimal
  }
}

answered Nov 22 '22 at 14:18

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score 3 · Answer 17 · answered Apr 20 '16 at 06:14

let button: UIButton = UIButton (type: UIButtonType.Custom)
button.setImage(UIImage(named: "imageName"), forState: UIControlState.Normal)
button.addTarget(self, action: "backButtonPressed:", forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside)
button.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 30)
let barButton = UIBarButtonItem(customView: button)

self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = barButton

func backButtonPressed(btn : UIButton) {

    // Your code
}

score 3 · Answer 18 · answered Mar 08 '18 at 03:29

To remove from all viewcontrollers in a navigation controller stack:

subclass UINavigationController and add this:

override func show(_ vc: UIViewController, sender: Any?) {
    setEmptyBackButton(vc)
    super.show(vc, sender: sender)
}

override func pushViewController(_ viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
    setEmptyBackButton(viewController)
    super.pushViewController(viewController, animated: animated)
}

func setEmptyBackButton(_ viewController: UIViewController) {
    viewController.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem =
        UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
}

score 3 · Answer 19 · answered Feb 05 '19 at 23:35

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Xcode 10, Swift 4+

Similar answer to the others here but it is worth noting that if the text still isn't cleared, you have to click Space then Enter.

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score 2 · Answer 20 · answered Feb 13 '18 at 13:40

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You should select the navigation bar of the controller FROM which back button will point to and type " " in the Back Button field.

e.g if you are pushing A controller to B controller, put whitespace in A controller navigation bar.

answered Feb 13 '18 at 13:40

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score 2 · Answer 21 · answered Jun 06 '18 at 06:26

Sometimes its not working to change only the title color, in case when the title is long. Because it might shift the navigation bar title to the left. So to prevent it you might need to shift the bar button title horizontally in addition to make it transparent:

let barButtonItemAppearance = UIBarButtonItem.appearance()
    barButtonItemAppearance.setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear], for: .normal)
    barButtonItemAppearance.setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment(UIOffsetMake(-200, 0), for:UIBarMetrics.default)

score 2 · Answer 22 · answered Mar 08 '19 at 05:48

This will solve your issue:

    import UIKit

    extension UINavigationController{

    func customizeBackArrow(){
        let yourBackImage = UIImage(named: "icon_back_arrow")
        self.navigationBar.backIndicatorImage = yourBackImage
        self.navigationBar.tintColor = Common.offBlackColor
        self.navigationBar.backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage = yourBackImage
        navigationItem.leftItemsSupplementBackButton = true
        self.navigationBar.topItem?.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", 
           style: .plain, target: self, action: nil)

    }
}

No ups on this?! This is the correct way to do this as well! Thanks — Michael, Mar 25 '21 at 14:33

score 2 · Answer 23 · answered Mar 22 '19 at 07:49

I've tried a couple of answers and I can't get them to work in all cases. So this is a workaround to not affect the title of the navigation bar if it's set.

    guard let items = viewController.navigationController?.navigationBar.items else { return }
    for item in items {
        if item.title == nil {
            item.title = ""
        }
    }

Vasily Bodnarchuk · Answer 24 · 2019-06-19T15:26:19.353

Details

Xcode Version 10.2.1 (10E1001), Swift 5

Solution

1. Create custom class of the UINavigationController

import UIKit

class NavigationController: UINavigationController {
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        delegate = self
    }
}

extension NavigationController: UINavigationControllerDelegate {
    func navigationController(_ navigationController: UINavigationController, willShow viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
        if viewController.navigationItemBackButtonTextIsHidden {
            viewController.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
        }
    }
}

2. Add UIViewController extension

import UIKit

extension UIViewController {
    @objc var navigationItemBackButtonTextIsHidden: Bool { return false }
}

3. Update your ViewController class

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    override var navigationItemBackButtonTextIsHidden: Bool { return true }
}

Full sample

import UIKit

// MARK: - ViewController

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    var screenCounter = 1

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        setupNavigationItem()
    }

    override var navigationItemBackButtonTextIsHidden: Bool { return (screenCounter % 2) == 0 }
}

extension ViewController {

    private func setupNavigationItem() {
        navigationItem.title = "VC \(screenCounter)"
        navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "push", style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(pushBarButtonTouchedUpInside))
    }

    @objc func pushBarButtonTouchedUpInside(button: UIBarButtonItem) {
        guard let navigationController = navigationController else { return }
        let viewController = ViewController()
        viewController.screenCounter = screenCounter + 1
        viewController.view.backgroundColor = .white
        navigationController.pushViewController(viewController, animated: true)
    }
}

// MARK: - NavigationController

class NavigationController: UINavigationController {
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        delegate = self
    }
}

extension NavigationController: UINavigationControllerDelegate {
    func navigationController(_ navigationController: UINavigationController, willShow viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
        if viewController.navigationItemBackButtonTextIsHidden {
            viewController.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
        }
    }
}

// MARK: - UIViewController extension

extension UIViewController {
    @objc var navigationItemBackButtonTextIsHidden: Bool { return false }
}

Result

score 2 · Answer 25 · answered Nov 13 '19 at 16:07

One alternative to override all ViewControllers for me was to extend UINavigationController and set the backBarButtonItem of the topViewController.

