Help Needed Deleting Personal Automations

[JoelBC]

After opening Google Home in iOS select Automations and scroll down to a list of 7 Personal automations (i.e., Bedtime, Commuting home, Commuting to work, Good morning, etc.)

I would like to delete these automations as I no longer use them but cannot find a way to do so.

Please explain / tell me how to delete these Personal automations.

Thank you.

[SmartHomeH-TAGS]

Those automations can't be deleted, but you can remove all actions and disable the automations as well.

It's just a quirk of the Google Home app.

[JoelBC]

@SmartHomeH-TAGS , appreciate the response, thank you.

One follow up, is the reason that they cannot be deleted because they are added by Google. and embedded in the device / OS? 

I really do wish Google would allow us to delete clutter that we do not want!

Thank you.

[SmartHomeH-TAGS]

That would be my assumption.

It was probably added in the early days of the smart home to help people learn about adding automations.

[JoelBC]

Appreciated though still unhappy about it!

One more follow up, I noticed that the last Automation titled workday has a line through the play button.   Would appreciate help in getting rid of the line so that the automation works.

Thank you.

[SmartHomeH-TAGS]

Even though there is a strike through the play symbol the Day-long routine does run. You just can't play it manually I suppose. 

You could copy the routine from the editing page and make a new 'Workday 2' Day-long routine or make Personal Day-long routine from scratch.

[JoelBC]

Appreciated and interesting.

I note that the routine does not run (i.e., the selected Home Mini never interacts or speaks with me).

It follows, how does one initiate the routine?

Thanks.

[SmartHomeH-TAGS]

Time trigger.

The Workday routine is the same as a Daylong routine.

Go back and try to add a Personal Routine and you'll see a pop-up question about starting a Daylong Routine.

 

[JoelBC]

@SmartHomeH-TAGS Appreciated and understood (i.e., time triggers).  That said:

1.  Is there a reason why does the Workday automation not run (i.e., why is there a line through the play button)?

2. Is its not running a Google thing (i.e., did Google an automation and then disable it simple so people could see how to create one)  or is there some other explanation?

Thank you.

[SmartHomeH-TAGS]

2. This Workday, Bedtime, Good Morning, I'm Home and I'm Leaving automations were probably pre-made for the inexperienced automators just starting out in Google Home.

1. The Workday routine can ONLY be started by time whereas a copied Workday routine (as I did) can be started by time and voice just like any other Google automation.

 

[JoelBC]

@SmartHomeH-TAGS appreciated, replicated and understood.

The outstanding question is why does Workday (created by Google) not run but Workday 2 (which is an identical copy that was created by me)  does run?

Thx.