Setting a different sound for your daily wake-up alarm on youriPhoneis a great way to change up the sound that wakes you up daily, especially if you’re prone to sleeping through it. Not to mention, you can use different sounds for different alarms as a way to keep you on track while at work, remind yourself to take something out of the oven, or whatever the case may be.
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The point is - you’re not stuck with the default alarm sound on youriPhone, and it only takes a few seconds to switch it out to a different sound. Below, I’ll walk you through the steps you’ll need to take to change your iPhone’s alarm to a custom ringtone, a song from your Apple Music library, or even one of the ringtones that are preinstalled on the iPhone.
How to change your iPhone’s alarm sound
Changing your alarm sound is really easy and doesn’t require any tech-savvy on your part.
How to change your iPhone alarm’s vibration
The next screen will show you several different options for the sound you can use for an alarm, including the ability to customize how your phone vibrates when a given alarm is going off, if it does at all.
To change the vibration pattern:
How to set a purchased tone as your iPhone alarm
On the Sound settings page, you’ll also find a section labeledStorethat you may use to browse and purchase pre-made tones, which can be used as alarm sounds or ringtones, directly from Apple.
How to set a song as your iPhone alarm sound
Below the Store section is a section labeledSongs.
This section is where you’ll go to a set from your Apple Music library as your alarm sound. I’m not entirely sure why my iPhone prefilled this section with the classic songsFridayandNever Grow Up, but here we are.
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How to use a different ringtone as your iPhone alarm
The final section of sound options in the settings page for an individual alarm is a list of all the preinstalled and custom ringtones you have on your phone.
