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May one use baby wipes on Shabbos?
Some Poskim [see footnote 1] prohibit them from being used due to a suspicion of squeezing.
However other Poskim [see footnote 2] permit it.
Regarding the opinion of Shulchan Aruch Harav-see footnote 3.
Practically: Seemingly it depends on the baby wipe.
Regarding scented baby wipes: Some Poskim [see footnote 4] clearly write that good scents may be used to remove bad smells, even according to those [such as Admur] that hold of a prohibition on placing a scent on ones skin.
Footnotes
1) Minchas Yitzchak 10/25, in name of also other Rabbanim.
[327/1]
3) If the reality were to be that no liquid [Tofeich al minas Lehatfiach] can be extracted from the squeezed wipes, as well as that the wipes are dried to this point prior to the beginning of Shabbos, then there should be no reason to prohibit their use.
However Tzaruch Iyun why Admur omitted [in 613/ 16] the ruling of the Magen Avraham [brought in previous footnote, which serves as the source for the ruling of the lenient opinions]
4) Beir Moshe 1/34 [based on Sheleis Yaavetz] rules that good smells may always be applied in order to remove bad odors, and so rules Piskeiy Teshuvah [327/1, 328/26] [ibid] also rules leniently in this, although to note that they hold [unlike Admur] there is never a prohibition to place good smells on ones skin.