Phone Shortcuts and Automations

Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve recently deleted YouTube and Instagram, and now only use them on my computer. As a result I have been picking up my phone and then doing nothing a lot more, so I figure I’d try to automate away as many things as I can to reduce the number of things I need to do on my phone.

I categorize these automations and shortcuts into three types:

Settings, i.e., things you can do in the Settings app in iOS 26
App Automatic Notifications, i.e., things that apps let you do
Shortcuts/Automations, i.e., things in the Shortcuts app.

The productivity apps that I use (and follow) are:

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Phone Shortcuts and Automations