YouTube app

Open YouTube Shorts

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

Actions Used

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).

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20YouTube%20Shorts

Open Shortcut deep link

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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