How to Share Your Shortcuts on iPhone and iPad (3 Easiest Ways)

Shortcuts are customizable sequences of actions that let you complete tasks quickly and efficiently. For example, you can create shortcuts to open your favorite music playlist, get directions to your next meeting, and more. In addition, you can share shortcuts with others to help them. This means they don’t have to create the shortcut themselves. So let’s see how to share your shortcuts on iPhone and iPad.

Note. To share a shortcut with friends, you need to turn on iCloud sync and allow untrusted shortcuts.

How to share a shortcut with others on iPhone and iPad

  1. Open the Shortcuts app on your iPhone.
  2. Select “My Shortcuts”in the lower left corner.
  3. In the All Shortcuts section, select the shortcut you want to share, click the ellipsis icon (More), and select the Share icon.
  4. You will see several options available for sharing the shortcut:
  • You can choose an app like Mail, Messages or third party messaging apps. Or you can copy the iCloud link to create a link that can be shared with anyone. Anyone with the link will also be able to share the shortcut.
  • You can use AirDrop to share the shortcut with nearby Apple devices.
  • You can also select “Add to Home Screen”to place a shortcut on your home screen for easy access.

How to Share a Library Shortcut on iPhone and iPad

  1. Launch the Shortcuts app on your device.
  2. Press and hold the shortcut you want to share.
  3. Click “Share”in the drop-down list.
  4. Here you can share via apps, iCloud link, AirDrop, or add to home screen as described above.
  1. Launch the Shortcuts app on your iOS device and tap the + icon.
  2. Now click “Add Action”and using the search bar find “Get My Shortcuts”and click on it.
  3. Again, click on the “+”icon, find “Get a link to the file”and click on it.
  4. Finally, click on the ellipsis or more icon in the top right corner.
  5. Name your label.
  6. Click “Done”twice.

Now, to share all shortcuts, click Share Links. And as soon as the links are copied. You can paste the copied links anywhere you want to share them.

As you can see here, we have shared this link through the Messages app.

How to stop sharing a shortcut from the Shortcuts app on iPhone and iPad

  1. Open the Shortcuts app and select My Shortcuts in the bottom left corner.
  2. Click on the “More”icon and then click on the “Share”icon at the bottom.
  3. Now copy the iCloud link (I want to stop sharing). Confirm and click “Copy Link”.
  4. Go to Safari and open the copied iCloud link.
  5. You will see an option to open the Shortcuts app. Open it.
  6. The shortcut will now open in the Shortcuts app.
  7. In the app, tap the More icon and select Stop Sharing.
  8. Now confirm again by clicking Stop Sharing.

Whenever a shortcut is shared, its link is available in iCloud. And when you stop sharing the shortcut, the iCloud link will be deleted and won’t work anymore.

Summing up

Let us know if you have any further questions about how to share your shortcuts on iPhone and iPad. Shortcuts also work with Siri commands, making it even more convenient. Check out some of the best shortcut apps for iPhone and iPad to get more out of this useful feature.

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