Need Help Creating iOS Shortcut for toggling Silent Mode

To toggle between states such as Silent Mode On and Silent Mode Off, create a shortcut as you stated: "Set Silent Mode" from the list of actions. Once this appears on it will read "Turn Silent Mode On". Press the word "Turn" to reveal the drop down menu and select "Toggle". This will alternate between turning Silent Mode on and off.

You can use back double tap or triple tap to on/off silent mode, without need to unlock your phone and press the shortcut

This is a genuine question, not an attempt to judge why you're doing this. How is using a shortcut better/easier than using the button on the side of the phone? Are you using this with a phone that has an action button? Or one with the traditional mute switch?

Thanks.

Hersco wrote:

Good question. I hope to assign multiple actions which can be selected from a list after a long press on the button. The first action on the list would toggle mute on and off.

If the suggested shortcut above works, that would be the way to do it.

That's a very cool idea! I occasionally try to learn more about shortcuts so, I'll keep an eye on this thread. Thanks for taking the time to answer.

I’ve also sought a shortcut to easily one step control/adjust settings to volume 0% and mute

Because flipping a switch continually will wear it out and doing this via software is more reliable once it works.

is there a finished shortcut I can download?

every morning and evening for going to work/home I turn the volume down (via on screen settings) to nothing and then select “mute” or “unmute” as needed. While my shortcut coding experience is infantile that which I’ve downloaded did not work.

karenramel wrote:

Because flipping a switch continually will wear it out and doing this via software is more reliable once it works.

Buttons and switches on iPhones are designed to be used and are wear-tested for well beyond average use. The number of people in these forums who report issues with their mute switch (not as a result of damage) is very small.

is there a finished shortcut I can download?

every morning and evening for going to work/home I turn the volume down (via on screen settings) to nothing and then select “mute” or “unmute” as needed. While my shortcut coding experience is infantile that which I’ve downloaded did not work.

I don't use shortcuts very much so I couldn't begin to tell you. Personally, I use Focus to automate things like that.

Every water proof case I’ve had has made it very difficult to switch silent mode on and off on purpose and very easy to switch it accidentally and then there’s no way to tell it’s in silent mode without switching again (often switching it into silent mode when I just wanted to make sure it wasn’t silenced). I think this will help with all that too

Just add a second action Vibrate Device to get haptic feedback

Can you share your shortcut with me?