Start the shortcut without open the shortcut app

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please
i want to add shortcut to my home screen
in icon
but it open the shortcut app
can it start the shortcut without open the shortcut app ?

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No it can’t do that from the home screen. But it is a popular request from what I have seen. Now that Shortcuts is part of the OS, maybe we will see this in a future update?

You can run some shortcuts via Siri and the widget without switching to the app, but some constraints are applicable on what such shortcuts can do - e.g. memory limits, not all actions can be run this way without switching.

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That looks like to be a menu, which is not really related to the original question. But, if you run a shortcut without a menu in it, it would not show a menu.

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Sorry. I’m afraid I do not understand what you are asking for or referring to. Hopefully, your question will make more sense to someone else.

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have you ever try to open your app and you keep seeing a pop up like this from shortcuts

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When you add a shortcut to the home screen you will see that notification to let you know a shortcut has completed execution. The app does not include an option to hide the notification. It is most likely considered a security feature by Apple to show that an automation has run, as not all Shortcuts automations would otherwise indicate they had been executed.

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