Knowing how to change iPhone notification sounds is as practical as it is fun. By alerting them to something distinctive and memorable, you’ll instantly know what kind of notification is playing without even having to look at your device.
Changing a ringtone also means you’re less likely to reach into your pocket by mistake when another iPhone owner nearby gets an alert. The key is to go for something unique, and unsurprisingly, since the iPhone is one of the best phones out there, you may end up buying a shade that very few will have.
So let’s stick with it and see how to change iPhone notification sounds. It’s actually much easier than you might have imagined.
Customize iPhone notification sounds
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1. Select Sound and Haptics
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You can change the notification sounds for a number of apps, for example by changing the iPhone message tone. To do this, launch the Settings app and touch Sound and haptics.
2. Choose an app
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Look inside the Sound and Haptics Patterns section. You’ll see options to change your ringtone and text tone, as well as sound alerts for your voicemail, email, calendar, and reminders. Fair touch the type of alert you want to customize.
3. Choose a new shade
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Here we have decided to alter the sound of the incoming email notification (just select New Mail). By default, this is set to a classic sound called “ding”.
You also can touch Classic and choose from a selection of familiar sounds or just choose any alert tone from Aurora to Synth.
You’ll hear a preview of each one when you play. you can even select None if you do not want any sound.
Tap Back when finished and the tone will be set.
Buy new iPhone notification sounds
You are not limited to the notification sounds built into the iPhone. You can buy many more in the iTunes Store.
1. Select Sound and Haptics
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Launch the Settings app and touch Sound and haptics.
2. Choose an app
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Look in the Sound and Haptics Patterns section and touch the type of alert you want to customize (for example, calendar alerts).
3. Tap Tone Store
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Scroll to the top of the screen and you can tap Ringtone Store.
4. Select Ringtones
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If this is your first time using the iTunes Store, tap continue. Now select Ringtones from the menu.
5. Buy a shade
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Look inside the section called Alert Tones and touch a notification sound you like the look of. To see more, tap See all. The ringtone can then be associated with the notification sound.
And there you go. Now you know how to customize iPhone notification sounds. Of course, there are some other tricks. You can learn how to mute notifications on your iphone and discover how to change the way iPhone notifications are displayed in iOS 16. why not find out how to set up a battery status alert shortcut on iPhone? Or, for those who have made it this far despite not owning an Apple device, learn How to Change Notification Sounds on Android Phones.
