How to put a ringtone on the iPhone

iphone ringtone

Unlike other manufacturers, Apple continues to maintain the same ringtones that we could find in the first iPhone that hit the market 15 years ago. While some users don't bother to change the default ringtone, many others want to use a ringtone for each person.

If you are among the customization lovers and want to know how to put a ringtone on iphone, in this article we are going to show you how to do it from the iPhone or from a PC with Windows or Mac.

Put a ringtone on the iPhone without a computer

Not everyone has a computer at hand to add a ringtone on the iPhone, although it is the fastest and easiest method. If you want to put a ringtone on the iPhone without using a computer, we are going to need to install a few applications, all of them free.

First step

The first thing we are going to need is the song or ringtone that we want to add to our iPhone as ringtone. On YouTube we have the most important source of songs to use as a ringtone.

Due to Apple's strict guidelines, in the Apple Store we are not going to find any application that allows us to directly download YouTube videos.

However, if we can find apps that include that feature. One of these applications is Amerigo, an application with which we can download videos from any platform, not just from YouTube.

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In addition, we also allows you to extract audio from videos in MP3 format, format that we are going to use to create the ringtone.

Second step

Once we have the MP3 downloaded to our iPhone, it is time to edit the song. Apple only allows us use 30 second ringtones. If it exceeds that duration, at 30 seconds, it will start playing from the beginning.

Given this limitation, we must use an application to select the section of the song that we want to reproduce.

To select the section of the song that we want to use, we are going to use the application Ringtone maker, a free application that we can download through the following link.

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This app includes ads and an in-app purchase to remove ads.

iPhone Ringtone

Then we must copy the .MP3 file of the song that we have downloaded with the Amerigo application to Ringtone Maker (if we have the file in another application, we must copy it to the Ringtone Maker application by sharing the file)

To do this, click and hold on the file until a message is displayed. Option menu.

From that options menu, click on Share and select the application as destination Ringtone maker.

Once we have copied the song, the application will open automatically and we will verify that the song file has been converted to .m4r format Apple's proprietary format that we must use to create a ringtone.

By clicking on the file, it will show us all the available options:

  • Doing – Convert file into ringtone for iPhone (process that we explain in the next step)
  • Shorten – Limit the length of the file by selecting where we want the song to start and end.
  • Rename - Rename
  • More – It allows us to convert the file to other formats, join other audio files, create a sound so that the iPhone notifies us when it is loaded…

Once we have shortened the song so that it lasts 30 seconds or less, we must install a new app.

Third step

To turn the song into a ringtone on our iPhone, we need to download one last application. I'm talking about GarageBand, a completely free Apple application that we can download through the following link.

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iPhone Ringtone

Once we have downloaded the GarageBand application, we return to the Ringtone Maker application. Now, we must share the audio file that we have trimmed with the GarageBand application.

To do so, click on the button Doing y we select GarageBand. Automatically, the application will open with the file that we have copied.

Garage Band ringtone

To set that file as a ringtone with the iPhone (this is the last step), press and hold the file until an options menu is displayed. in this menu we select Share.

Garage Band ringtone

In the next window, click on Tone and we establish the name that we want it to have to be able to identify it on our device.

Garage Band ringtone

Finally, the application invites us:

  • Set ringtone as standard call
  • Use tone as standard message
  • Set the tone as a call to a contact

If we want perform that process later, click on Ok to continue creating ringtones for the iPhone or other things.

Put a ringtone on the iPhone from a computer

At the beginning of this article, I told you that the fastest and easiest method to set a ringtone on the iPhone is using a computer. The reason is none other than speed, since we only have to use an application.

I'm talking about the iFunBox application, a free application (with limitations of use if we don't go through the box) that is available for Windows and macOS through its web page.

Unless you want to copy more than 50 ringtones (limitation of the free version in this section), we can use it without problems. The paid version, which removes all limits, is priced at 35 euros including VAT.

FOR use a song in .mp3 format as a ringtone With the iFunBox application, we must follow the steps that I show you below:

iFunBox - iPhone ringtone

  • First, we must connect our iPhone to the computer using the charging cable.
  • Then, once the application has recognized the application, click on Ringtones.
  • Next, click on the Import button located at the top.

iFunBox - iPhone ringtone

  • Finally, a window will open where we have to drag songs in .mp3 format that we want to use as ringtone. The application will automatically convert it to .m4r format.

iTunes Store

iTunes Store

The fastest, simplest and not free method can be found in the iTunes Store. In the Tones section, we can find a large number of songs to customize the ringtone of our iPhone and pay the 1,29 euros that each song costs.

How to change the ringtone on the iPhone

Once we have copied all the ringtones that we want to use with our iPhone, the time has come to use them.

Apple allows us to select a ringtone for all calls or assign all to contacts individually.

Change ringtone on iPhone

Change ringtone on iPhone

FOR change ringtone on iPhone So that all the calls we receive use the same tone, we will carry out the steps that I show you below:

  • First, we access the settings of our device.
  • Within Settings, click on Sounds and vibrations 
  • Next, click on Ringtones
  • Finally, we look for the ringtone What we want. The ringtones we just copied will be displayed on the top.

Assign a ringtone to a contact on iPhone

Assign a ringtone to a contact on iPhone

But if what we want is customize ringtone for each contact, the process is different, since we must do it through the Contacts application.

  • First of all, we go to the contact for whom we want to personalize the call and press Edit.
  • Next, we go to the section Ringtone and select the one we want to use only in that contact.
  • Once selected, click on Ok to return to the previous screen, where we must also click ok to confirm the change.

How to delete a ringtone on the iPhone

Apple only allows us delete the ringtones that we have copied to the terminal. We cannot erase the native call themes of the device.

If we've gotten tired of a song, we've made a mistake when naming it, or we just don't want to use it anymore, we can delete it following the steps that I show you below:

delete iPhone ringtone

  • We access the settings of our device.
  • Within Settings, click on Sounds and vibrations 
  • Next, click on Ringtones
  • Finally, we look for the tone that we want to eliminate, and we we slide to the left until the option is displayed Remove.

When clicking on Delete, that tone will disappear from our device.

If the ringtone comes from the iTunes Store, it will disappear from this section but it will continue to be available whenever we want, by clicking on Download the purchased tones, the option located above.

Other options

In the App Store we can find a large number of applications that invite us to add new tones to our iPhone, however, most of them include a subscription o The number of options is very small compared to Ringtone Maker.

With the Ringtone Maker app It is more than enough. If you are bothered by ads, you can pay the 1,99 euros they cost to get rid of them. However, it is not necessary to be able to access all the options that it makes available to us.

All the options that we have shown you in this article to be able to add a tone to our iPhone they do not require us to spend a single euro. 


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