# Run Without Showing Actions | Shortcuts Library

> a shortcut technique to ensure that shortcut actions are not displayed during shortcut execution

## What this shortcut does

Run Without Showing Actions
Background
A
typical
shortcut will display all of the executing actions if it is:
Run from the shortcuts editor using the right-pointing triangle.
Run using the
Share Sheet
.
Run from another shortcut using the
Run Shortcut
action with
Show While Running
enabled.
A
long
shortcut will run much more slowly if the executing actions are displayed. This is exasperated if the shortcut contains
Repeat
blocks.
Purpose
The purpose of this shortcut is to provide template actions that will prevent a shortcut from displaying the actions as they are executed (regardless of the mechanism used to run it). This is done by including actions that cause the shortcut to rerun itself with
Show While Running
disabled.
The actions in this template can be used for
Share Sheet
or
non Share Sheet
shortcuts. The original
Shortcut Input
will be preserved for subsequent use in the shortcut.
The shortcut includes several embedded comments to clarify the purpose of the template actions.
Tests
This shortcut was tested using
iOS 13.3 (17C54)
on an
iPhone 8 Plus
and
iPadOS 13.3 beta 3
on a
10.5” iPad Pro
.
Acknowledgments
Run Without Showing Actions
is available exclusively on
.co
. Versions obtained elsewhere might be out-of-date.
The banner above was created using
MediaKit Banners
(Version: 1.2, Updated: 10/12/19).
Run Without Showing Actions
automatically checks for updated versions using actions provided by
Embed-a-Update
(Version: 1.1.2, Updated: 10/13/19).

## Compatibility

iPhone, iPad

## Required apps



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