Open YouTube Shorts
Opens the YouTube Shorts feed in the iOS and iPad apps, or the YouTube Shorts page on web.
Actions
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
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Open my Subscriptions
Opens the Subscriptions tab in the YouTube app to show only videos from people you’ve followed.
Open my watch history
Opens the deep link into the History section of the YouTube library page in the app.
Watch in YouTube app
Redirects a web URL for a YouTube into the mobile app by replacing `https: or or ` with `youtube: or or ` in the link.
Manage subscribed YouTube Channels
Opens the feed of channels you’ve subscribed to on YouTube – use this to directly access channels using Search, or clean up your subscriptions by removing some.
Open my Watch Later
Opens the deep link into the Watch Later page of the YouTube website, where I can then watch videos in picture-in-picture. Requires opening in Safari after showing page.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20YouTube%20Shorts
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20YouTube%20Shorts
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open YouTube Shorts”
end tell
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