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Unable to remove shortcut from my home screen because the shortcut was deleted

I created a short cut and added it to my home screen. I then deleted the shortcut, but the home screen icon is still there. I can't find a way to delete that icon. I get an error that says "This file does not exist, could not find the shortcut XXXXX".

Posted on Sep 25, 2020 7:38 PM

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Posted on Oct 8, 2020 7:16 AM

It turns out that since it was my daughter's phone, the screen time restrictions were preventing us from deleting the home page shortcut. I disabled screen time, deleted the shortcuts and then turned screen time back on. Seems like a better error message would have been helpful.

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Oct 8, 2020 7:16 AM in response to Choffbsd

It turns out that since it was my daughter's phone, the screen time restrictions were preventing us from deleting the home page shortcut. I disabled screen time, deleted the shortcuts and then turned screen time back on. Seems like a better error message would have been helpful.

Unable to remove shortcut from my home screen because the shortcut was deleted

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