How to change iPhone UITableView delete button title while editing it

Question

I need to change the title of the default delete button that appears when I attempt to delete a row from a UITableView after setting editing to YES.

Answer 1

You can change it in UITableView delegate method

- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForDeleteConfirmationButtonForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

Answer 2

Swift

Add this method to your UITableView delegate (probably your view controller).

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, titleForDeleteConfirmationButtonForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> String? {
    return "Erase"
}

This makes the button say "Erase" but you can use any string you want.

My fuller answer is here.

Answer 3

Swift 3

With a small difference _

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, titleForDeleteConfirmationButtonForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> String? {
    return "Erase"
}

Answer 4

For those who already have implemented method 'titleForDeleteConfirmationButtonForRowAtIndexPath' and still see same 'Delete' text.

Try to type in method from scratch with autocompletion, because I copied someone's and it has a little bit different older notation and didn't get called!