# Home Screen quick actions

Source: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/home-screen-quick-actions
Skill: hig-components-system
Snapshot: 2025-02-02

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# Home Screen quick actions

## Best practices

**Create quick actions for compelling, high-value tasks.**

**Avoid making unpredictable changes to quick actions.**

**For each quick action, provide a succinct title that instantly communicates the results of the action.**

**Provide a familiar interface icon for each quick action.**

**Don’t use an emoji in place of a symbol or interface icon.**

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For the complete guidance, including worked examples and illustrations, see the canonical page: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/home-screen-quick-actions