Are you trying to add a shortcut on your iPhone or iPad but can’t proceed as your device is blocking unknown shortcuts? Here’s how you can easily flip a switch andallow untrusted shortcutson your iPhone. After this, you can use non-Apple curated shortcuts from elsewhere, like a website, shared via services like iMessage, received from AirDrop, and more.
What’s untrusted shortcut on iPhone?
When you open the Shortcuts app on your iPhone and tapGallery, you see several shortcuts. Apple makes, curates, and reviews them. Thus they consider these shortcuts as trusted and safe. On the other hand, Apple cannot verify the authenticity of shortcuts from outside the Gallery. Therefore, iOS and iPadOS treat all other shortcuts that you get from friends, websites, AirDrop, etc., as untrusted.
Are untrusted shortcuts unsafe?
If your friend is sending you a helpful shortcut, an editor of a reputed publication announces a handy shortcut they built, or a trusted site shares an iCloud link of the shortcut, most likely, they are safe. you may add them to your iPhone and enjoy using them.
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If you get shortcuts from random places you have never heard of, it may have security or privacy issues. It can even do things like access your photos or files (with your permission by showing a popup – in which most people tap OK) and upload them to their server. So, avoid being careless and do not add shortcuts from just about anywhere.
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How to allow untrusted shortcuts on iPhone and iPad
Here’s how to allow untrusted shortcuts on iOS 14 and earlier:
How to fix grayed-out Allow Untrustred Shortcuts
When Allow Untrusted Shortcuts is grayed out, you can’t enable it. Here’s what to do if you can’t tap the Allow Untrusted Shortcuts switch:
If it’s still grayed out, make sure you run the shortcut properly in step 2. you may also try running a different shortcut. Next, restart your iPhone, and Allow Untrustred Shortcuts should no longer be blocked.
How to enable Allow Untrusted Shortcuts in iOS 15 and later
iOS 15 removed the Allow Untrusted Shortcuts option inside the Settings app. Instead of this, it has added some additional controls.
In iOS 15 and iOS 16, when you try to install a shortcut from outside, it simply shows the screen where you can tapAdd Shortcutto get it. You no longer have to specifically allow or block the installation of shortcuts from outside sources.
Shortcut safety options in iOS 15 and iOS 16
Apple replaced Allow Untrusted Shortcuts with some new controls. Here’s how to access them:
How to delete a shortcut
Even after you add an untrusted shortcut, you can easily delete it if you no longer need it or have uncertainty about it:
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