The Shortcuts app is a useful way to automate a variety of iPhone actions. However, if you use shortcuts often, you may find it annoying to receive a notification every time an automation runs.
Thankfully, there is a simple workaround to avoid these notifications. But first, you need to know where to look.
Auto-Correction
Auto-Correction is a feature that Apple’s iOS software uses to automatically correct misspelled words as you type. Though it can be useful for speed typists, autocorrecting words that you don’t actually mean can be frustrating or even embarrassing.
To prevent this from happening, you can turn off Auto-Correction on an iPhone or iPad using a few simple steps. This guide works with iOS 16 through iOS 10 and iPadOS 16 through iPadOS 13.
There are a few ways to turn off Auto-Correction on an iOS device, but the easiest way is to simply untick it from the Settings app. This will disable the feature completely, and it will no longer appear in the General section of the Settings menu.
The built-in keyboard on an iPhone or iPad has a “dictionary” that helps it correct typos. This dictionary is built up over time and includes the words you’ve spelled on your device.
However, over time, you may accidentally save terms that you don’t want your phone to use to correct your typing. This can be annoying if you frequently use certain terms, or the names of specific people.
To fix this issue, it’s important to clear your dictionary from all of the incorrect words you’ve saved over the years. You can do this by logging into your iOS device and opening up the Settings app.
Once you’ve logged into the device, go to Settings > General and scroll down to the “Keyboard” section. From there, tap the switch beside “Auto-Correction.”
Delete Shortcuts
There are a lot of shortcuts you can use on your iPhone to make it easier for you to navigate and perform different functions. However, it’s possible to have too many of them. If this is the case, you may want to delete them to make your iPhone more organized and easy to use.
If you’re using an iOS device, you can delete shortcuts from your Shortcuts app by tapping Edit and selecting one or more shortcuts. After that, touch Delete.
Then, you’ll see a checkmark in the upper-right corner of each shortcut that indicates which ones you’ve chosen to remove. Tap Delete again to confirm your selection.
Another way to remove shortcuts is by long-pressing on them until they “wobble.” This is the same as removing an app from your home screen, and you’ll see a trash can at the top right of each one that asks you to confirm your removal. Once you do, they’ll be gone from your library and the shortcuts app.
Some people like to delete shortcuts that are no longer used by them. It’s a good idea to do so periodically in order to keep your iOS device clean and free of clutter.
Deleting shortcuts on your iPhone is usually a quick and easy process. The only thing that you should take note of is that deleted shortcuts are also removed from your other devices if you use an Apple ID.
In addition, if you use a third-party app that adds shortcuts to the iPhone, those will be able to be deleted as well. That’s because third-party apps can be a source of malware or unwanted files that you don’t want to see on your phone.
You can also remove Siri shortcuts on your iPhone. To do so, open the Siri shortcuts app from your home screen.
Once you’re in the Siri shortcuts app, select all the Siri shortcuts that you wish to delete. Then, click on the red button below them to delete them.
This process is simple, but it can take a while to complete. If you’re unsure about which shortcuts you’re deleting, it’s best to do a search in the Siri shortcuts app or the App library to find out what the name of the shortcut is.
Edit Shortcuts
Shortcuts on an iPhone are a great way to automate tasks and streamline your daily routine. They can be built from scratch, or customized using in-built actions that combine multiple steps into a single tap.
Editing your shortcuts is an easy process that can help you customize the way they look and feel. For instance, you can change their names, add different icons to them, or remove specific actions from them.
The first step is to open the Shortcuts app and search for the shortcut you want to edit. Once you find it, tap and hold on it to bring up the overflow menu.
From there, you can edit its name or rename it by tapping the three-dot icon. You can also change the icon symbol and color if you like.
You can also choose to add a shortcut widget to your iOS home screen, which is a great way to make it easy to access the shortcut whenever you want. Just long-press an empty part of your home screen, and you should see a list of widgets.
There are a few things to keep in mind when editing your shortcuts, however. First, you should note that the title bar of each shortcut’s editor is smaller and centered at the top now. That means you can no longer tap the title of a shortcut to rename it.
Second, you should be aware that the icon picker in Shortcuts isn’t as organized as it once was. It’s now in a scroll view, with colors up top and symbols below them.
This is an improvement over the old tabs, but it makes picking icons a little more time-consuming. A better alternative is to search for a particular icon by tapping on it.
Disable Shortcut Notifications
Using shortcuts is an incredibly powerful and useful feature on iPhones, but it can also cause annoying notification banners to show up on the home screen every time an automation or custom app icon is launched. Luckily, there’s an easy way to turn those notifications off on iOS.
One of the most common things people do with Shortcuts is to create personal automations for their everyday lives, whether it’s changing an alarm clock to a different time or disabling the lock screen search button. Unfortunately, these automations often trigger notifications that are hard to turn off on your iPhone.
These notifications can clutter the Notification Center and make it difficult to see what’s going on at any given moment. Apple has developed the Shortcuts app in a way that each action, trigger, or automation has its own dedicated notification, assuring you that no shortcut is running without your knowledge or consent. However, this method doesn’t work with custom app icons and triggers.
In the latest iOS 15.4 update, Apple has added a handy toggle that allows you to disable shortcut notifications for individual automations. To disable notifications for an automation, open it in the Shortcuts app and press the green toggle next to Ask Before Running. Once disabled, a new Notify When Run toggle should appear below it.
To save your changes, tap Done in the upper right corner. If you want to hide all notifications from that automation, repeat the above steps.