How do I change my default alarm sound?

Alarm sound is set to default Radial tone and I want to change it to a song.

iPhone 11, iOS 18

Posted on Mar 10, 2025 8:36 AM

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Posted on Mar 10, 2025 8:52 AM

Here are the steps to change your DEFAULT alarm sound. You first need to know there is no capability to change the DEFAULT sound. Instead you need to manually change the sound from the default sound to the sound or song you want, for each and every alarm you set. Here is the work around/ steps: 1. Go to Clock app/icon on your phone

2 Click Alarm at bottom of your screen

3 Either click the alarm already set I.e. 6:00a.m. or ask Siri to set an alarm time

for you

4 Click on Sound ( you will see default sound there) -it will take you to the Sound tones page

5 Select the sound or song you want and then click Back at the top left corner of the screen

6 Click save at the top right corner of the screen

7 You’ve now changed the default alarm sound for that specific alarm! So when your I.e. 6:00a.m. alarm goes off, it will now play your chosen sound or song each time for 6:00a.m. alarm


Note - you must follow the steps /do this for each and every alarm you set. There is no way of changing default alarm sound for all of your alarms at once.


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Mar 10, 2025 8:52 AM in response to Frenchbred

Here are the steps to change your DEFAULT alarm sound. You first need to know there is no capability to change the DEFAULT sound. Instead you need to manually change the sound from the default sound to the sound or song you want, for each and every alarm you set. Here is the work around/ steps: 1. Go to Clock app/icon on your phone

2 Click Alarm at bottom of your screen

3 Either click the alarm already set I.e. 6:00a.m. or ask Siri to set an alarm time

for you

4 Click on Sound ( you will see default sound there) -it will take you to the Sound tones page

5 Select the sound or song you want and then click Back at the top left corner of the screen

6 Click save at the top right corner of the screen

7 You’ve now changed the default alarm sound for that specific alarm! So when your I.e. 6:00a.m. alarm goes off, it will now play your chosen sound or song each time for 6:00a.m. alarm


Note - you must follow the steps /do this for each and every alarm you set. There is no way of changing default alarm sound for all of your alarms at once.


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