Creating your own ringtone on your iPhone is a great way to use custom music. There are various options for setup.
Own ringtone on the iPhone: How to change it
To change a custom ringtone on your iPhone, go to “Sounds & feel“:
- Under “Sounds and haptic patterns” tap the sound you want to change. This can be, for example, your ringtone, message tone or the sound of an incoming email.
- A list of ringtones will appear. To listen to the sound, tap it. Once you tap it, it will be selected as your ringtone. Depending on your iPhone's system, you may need to confirm your selection.
Create a ringtone on your iPhone: This is how it works with GarageBand
With the GarageBand app you can create your own ringtones on the iPhone without iTunes or import existing files.
- Download the app, open it and tap the “+” icon to create a new project. Select “Audio recorder” from the list of available instruments.
- Tap on that red recording iconto start recording. You can either record a sound or melody or import an existing audio file. After you finish your recording, tap the “Three-point” icon in the top right corner of the screen and select “Share my song“.
- Choose “Ringtone” from the available options. Give your ringtone a name and adjust the ringtone start and end time if desired. Tap “Export” to create the ringtone. The ringtone will now be saved in the GarageBand app and can be selected as a ringtone from there.
- Go to your iPhone's Settings, tap “Sounds & feel” and then select “Ringtone“. Scroll down and select “GarageBand“under category”Ringtones“. Select your created ringtone from the list of available ringtones.
Use iPhone music as a ringtone: This is how it works with iTunes
Using iTunes, you have the option to set your favorite music or other sounds as a ringtone on iPhone. However, iTunes is no longer supported for macOS versions after macOS Mojave. Alternatively, you can purchase ringtones from the iTunes Store. The following steps work up to macOS Mojave:
- First, open iTunes on your computer. Then select the song you want from your music library and right-click on it. In the context menu select “information“. A new window opens in which various tabs are displayed.
- Navigate to the tab “Options“. Here you can now set the start or end time of the song. This is useful if you only want to use certain passages of the song as a ringtone. Confirm the selection with “OK“.
- Go back to your music library overview and search for your edited song using the search function within iTunes (Ctrl + F). Once the shortened song has been found, right-click on it again in the menu item “Create AAC version“.
- Then drag and drop the new version from your computer's Explorer panel directly into your folder.Tones” for the option “Device management” bottom left. Depending on the computer system, the names may differ.
- Connect your iPhone to the computer using a USB cable and sync it. After successful synchronization, you will find your individual ringtone under the tones in your settings on your iPhone.