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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Browse my movies on YouTube
Opens the YouTube section for purchased movies, including films synced with Movies Anywhere.
Open my watch history
Opens the deep link into the History section of the YouTube library page in the app.
YouTube on TV
Opens the YouTube app on the chosen Apple TV, then opens the YouTube app on your mobile device – this lets you connect the two and manage your TV queue from your phone or iPad.
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.
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.
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.
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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Opens the “Notes” folder, which contains notes not yet sorted into folders.
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