How to change your notification sound on iphone

Apple's notification sounds and ringtones for its iPhone devices can be pretty common and have limited options.

A lot of you might get triggered to neglect your alarm for being so used to the alarm sound. Or maybe some of you might just be picky about your alert sounds and ringtones.

Some of us just have preferences since using the same ringtone can get boring. With that, here are the steps to help you spice up and insert weird sounds or your favorite song as a ringtone on your iPhone.

Customizing your own sound notifications can give you a personalized feel for your iPhone.

How To Change Notification Sound

According to The Verge, here is how to change the ringtone sound of your calendar alerts, mail, and text messages:

• First, you just need to go to the Settings menu and select Sounds & Haptics.

• Second, to modify the alert tone for a specific task, tap the task in question.

• Third, scroll down to see the selection of ringtones or alert tones that are available, this could include longer and shorter sound clips.

• Lastly, there is a Classic sub-menu that may be found at the very bottom of each list. If you tap on it, you will hear some classic noises that you probably haven't heard in a very long time. Then, select the tone you chose.

However, when you want to change the alarm tone on your iPhone, changing it might be a little different. To change it,

• Go to the clock app

• Select the time of the alarm you want to change, then press Sound

• After that, you will be able to access the same sounds and tones that are available. You will also have the option to change the sound or pick a song through Apple Music.

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How To Add Custom Ringtones

You can use your own personal sounds or snippets of songs that you have purchased from the iTunes store to create ringtones for your phone's alarms and notifications.

• Navigate to the Sound options within the Clock app. If you want to change anything else, navigate to Settings > Sounds & Haptics and select the alert that you wish to customize.

• At the top of the page, you should find a shortcut that is labeled "Tone Store." If you click it, the iTunes Store will open up.

• Then choose Tones.

There can be a lot of choices to choose from when you really want to change your notification sounds. However, it is important to note that some of the sound alerts are paid. The price range of these audio clips ranges from 99 cents to $1.29.

But if the idea of paying for a ringtone does not feel right to you, you can stick to the free ringtone options that Apple has provided for the iPhone.

 If you select the sound option that does not have a price tag on it, you will not be charged for it.

Furthermore, if you choose the sound option that has a price tag on it, after you have made your purchase, choose Download All Purchased Tones to gain access to your purchased tone.

Once it has been downloaded, it will be placed at the very top of the ringtone list. Simply tap it to select a new ringtone for your alarm.

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Sound alerts are an important part of your iPhone, and changing them is a great way to personalize your experience. When you receive a call or a notification, the tone should be pleasant. For example, my iPhone ringtone is the theme song of my favorite TV show, The Office. Every time I get a call, this tone slightly uplifts my mood.

If you’re tired of the same default tones, we show you how to customize the alert sounds on your iPhone, such as the ringtone, text tone, alarm tone, and third-party notification tones of WhatsApp, Telegram, Gmail, Messenger, Slack, etc.

Customize your iPhone ringtone

Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics and select Ringtone. From here, tap each tone to get a preview, or to select that ringtone. Do this for different ringtones, and stop when you reach one that fits your needs.

On the above ringtone screen, any tone you have purchased or transferred from your computer will show on the top. After that, you have the built-in lengthy (about 30 seconds) Apple ringtones, followed by short (a few seconds) alert tones. Both the ringtone and the alert tones section also have the Classic options, and tapping it shows even more options.

The ringtone you set above becomes your default ringtone for all Phone and FaceTime calls. Plus, if a third-party calling app doesn’t support its own ringtone, it will use the default tone you set above.

But are you someone who doesn’t like this one-tone-fits-all approach? In that case, you can set custom ringtones for specific contacts. I have set distinct ringtones for my parents, wife, and siblings. So, even when my iPhone is in my pocket or somewhere else, I get to know who’s calling just by the ringtone.

At iDB, we have covered several tutorials related to ringtones, and here are some that I think you’ll find interesting:

• How to get a ringtone on iPhone (4 ways)
• How to create free ringtones for your iPhone using Music on Mac (and using iTunes)
• How to redownload purchased ringtones on iPhone and iPad
• How to create a ringtone or text tone for free on your iPhone using GarageBand

Customize your iPhone text tone

To change your SMS and iMessage tone on your iPhone, go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics and tap Text Tone. From here, use a tone that you like.

While you can set a ringtone as the text tone, I don’t recommend doing this, as a long sound alert for each incoming text is sure to annoy you and the people around you.

Related: How to silence iMessage notifications on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac

Customize other tones

When you’re on the Sounds & Haptics screen, you have the option to personalize various other alert tones like New Voicemail, New Mail, Sent Mail, Calendar, and Reminder. Tap one and choose a tone of your liking. If you miss reminders due to the short, faint default tone, consider setting a long, loud ringtone as the reminder alert sound.

Customize the alarm tone

To change the iPhone alarm tone, you need to go to the Clock app. From there, tap Alarm > Edit > pick an alarm > Sound and choose a song or ringtone. Finally, go back and tap Save.

Set timer tone on iPhone

Open the Clock app and tap Timer. From here, tap When Timer Ends and pick a ringtone. Note that if you select Stop Playing, that means when the timer ends, anything playing in a media app on your iPhone will stop playing. This has its use cases, but it also means your iPhone won’t inform you when you set a timer in the kitchen or for another work. So, make sure you always go back to using a ringtone as the timer sound.

Enable or disable the keyboard tone

You can easily choose to get sound on each key tap on your iPhone. For that, go to iPhone Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Keyboard Feedback and enable the switch for Sound.

Customize third-party app sounds

If a third-party app doesn’t have an accessible notification sound system in place, it seems to use the default text tone as the notification alert. Several apps also use custom sounds as the notification tone that you can change from their in-app settings.

Here’s how to personalize the notification sound of some popular third-party apps.

WhatsApp

Open WhatsApp and tap Settings > Notifications > Sound, and pick an alert tone. When done, tap Save. WhatsApp lets you set different notification sounds for direct messages and group chats. From the same screen (Reaction Notifications), you can also choose not to receive a notification when someone reacts (not replies) to your message with an emoji.

Telegram

You can customize your Telegram notification sound from the app by going to its Settings and picking Notifications and Sounds > Private Chats or Group Chats or Channels > Sound. From here, select a tone of your choice and tap Done.

Besides using the listed tones, Telegram also lets you upload your custom tone and set it as the alert sound. Pretty cool!

Gmail

To change the Gmail notification sound on your iPhone, open the official Gmail app and tap the three lines icon from the top left. Next, scroll down and pick Settings > select an added Google account > Notification sounds > Email and pick a desired tone from the list.

Messenger

Don’t like the default Facebook Messenger notification sound on your iPhone? You can easily change this. Open Messenger and tap your profile picture from the top left. Next, tap Notifications & sounds > Text tone and choose a different alert sound.

Slack

To change the Slack notification alert sound on your iPhone, open the Slack app and tap You from the bottom. Now tap Notifications > Sound and choose Device default or one of the available tones.

Other apps

We showed you how to change the notification sound for some popular applications above. But I’m sure you have several other apps whose alert sound you may want to tweak. The easiest way to do that is by opening that app and going through its settings, where you would usually see an option to change the notification sound.

Besides that, you can also access the notification settings of some third-party apps from iPhone Settings > Notifications > tap the app > [app name] Notification Settings. Doing so will open that app’s in-app notification settings. You can make changes here.

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