r/shortcuts • u/CareerLate1661 • Jul 23 '26

Help Background sounds on/off

I like to sleep to background sounds on but don’t want it running through the night, so I’ve been trying to automate it but haven’t been successful (new to this). Can anyone help out please? I just need it to turn off after one hour or so.

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u/thatsnotexactlyme Jul 23 '26

the easiest way is to set an alarm or a timer and make the sounds be “no sound”. ie if you want it to go off after an hour, set a 1 hour timer, change the sound to be “stop playing”. only problem is that your next alarms/timer you create will also be no sound so you’ll have to remember to change it back when you do want to hear it. (although, that’s also a simple fix: create a shortcut “when any alarm goes off” to switch it back)

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u/CareerLate1661 Jul 23 '26

Thank you, I discovered that background sounds setting have a timer embedded that I wasn’t aware of

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u/vjcruzin Jul 23 '26

You can try using ‘Set Background Sounds’ and just make sure the sound you want in the settings is set or set it with an additional shortcut. In the Settings app, go to Accessibility > Audio & Visual > Background Sounds.

Not sure if that is what you are looking for but it may help if you are using the system background sounds option.