YouTube app

Open YouTube Shorts

Opens the YouTube Shorts feed in the iOS and iPad apps, or the YouTube Shorts page on web.

Actions

URLs, Web

URL

Passes the specified URL to the next action.

Safari, Web

Open URLs

Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).

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Who’s live on YouTube?

Opens the Subscriptions feed sorted as a list so you can see who’s live at the top.

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Show YouTube library

Opens the link to the Library tab of YouTube, which shows your History, Watch Later, Playlists, and Liked Videos.

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Open my Home feed

Opens YouTube.com on the web or redirects to the Home tab in the app.

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Open my Subscriptions

Opens the Subscriptions tab in the YouTube app to show only videos from people you’ve followed.

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YouTube TV

Turns on my living room TV, opens the YouTube app, and shows the remote control on the current device so I can navigate the interface. When run from Mac, opens YouTube in Safari in fullscreen.

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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.

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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

Public

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Open my shortcuts

Opens the “My Shortcuts” view to show only your custom shortcuts and no App Shortcuts.

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Toggle Announce Notifications

Switches the “Announce Notifications” feature for Siri on or off (depending on how it was last set).

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Batch-create Home Screen shortcuts

Asks you to pick a folder from Shortcuts and opens it, then asks you to enter a list of names for Home Screen shortcuts and creates them in that folder.

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