Find and fix duplicate Alexa routines
A user told Alexa+ to look through their routines for ones doing the same thing, and it identified and fixed the duplicates. ·
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- What they did
- One Alexa+ user said they cleaned up a messy set of routines just by asking Alexa to inspect them and look for cases where two or more routines did the same thing. According to the comment, Alexa identified those duplicates and fixed them; the person’s role was simply explaining the cleanup task in conversation.
- How it went
- The reported result was a big reduction in clutter: it cut their routine count almost in half. The thread gives no step-by-step detail on how Alexa merged or edited the routines, and other commenters said Alexa+ was still unreliable for them.
- Worth knowing
- The main catch from the thread is inconsistency: one person liked the routine cleanup, but several others in the same discussion said Alexa+ still caused routine problems for them.
Try it yourself with Alexa+
Look through all of my Alexa routines and find any that do the same thing or overlap, such as [example, e.g. two routines that turn on the lights at sunset]. Tell me which ones are duplicates and how you'd merge or remove them. Before you change or delete any routine, list exactly what you're about to do and wait for my okay. When you're done, give me a list of the routines that remain.
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Source: Reddit · Nov 3, 2026
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