How to Change Your Ringtone on an iPhone?

Last Updated on 4 years by ICT Byte

Sometimes listening to the same ringtone on your iPhone might become monotonous. Or you might want to change the ringtone just on your whim or to stand out from the crowd. But how can you change your ringtone on an iPhone? Don’t fret cause it’s quite easy. Here in this article, I’ve prepared a detailed step by step method on how to change your ringtone on an iPhone. So, follow along.

How to change your ringtone on an iPhone

Step 1: Go to the “Settings App”

Step 2: Select the Sounds & Haptics sub-menu

Step 3: There under the Sounds and Vibration Patterns, you’ll be able to change the tone of Ringtone, Text Tone, Voice Mail, Calendar Alert, and so on.

Step 4: You can go into the option, in this case, the Ringtone option, and there you’ll find multiple tones to select from.

Step 5: Tap on any tone to listen to its preview

Step 6: Finally, select the one that you like and that tone will be set as your ringtone.

Change your Ringtone on an iPhone ringtone

How to change your ringtone or text tone for a contact

To change your ringtone for a specific contact:

Step 1: Select the required contact from the Contacts app

Step 2: Tap on the Edit option on the upper right-hand corner

Step 3: Tap on the ringtone or text-tone option located towards the end and select the tone that you want to set for that contact.

Change your Ringtone on an iPhone contact

How to buy ringtone for your device from iTunes

You can also choose to buy additional ringtones for your iPhone from the iTunes app. And the way to do it is:

Step 1: Go to the iTunes Store app

Step 2: Click on the triple dot (…) button on the bottom right-hand corner.

Step 3: Tap on tones, the first option

Step 4: Choose the ringtone that you want to buy and then tap on the price

Step 5: You may choose to set the tone as your ringtone automatically upon download or you can ta on done and choose it later

How to use a custom tone as your ringtone

Your custom-made ringtones can be synced with your iPhone. All you need to do is:

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to your PC

Step 2: On windows, open the iTunes for Windows app. On an iPhone open the Finder

Step 3: You can simply drag and drop the ringtone on to your device

So, these were the various ways in which you can change your ringtone on your iPhone.

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