Disable listening history

Asks you to pick a focus mode, then sets the Music Focus Filter for “Use Listening History”” to off so you can listen to anything without it being added to your Apple Music Replay.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Disable%20listening%20history
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Disable%20listening%20history
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Disable listening history” end tell

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