How to automate hotspot to switch on or off

Lawrence ~ It's not possible. But Shortcuts can open a specified pane in the Settings app via just two actions: URL followed by Open URLs. Here's the relevant URL:

prefs:root=INTERNET_TETHERING

...Source:

A Comprehensive Guide to All 120+ Settings URLs

And see this related thread:

iOS Shortcuts for Personal Hotspot and Reminder

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There isn't an action in Shortcuts to turn on/off Personal Hotspot in isolation. However, there is an action to turn on/off or toggle cellular data which also switches Personal Hotspot to the same state if it is already on. If Personal Hotspot is switched off when the shortcut with the Set Cellular Data action is run, it will not turn it on. Turning off cellular data restricts all data to Wi-Fi. Of course, this may be undesirable.

Lawrence ~ iOS 16 (coming this Fall) will have a new “Set Personal Hotspot” Shortcuts action which will toggle the status of a Personal Hotspot. [Source]

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