Have a few shortcuts you no longer need? Whether you’re cleaning up your iPhone’s Shortcuts app or removing shortcuts you created while experimenting, deleting them is quick and easy.

In this tutorial, I’ll show you two ways to delete shortcuts from your iPhone. You can remove them individually using the shortcut’s action menu or select multiple shortcuts to delete them all at once.

Video Tutorial

Device & Software: This tutorial was demonstrated using an iPhone 16 Pro running iOS 27.0.1. Steps and menu options may vary depending on your device and iOS version.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Method 1: Delete a Single Shortcut

This method is for deleting one shortcut at a time.

  1. Open the Shortcuts app on your iPhone.
  2. Press and hold down on the shortcut you want to remove.
  3. Tap Delete on the menu that pops up.
  4. Tap on the Delete Shortcut button to confirm.
Hold and press the app you want to delete, then tap on delete.

Method 2: Delete Multiple Shortcuts at Once

This method is for deleting one or more shortcuts at a time.

  1. Open the Shortcuts app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Select in the top right corner of the screen.
  3. Tap each shortcut you want to delete so a checkmark appears.
  4. Tap the trash can icon at the bottom of the screen
  5. Tap on the Delete Shortcut button to confirm.
Tap on select.
Tap the shortcuts you want to delete, then tap the trash can icon.
Confirm deleting the shortcuts.

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