Most shelved changes are applied only once.
You can make your list of available shelved changes easier to use by removing extraneous unshelved
changes
or at least filtering them out from the view.
To filter out unshelved changes
In the Shelf tab of the Changes tool window, select the desired shelf.
On the context menu of the selection, choose Hide Already Unshelved.
To remove unshelved changes
In the Shelf tab of the Changes tool window, select the desired shelf.
On the context menu of the selection, choose Delete Already Unshelved.