Apple’s Shortcuts app offers tremendous power, especially with new iOS 26 additions. But my own most-used shortcuts tend to be extremely simple, including one recently shared by Quinn Nelson for opening an app’s settings.
Shortcut lets you jump into an app’s Settings menu with a single tap
Last year, Apple redesigned the iPhone’s Settings app entirely. In many ways, this revamp made it harder to get to an app’s settings menu.
But recently, Quinn Nelson shared a shortcut that makes opening an app’s Settings screen so much faster and easier than before. All you have to do is:
Install this single-step ‘App Settings’ shortcut Add a Control Center ‘Run Shortcut’ control Assign that control to your new ‘App Settings’ shortcut
After completing the setup, the next time you’re using an app and want to open its settings, you can just:
swipe to open Control Center
run the shortcut
and you’ll jump straight into the right section of the Settings app
Here’s Nelson’s screen recording to show what it looks like:
This single-step Apple Shortcut is a GAME CHANGER. No more going to Settings -> Apps -> and then finding the app.
Just swipe from Control Center, run the shortcut, and you’re automatically redirected! pic.twitter.com/jnsBvff3ye — Quinn Nelson (@SnazzyLabs) September 20, 2025
Since installing the shortcut a few days ago, it’s quickly become a contender for my most-used daily shortcut.
It took some mental adjustment to stop myself from automatically closing my current app, going to Settings, searching for the right app name, and finding the app’s settings from there.
But now that I’ve gotten used to this new method, it’s been such a great time saver.
Sometimes, the simplest shortcuts really are the best.
What are some of your go-to Apple Shortcuts? Let us know in the comments.
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