How do I add a shortcut to a folder to the home screen?

How do I add a shortcut to a folder to my homescreen on my iPhone? Navigating through the Files application every time is inefficient.

iPhone SE

Posted on Mar 11, 2023 5:06 PM

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Alancito

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Mar 12, 2023 3:02 AM in response to profanitylacedtirade

profanitylacedtirade ~ As an example, here's a custom Shortcut on the Home Screen which navigates to the On My iPhone > Downloads folder with a single tap:

The above shortcut consists of just two actions – Folder and Open File:

...Then:

Add a shortcut to the Home Screen on iPhone or iPad

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Mar 19, 2023 2:26 PM in response to Alancito

Thank you. The part I had trouble with was getting the open command to take the folder variable as the file argument. I had to hold down on the file argument to get a pop up menu, otherwise it just opens a file selection dialog.

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