Swift 5 on Xcode 11.2.1:

extension UINavigationController {
    override open func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillAppear(animated)

        let backButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: " ", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
        self.topViewController?.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backButton
    }
}

Jiri Volejnik · Answer 26 · 2020-04-03T12:11:08.300

The easy programmatic way, without unwanted side-effects, is initializing the navigationItem.backBarButtonItem with an empty item in the awakeFromNib method of the source controller (the one you are navigating from):

override func awakeFromNib() {
    super.awakeFromNib()
    navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
}

Note: If you initialized the back button later, like in the viewDidLoad() method, than you would lose swipe-back functionality (swiping from the left edge to the right takes you one step back in the navigation stack).

Then, if you want different back button texts for different destination controllers and if you're using segues, you can set the title in the prepare(for segue:, sender:) method, like this:

override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
    if let item = navigationItem.backBarButtonItem {
        switch segue.identifier {
        case "SceneOne": item.title = "Back"; break
        case "SceneTwo": item.title = "Home"; break
        case "SceneThree": item.title = nil; break // Use this scene's title
        default: item.title = "" // No text
        }
    }
}

This is the best way. Works in iOS 14 too. – Aleksandar Vacić Apr 15 '21 at 17:40 — Aleksandar Vacić, Apr 15 '21 at 17:40

score 2 · Answer 27 · answered May 31 '20 at 13:22

The easiest way to do this programmatically is to set backBarButtonItem from the parent view controller (a controller that calls push).

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

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

More detail here https://sarunw.com/posts/how-to-remove-text-from-uinavigationbar-back-button/

score 2 · Answer 28 · answered Mar 18 '21 at 10:58

Swift 5 Version remove back button title and set custom Image ios 13.0+

 let backButtonAppearance = UIBarButtonItemAppearance(style: .plain)
        backButtonAppearance.normal.titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear]
        let navigationBarAppearance = UINavigationBarAppearance()
        navigationBarAppearance.backButtonAppearance = backButtonAppearance
        navigationBarAppearance.setBackIndicatorImage(#imageLiteral(resourceName: "back"), transitionMaskImage: #imageLiteral(resourceName: "back"))
        UINavigationBar.appearance().standardAppearance = navigationBarAppearance

Add this code in App delegate didFinishLaucnh

Breno Medeiros de Oliveira · Answer 29 · 2022-08-11T11:25:12.977

After struggling a lot, the only thing that WORKDED for me was:

Click on your button in Storyboard/Xib
Since every button needs a name(even if you don't want to display it on the Ui), go to IdentityInspector[Cmd + Option + 4] and on {Document-Label} write a name for it.
In the AttributeInspector[Cmd + Option + 5], change the {Style} from "Plain" to "Default", and the {Type} to "Custom".
And since you aren't showing any text on the button Ui, In the AttributeInspector[Cmd + Option + 5] set an {Image} from you Assets.

Build, Run, and have a nice day!

score 1 · Answer 30 · answered Jan 30 '18 at 13:50

For me this did the trick:

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(true)
    self.navigationItem.title = " "
}

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    self.navigationItem.title = "my amazing title"
    navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: " ", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
}

Notice that if you only set the title without modifying the backBarButtonItem it will appear to work. But if you try to go back using a gesture and than cancel and stay on the pushed view controller, the back title will come back.

Working in Swift 4

I have controller which is always showing Back text with back button. So above code not working in my case — Shahbaz Akram, Jul 10 '18 at 15:50

score 1 · Answer 31 · answered Aug 10 '18 at 09:56

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In Xcode 9.2 with Swift, it worked like this:

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
   super.viewWillDisappear(true)
   navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
}

answered Aug 10 '18 at 09:56

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Ángel Téllez · Answer 32 · 2018-08-15T23:14:08.773

For the case where we have not control at all of the previous view controller (i.e. if we are working in a framework), we can delete the title of the back button as follow:

// For iOS 10
navigationController?.navigationBar.items?.last?.backBarButtonItem?.title = String()

// For iOS 11
navigationController?.navigationBar.items?.last?.backBarButtonItem?.title = nil

What it does is to navigate to the last item of the navigation's stack and delete its back title. Make sure to save the original one when our view controller will appear:

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    originalBackButtonTitle = navigationController?.navigationBar.items?.last?.backBarButtonItem?.title
    // Delete title somewhere here...
}

and then reassign it, in order to not disrupt any part of the app:

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    navigationController?.navigationBar.items?.last?.backBarButtonItem?.title = originalBackButtonTitle
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
}

Remove text from Back button keeping the icon

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