This single-step Apple Shortcut might quickly become your new favorite

Source: 9to5Mac

Apple’s Shortcuts app offers tremendous power, especially with iOS 26’s additions around AI. My most‑used shortcuts tend to be extremely simple, including one shared by Quinn Nelson for opening an app’s settings.

Shortcut lets you jump into an app’s Settings menu with a single tap

In iOS 18, Apple redesigned the iPhone’s Settings app entirely, making it harder to get to an app’s settings menu.

Last fall, Quinn Nelson shared a shortcut that makes opening an app’s Settings screen much faster and easier. All you have to do is:

1. Install the single‑step “App Settings” shortcut.
2. Add a Control Center Run Shortcut control.
3. Assign that control to your new App Settings shortcut.

After the setup, the next time you’re using an app and want to open its settings:

• Swipe to open Control Center.
• Run the shortcut.
• You’ll jump straight into the right section of the Settings app.

Here’s Nelson’s screen recording showing how it works:

Ever since I first installed the shortcut, it quickly became a contender for my most‑used daily shortcut.

Initially, I had to adjust from automatically closing the current app, opening Settings, searching for the app name, and navigating to its settings. Now that I’ve gotten used to this method, it’s 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.