

Select the placeholder icon to the left of “New Shortcut.” In the panel that pops up, locate the “Home Screen Name and Icon” section. First, tap “Shortcut Name” and name the shortcut anything you’d like, so it will be labeled properly in the Shortcuts app. On an iPad, these dots are at the very top-center of the screen beside the “New Shortcut” name.Ī “Details” panel will appear. Next, tap the three-dot menu button in the top-right corner. You can choose any app on your iPhone or iPad. Then tap the app’s name in the results list.

In the “Choose App” panel that appears, select the search bar and type the name of the app you’d like to launch when you tap your custom icon. In the “Scripting” panel, select “Open App.”īack on the new shortcut page, locate the box for the “Open App” action. When the actions panel appears, choose the “Scripting” option.

We’re going to add a single step that opens an app. Next, you’ll see a “New Shortcut” page where you add the steps to the automation, sort of like a computer program. On the “All Shortcuts” page, tap the “+” button. In the Shortcuts app, if you see the “Shortcuts” overview screen, tap the “My Shortcuts” tab and then select “All Shortcuts.” Type “shortcuts” into the search bar that appears and then tap the “Shortcuts” icon. If you don’t see it on your home screen, swipe downward with one finger in the middle of your screen to open Spotlight search.
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RELATED: How to Instantly Share Files with AirDrop on iPhone, iPad, and Mac “Replace” iPhone and iPad App Icons With Custom Designsįirst, open the “Shortcuts” app. Try searching Google for custom icon designs and saving them, or you can draw your own icon and transfer it to your iPhone or iPad using AirDrop. For this example, we’ve created a simple purple mail icon in an image editor by using a simple envelope outline.įor your custom icon, you can use any image or photo you’d like as long as it’s in your device’s photo library. The ideal replacement icon will be a perfectly square image of about 512 x 512 pixels in size, although you’ll have the opportunity to crop any image to a square shape in the steps ahead.
