iPhone alarm song not working

Same exact issue on my iPhone X and nothing seems to fix it. I can't figure out how to delete and re-download my purchased tones. I can at least get rid of that awful radar tone by switching to built in ringtones for an alarm, but none that I've paid for.

Thanks, but I've downloaded, repurchased and then downloaded again, multiple times. It lasts for one day and reverts right back to radar. As other posters have also indicated, this may be a fix for some phones, but not all.

Verification:

1) purchased / repurchased multiple versions of desired tones

2) downloaded / redownloaded multiple versions of said tone, multiple times

3) phone & software are kept up to date

4) still playing radar and default text tones

5) makes me miss my droids!

I have the exact same problem as many here. I have tried all the ‘fixes’ but my alarm ALWAYS defaults to RADAR. And it says (default) just like this in parentheses next to it. Any new ideas? I have MAX Xs Plus and using 12.2 as most recent update. No other updates available. It just started doing this one day and never quit. I mean, it’s such an annoying sound because I have no control over it so it wakes me up better than any other alarm sound. So, maybe I shouldn’t be complaining. ;)

Exactly same issue for me with 6s running iOS12.1.

I believe the song has be on your phone and not streaming to use it as an Alarm

Thanks... This solved my issue as well.

This happened to me as well. But I think I just chose different music. It worked for a day and went right back to stupid radar sound!

It’s simple, and within this discussion, you just need to download the song first and it will work fine. That’s what I discovered. Good luck!

Why aren’t Apple stepping in to help sort this annoying issue out?! I’ve been struggling trying to fix it too

My friend Katherine had this same issue and used @cris700's solution and it WORKED!!!! 10/10 would recommend.

I can't delete the old songs but I've redownloaded them multiple times, they're definitely not on the cloud - still get radar. Also, as another poster indicated, my text tone will not play my purchased (and downloaded) tones either. In face, most of my purchased & downloaded tones don't even show up in iTunes. I have receipts for them and I can see them on my phone, but not iTunes.

Apple has been ridiculously unhelpful in all of their communications; sending copy/pasted answers of things to try despite the fact my email to them indicated that I had already tried them.

Until the issue is resolved, I've downloaded a 3rd party app called 'The Clocks' (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-clocks-alarm-clock-world-clock/id403684793?mt=8) It's an old app but it plays what I set it to play to wake up.

I would understand if the music I was trying to use was ripped from a cd or other outside source, but it isn't. And neither is my ringtone. I've paid Apple to use those sounds - twice in fact for each tone - and after 8 months this issue can't be resolved? It makes me miss my droids!

Thanks, downloading the music to the device solved it.

The music has to be downloaded. I just had the same issue and it was because I had my alarm playing a song that was in my library but not downloaded (saved to phone). Hope this helps someone!