How To Set Own Alarm Tone On Iphone

Is the sound that plays when your alarm goes off either too annoying or too pleasant? The Alarm section of your iPhone's Clock app provides you with a handful of tools and settings that you can use to customize various aspects of your alarms that go off during the day. One of these options involves the noise that you hear, meaning that it is possible for you to find out how to change the alarm sound on an iPhone.

Choosing an alarm sound is a tricky endeavor. It needs to be annoying enough that you get up and shut it off, but not so annoying that it puts you in a bad mood as soon as it goes off. So it is unlikely that the default alarm sound, or even your first choice after that, will be the right option. If you are using your phone as your alarm, then you might need to know how to change the sound that is played by your iPhone alarm.

Fortunately, your iPhone features a number of different alarm sound options, allowing you to tweak your wake-up process until you have found something with which you are comfortable. There are also a number of other settings, such as a label for the alarm, that can make the alarm experience even better.

How to Change iPhone Alarm Sound

Open the Clock app.
Choose the Alarm tab.
Touch Edit at the top-left.
Select the alarm to change.
Choose the Sound option.
Select the desired sound.
Tap the Save button.

You can continue below for additional information on changing the alarm sound on an iPhone, as well as pictures of these steps.

New Method – How to Change the Alarm Sound on an iPhone – iOS 12 and Up (Guide with Pictures)

The steps in this section were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 12.1.4. However, these same steps will also work in newer versions of iOS, such as iOS 13 or iOS 14.

The section after this one shows steps for an older version of iOS. The steps are the same for older iOS versions, the screens just look a little different.

Step 1: Open the Clock app.

Step 2: Choose the Alarm tab at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3: Tap the Edit button at the top-left of the screen.

Step 4: Choose the alarm for which you wish to change the sound.

Step 5: Touch the Sound button.

Step 6: Select the desired alarm sound.

Step 7: Tap the Save button at the top-right of the screen.

Old Method – How to Change the Sound That Plays When Your Alarm Goes Off on the iPhone 5

The steps in this section were performed on an iPhone 5 in an older version of iOS. Check out the previous section if you are using an iPhone that has a newer version of the iOS operating system.

You can change this alarm sound as often as you would like by following the steps below. Additionally, note that a preview of the alarm sound will be played whenever you select a different option. This can be a bit of a shock if you are trying to do this somewhere quiet, or if you are changing the sound in bed while someone else is sleeping.

Step 1: Open the Clock app.

Step 2: Touch the Edit button at the top-left corner of the screen.

Step 3: Select the alarm for which you want to change the sound.

Step 4: Touch the Sound option.

how to edit the alarm sound on the iphone 5

Step 5: Select the sound that you want to use for your alarm.

select the sound that you want to use for the alarm

More Information on How to Change Alarm Sound on iPhone

The alarm sound for each individual alarm is different, so you will need to change each of them.
If you have songs from the Music app saved to your device, you can use those songs for the alarm sound instead.
You can also set the vibration for your alarm as well by choosing the Vibration option at the top of the individual alarm menu.
There is a Silent alarm tone that you can use if you only wish to have the alarm vibrate.

While you are editing the settings for your alarm you can make other changes to it as well. For example, you could choose to turn the Snooze option on or off, or you could give the alarm a label so that it is easier to identify in your list of alarms. Additionally, you could modify the selected days in the "Repeat" section if you would like to have the alarm go off on a specific set of days.

If you are looking to customize the alarm sound on your iPhone then following the steps in this guide provides you with the means to do so. In addition to the song or ringtone that you elect to use as your alarm sound, you can also scroll to the very top of the menu and specify the vibration. You could even choose the "None" option for the alarm vibration if you don't also need the device to vibrate.

If you want to use your iPhone as an alarm clock, but you don't want it to play any sounds, then scroll to the bottom of the Sounds screen, tap None, tap the Back button to go back to the alarm Home screen and tap Done.

One of the most interesting elements if you set an alarm in the Clock app on iPhone is that you can pick a song from your music library and use it as one of your alarm sounds. You can do this by going to Clock > Alarm > Edit > tap the alarm you want to change, tap the Sound button, tap Pick a song under the Sounds section, then browse your music library for a song.

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We have also written about how to change the ringtone on your iPhone 5 as well.

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